Grieving Mom Speaks Out After 'Angel' Daughter's Fatal Fall Down Mountain, Says She Went to Watch Sunset (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

From left, Kristin Little with mom Jinger Cutting.Photo:Jinger Cutting

Jinger Cutting

Kristin Little’s mom was stunned after she learned her daughter, who recently celebrated her 39th birthday with her family, haddied after her car plunged over a mountainsidein Arizona on Friday, Aug. 16.

“It was such a blessing to have that experience,” mom Jinger Cutting, 62, tells PEOPLE.

Jinger and her daughters enjoyed a girl’s weekend in Las Vegas earlier this month, she recalls. “It was a beautiful time…and something I’ll always remember,” adds Cutting, who works together at her real estate company with daughter Jessica Oberan, 40.

From left to right, Kristin Little with mom Jinger Cutting and sister Jessica Oberan.Jinger Cutting

On the night of the accident, Little and her miniature German Shepherd named CJ, who was her constant companion, traveled to the popular outlook in the Thumb Butte area in Prescott, Ariz., to watch the sunset.

Thanks to her Apple Watch, authorities were “immediately” notified and “were on site within an hour,” Cutting says. “In this area, you would have never found her otherwise had that not been on.”

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Cutting says her daughter’s dog, who is now with her, was found near Little and “remarkably” is “not injured at all.”

“It’s just another indication there is a God out there because God is giving me CJ,” Cutting says as her voice catches. “I know Krissy is one of God’s Angel Warriors now.  But I’m a little angry with God right now. But someday I will understand.”

Kristin Little with her dog CJ, who survived the crash.Jinger Cutting

Cutting says her daughter, a third generation real estate professional who took pride in her work and owned her own home, was “beautiful inside and out.”

Little was always eager to chat with people and loved spending time outdoors, doing activities like paddle boarding and hiking.

“I think that girl was an angel on earth. The outpouring from the community has been amazing,” Cutting says. “While we are preparing her celebration of life, which has to be outdoors so it is big enough to hold everybody and she needs to be outdoors.”

In a press release from theYavapai County Sheriff’s Office, officials said that after finding the victim that night, due to the difficult terrain, a decision was made to wait until daylight to recover her body with YCSO personnel remaining with her through the night.

From left to right, Kristin Little with dad John and mom Jinger Cutting on a large family vacation to California this summer.Jinger Cutting

Cutting said she and her husband John Cutting, a retired police officer, plan to speak more with police about the ongoing investigation.

“It won’t bring Krissy back, but it would just be good to know what happened,” Cutting says.

source: people.com