An aspiring instructor and devoted Swiftie was executed as she slept by a “profession prison” who stole her bank cards and went on a procuring spree, cops mentioned.
And her heart-broken father says he’s nonetheless ready for her to answer to his final textual content message to her, “goodnight, I really like you.”
Faculty coed Logan Federico, 22, of Waxhaw, N.C., was visiting buddies in Columbia, S.C. on Could 3 when a prowler broke right into a rental home, swiped her bank cards, and gunned her down, the Columbia Police Division mentioned in a press convention.
A scholar at South Piedmont Group Faculty, Logan labored two jobs and was planning to switch to the Faculty of Charleston to develop into a instructor, her father, Stephen Federico, advised WIS Information 10
She was identified for her bubbly persona, work ethic, and obsession with Taylor Swift, Federico mentioned.
“She was strong-willed from the beginning,” the heartbroken father mentioned via tears.
“She cherished animals, she was a individuals particular person, she drew individuals in. It was the proper individuals, too, individuals who wanted to be uplifted,” he mentioned.
Alexander Dickey, 30, a profession prison with 40 prior prices, allegedly broke into the rental residence the place Federico was staying with a stolen gun and opened fireplace after stealing from the home.
“She was asleep,” Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook mentioned, calling her a “true sufferer.”
Dickey went on a procuring spree the subsequent day with Logan’s bank cards, and was caught shortly after he was noticed rising from the woods, stealing a automobile, and driving to a residence in Gaston, cops mentioned.
“We texted the evening she obtained there to verify she was protected,” her dad recalled.
“Wednesday evening, which grew to become a practice with all of us, I all the time despatched a textual content that mentioned ‘goodnight, I really like you, I’m going to mattress,” they usually [his family] all the time responded… I’m nonetheless ready for hers,” he mentioned.
Logan’s final textual content message was to her boss at a Charlotte bar, Jeff Reed, who helped kickstart her profession as a bartender, Federico mentioned.
“One of many final issues she mentioned to me was ‘I really like you,’” Reed advised the outlet about her final shift.
His bar is now naming a cocktail after her referred to as “The Queen,” as a tribute to Logan’s favourite nickname for her managers. Proceeds from the drink will go to her household, Reed mentioned.
Logan is survived by her father, mom, and brother.
Federico gave a defiant speech to his daughter’s alleged killer throughout a press convention.
“The message I needed to ship to Dickey, who took my daughter’s life — that is from her: ‘You possibly can’t kill my spirit. You would possibly be capable of kill my physique … however you can not kill my love that my household and buddies shared with me.”
Dickey faces a slew of prices, together with homicide, housebreaking, weapons possession, and bank card theft. Cops say he had convictions for theft, grand larceny, and resisting arrest.
He’s scheduled to look on the Columbia Municipal Court docket on Tuesday.
