E-FILED

6/16/2023 6:58 PM
CLERK & MASTER
DAVIDSON CO. CHANCERY CT.

IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE

TWENTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, DAVIDSON COUNTY, PART III
AT NASHVILLE

)
CLATA RENEE BREWER, et al.; )
)
Petitioners, )
) Case No. 23-0538-III
vs. )
) CONSOLIDATED
METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF ) **controlling case**
NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY; )
)
Respondent, )
)
PARENTS OF MINOR COVENANT )
STUDENTS JANE DOE AND JOHN DOE; )
THE COVENANT SCHOOL; and )
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH )
)
Intervenors. )

JOINT DECLARATION OF KATY AND MICHAEL DIECKHAUS

I, Katy Dieckhaus, and I, Michael Dieckhaus, make the following joint statements upon

personal knowledge:

1. We are the parents of a child who attended The Covenant School, and was present

on March 27, 2023.

2. Our life and family has been turned upside down.

3. We lost our precious Evelyn – our youngest daughter.

4. She was kind, smart, funny, had a deep faith, and was a light to so many.

5. Our oldest daughter has lost her only sister and her best friend.

6. They recently were discussing plans of always living close by each other and being

in each other’s weddings.

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 7. We are now lying in bed with our oldest daughter every night to console her, and

our own, deep sadness of how we are to ever navigate life ahead of us without our Evelyn on this

earth, by our sides.

8. Unfortunately, the situation that unfolded on March 27th, 2023 at The Covenant

School, is now becoming an all too familiar story in this nation.

9. Someone with clear mental struggles, easy access to high-powered weapons, on a

suicide mission, wanting to cause harm, and be known on their way out.

10. It’s a story that continues to be on repeat, everyone unaware of when the next one

will occur, but know that it is looming.

11. As one of the families of going through such deep grieving of losing their loved-

one after simply dropping her off at school, we hope a more respectful, clear view can truly start

to occur to help make a change that does not include releasing volumes of leverage for others

planning similar devastation in this nation.

To the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, I declare under the penalty of perjury

that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed this 16th day of June, 2023.

___________________________________ ___________________________________

Katy Dieckhaus Michael Dieckhaus

Parents of Evelyn Dieckhaus,

Covenant School shooting victim, aged 9