Crime Survivors
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Fundraising: CRIME SURVIVORS INC
Recent Cause Activity
On March 13th 2001 I sent my oldest son to the gas station to get me a pack of cigerettes while he was out he stopped by a friends house to ask him if they needed anything, Well b4 he could get out of the car , he pulled up at his friends house and there was trouble going down next door, Agroup of 4 norteno'[MEXICAN GANG}approched my car and started beating him , make it short, they took all his money and then shot him in the back of his head, So they killed my son and walked away from it all A slap on the hand and a small short time of being locked up the sobs are now walking free,
On Sept 24th this year, my family and I will be travelling to Montreal, QC, Canada to attend a parole hearing for the man who murdered my older sister 22 years ago when she was 16 years old. He murdered my sister when he was on parole and leaving in a halfway house across the street from my father's corner store in which my sister was working when she was murdered. He has committed numerous serious crimes since been sentenced for my sister's murder....all the offences he has committed were while he was incarcerated. This man shows no remorse and also in my mind is unable to be rehabilitated, he shows this in his continued defience of the law. In Canada some criminals can be declared "Dangerous Offenders " and be imprisoned indefinitely, I am fighting to have my sister's murderer be declared as such. Please help me in my fight by emailing Canada's Minister of Justice The Honorable Rob Nicholson: NichoR@parl.gc.ca .
Updated: The cause has raised $500.
On April 29, 2007, my mother was reading a book at a bus stop and never made it home. At the point that she died (I was unaware) I felt a sudden sharp pain as if I was having a heart attack. I called my son for help and laid in the bed for about an hour. Upon feeling better I went to talk to my mother about what had occured and she wasn't there. My son stated that she left at 10:30am and said that she would return about 1:30pm and this was at 4:00pm. We searched and searched for her and finally went to the police. I discovered at the point that I felt the sharp pin my mother suffered a heart attack on the operating table. The cause of this was directly related to her being robbed and stabbed. Who knew that , that would be the last time that I would see her. I am a therapist and work with Victims of Crime and I never fully understood the impact until I suffered a great loss. This senseless act wiped a generation from my family and we only had four. Today I am still awaiting the trial and feel that the criminal is afforded liberties while I suffer. Talk about torture!!!!! Journaling on the LA times homicide blog really helped me process a portion of my grief and being able to work with others helps me to find purpose. SOmeone gave me a quote which reads: "GRIEF IS LOVE, UNWILLING TO PART!!!!!
Updated: The cause has raised $100.
hello Meegan i know it can be hard to go over the event, and nobody is asking you to do it, this is your right to grave, to keep his memory vivid, but keeping him present in your mind and heart is good and sane, not you to not live...anger is also a normal feeling as justice is still not done, anger is not the negative feeling people want to present like, it is a feeling that express your indignity, your disagreement in the fact that your values, feelings and dignity are touched...just watched out to not turn this anger against you, one victim from this murderer is enough....am just trying to help you out there...am here if you wish to talk or some support...be brave
