every one is a victim. Our society is the main culprit.
Latasha's mother must be guilt ridden because she did not take her daughter's trouble and cries seriously. This is what the society is like. Once they are married, mothers are like that.
On the other hand, her husband could or could not be the one who killed but it could have been stopped had her mother stepped up and gave her daughter the comfort and the strneth she needed.