Wesley and Sini Mathews, both in custody following the death of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews, attended child custody hearing for other daughter Wednesday A physician says she found several bone fractures last March on Sherin Mathews, a 3-year-old girl adopted from India who was found dead in Richardson last month. Dr. Suzanne Dakil testified that she suspected abuse and reported her concerns to … [Read more...]
Mom of slain South Pasadena boy advocates for abuse victims and federal legislation
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Ana Estevez, the mother of Aramazd Andressian Jr., who was brutally murdered by his father, spoke up for abuse victims during an annual event held by Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser Permanente collected 420 bags of toiletries and school supplies for domestic violence victims and their children during October, which was Domestic Violence Awareness month. It's the 14th year the … [Read more...]
THE LEGAL ASSAULT
The thick envelope thudded on the doorstep three days after she returned from the hospital. It was Charlotte’s father who noticed the manila package. The gray-haired man carried it into the bedroom where his 41-year-old daughter was curled in bed breastfeeding her days-old son. The new mother looked so blissful that he hesitated to tell her. Charlotte had been served. The plaintiff was … [Read more...]
Abusers use court system as a weapon
Victims of domestic violence often turn to the court system for justice and safety. But sometimes that system — the quintessential symbol of fairness — is weaponized by abusers. Victims, service providers, lawyers, cops and policy advocates described to Greenwich Time how domestic violence offenders may use the legal system as a new arm with which to manipulate and control their … [Read more...]
Organs of 4-year-old killed in parents’ murder-suicide donated
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Organs of a 4-year-old boy killed in the murder-suicide of his parents will be donated through Gift of Life, his grandmother said. Nicholas Mitchell and his mother, Julina Gibson, were shot by his father, Nick Mitchell Jr., who then turned the gun on himself Thursday morning, according to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety. His parents died that … [Read more...]
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