Lawyer Of Tamerlan’s Widow Releases Statement Saying That She Is Grieving With The Rest Of Us

So far, the only portrait we have of Tamerlan Tsarnaev‘s widow, Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, is that of an 80-hour a week working mother supporting her Boston Marathon-plotting husband. She maintains that she, like a lot of us on that day, had no idea as to the destruction that was about to unfold. Which makes sense given that she is grieving like the rest of us, according to her lawyer. 

Amato DeLuca, Katherine’s lawyer, reportedly released the following statement to the public:

Our firm is representing Katherine Russell and she has asked us to make a short statement. As you know from news reports, Katie married her husband in June of 2010. Since then, she has been living in Cambridge, raising her child and working long hours, caring for people in their homes who are unable to care for themselves. Katie grew up in Rhode Island and has always remained close to her parents and sisters here, as well as her extended family. She is fortunate to have the support of her loving family now, as they, too, struggle to come to terms with these events and the deep sorrow we all feel following the events of last week. Meanwhile, she is doing everything she can to assist with the investigation.

The injuries and loss of life to people who came to celebrate a race and a holiday has caused profound distress and sorrow to Katie and her family. The reports of involvement by her husband and brother-in-law came as an absolute shock to them all. As a mother, a sister, a daughter, a wife, Katie deeply mourns the pain and loss to innocent victims students, law enforcement, families and our community. In the aftermath of this tragedy, she, her daughter and her family are trying to come to terms with these events.

Thank you.

Like her brother-in-law, Katie is apparently cooperating with authorities — while also sheltering her 2-year-old from a windstorm of press and, of course, scrutiny.

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