India, March 24 -- The family of Sheridan Gorman has spoken out after her brutal murder. The 18-year-old freshman was shot dead by 25-year-old Venezuelan migrant Jose Medina-Medina last Thursday when she and a group of friends walked to the pier at Tobey Prinz Beach to see the Northern Lights, the family's attorney said, according to ABC 7.

Gorman's family said in a statement that they were "gravely disappointed by the policies and failures that allowed this individual to remain in a position to commit this crime," according to WGLT.

"When systems fail - whether through release decisions, lack of coordination, or unwillingness to act - the consequences are not abstract. They are real," the family said in a statement. "And in our case, t...