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National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims

By Steve Hall

Saturday marked the fourth annual National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. Scripps Howard News Service posted, "Hundreds of murder victims to be honored at upcoming conference."  It by Adam Liebenforfer. The forum was created in 2007 when Congress designated Sept. 25 as the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. Robert and Charlotte Hullinger, of Cincinnati, the main advocates for the day, formed Parents of Murdered Children following the 1978 murder of their 19-year-old daughter, Lisa, while she was studying in Germany. The annual day of observance is on the date Lisa was murdered. The parents' group has more than 75 chapters in the U.S., according to its website. The article also notes  a Scripps Howard News Service investigative package on unsolved murders...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 27, 2010 (boomark / email).