Please take some time today to remember those who have been taken from us by murder, whether you know them or not, high profile or not. Every victim, old or young, known or unknown, solved or unsolved murders, needs to be remembered, always. One thing to remember, “murder” covers many things, including neglient homicide, medical neglience that leads to death, vehicular manslaughter, DUI deaths, and so on and so on. If the death certificate states homicide, to the victims and their loved ones, it is still murder. Even justifiable homicide cases. It does not change the fact that the victim still died. Murder does not have to be violent, with a gun, knife, etc. ( However, I DO NOT include executions on this, as those are deaths as a result of court imposed punishment. Those who are executed created murder victims as a result of their own actions/crimes.)
If you like, please leave a comment about someone you know, a loved one, someone in your community, or any other murder victim that you want to remember. If you have a video that you want people to see, post it! For me, my blog pretty much covers this! But for me, today I think of my mother who was killed in June 1975, before I got to even meet her. She is in my thoughts and my heart today, just wishing she were here to share my life with, to get to know her granddaughter and now great-grandson. She has missed all of that, she missed my wedding day. She missed my high school graduation. Everything. And not by her choice. And I do miss her. If I had a picture to post, I would. The one I posted, reminds me of her.
I will be adding comments with videos and links to memorial pages of victims as I find them. I encourage everyone to take a moment to remember all of them.
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Event to remember homicide victims planned in Los Angeles
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Please remember Leah Freeman:
In 2000, 15 year-old Leah Freeman was murdered in Coquille, OR. Nearly a decade later, her murder remains unsolved. Anyone with information regarding Leah’s murder is encouraged to contact the Coquille Police Department at (541) 396-2114, or Coos Stop Crime at (541) 267-6666. A $5,000 reward is being offered by friends of the family for information leading to an arrest and conviction. To find out more information about Leah’s case visit
http://www.leahfreeman.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Justice-for-Leah/143634984432
By: mylifeofcrime on September 25, 2009
at 4:17 pm
I attended the event in Los Angeles in memory of my son Neal (27), grandson Devon (7) and grandson Ian (3), all murdered on 8/8/07. This coming Sunday would have been Ian’s 6th birthday. It doesn’t get any easier. I will always miss them. Jan Williams
By: Neal's Mom on September 26, 2009
at 1:43 am