SAN DIEGO
Isabel Rosales’ husband knew exactly how long it took her to get to the nearest grocery store and knew it took 22 minutes for her to get home after work. If she was even a minute late, he would call, exerting a control over her that finally erupted in violence one day in January 2018.
Early that morning, Rosales and her husband argued about her texting her coworkers, and he told her she couldn’t go to work that day. Rosales went to the bathroom, where she heard him unsheathe a kitchen knife. He came to the bathroom and asked for a kiss.
Duncan mother raising awareness about crime victimsâ rights through Marsyâs Law
Duncan mother raises awareness for crime victims rights By Cheyenne Cole | April 21, 2021 at 6:23 PM CDT - Updated April 21 at 6:23 PM
DUNCAN, Okla. (TNN) - Itâs National Crime Victimsâ Rights Week, and local advocates are reminding crime victims and their families about the rights and resources they have through Marsyâs Law of Oklahoma.
Angela Wiles has been advocating for Marsyâs Law and crime victimsâ rights since her 14-year-old daughter Alyssa was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend in 2013 in Duncan.
About 24 hours after Alyssa broke up with him, 16-year-old Michael Ray brutally murdered her as she slept. Another younger teenager acted as a lookout for him.
HANFORD â With National Crime Victimsâ Rights Week coming to a close, the Kings County District Attorneyâs Office is preparing to unveil two new quilts of recognition to compensate for last yearâs cancellation.
According to Julia Patino, victim witness program coordinator for the DAâs office in Hanford, the week will culminate in a live showing of the previous yearsâ quilts at First Baptist Hanford from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. A virtual unveiling will then be held for the 2019 and 2020 quilts.
On each of these, there are patches created by the families of homicide victims from Kings County. For the 2019 quilt, there were nine patches, but last year, that number jumped to 15.
Four honored as part of National Crime Victims Rights Week
Four people are being honored with awards as part of Ventura County s observance of National Crime Victims Rights Week.
To commemorate the nationwide awareness campaign in a COVID-safe way, the Ventura County District Attorney s Office is issuing five videos on its website each morning highlighting a person or organization.
This year s honorees include Mario Sanchez, a counselor with Camp HOPE; Oxnard Police Department Senior Detective Lucy Buttell; California Highway Patrol investigator Micah Weilbacher and Jillian Abbott-Gonzalez, a child sexual assault survivor.
In Monday s video, District Attorney Erik Nasarenko introduced the week aimed at honoring crime victims and the people who support them.