During the interview with WNEP, Donahue-Connors said she was still uncomfortable thinking about her encounter with the killer. However, knowing who it was did bring her a degree of closure. 

Marise Chiverella’s parents died before her abduction and murder were solved. However, her surviving siblings said they were happy to have some closure. In an interview with Oregon Live, Marise’s sister, Carmen Marie Radtke, said her parents never sought revenge for Marise’s death, they simply wanted to see justice served.

Radtke said she and her siblings “have so many precious memories of Marise.” However, they have all grieved the loss. Radtke said, “our family will always feel the emptiness and sorrow of her absence … We will continue to ask ourselves, what would have been, what could have been?”

Chiverella’s family said that although James Paul Forte is dead, and will never be punished for the crime, they are grateful for the Pennsylvania State Police’s persistence, and believe “justice has been served.” The identification of Chiverella’s killer also brought closure for the community, which was deeply affected by the brutal crime.