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CUE Center for Missing Persons Founder, Monica Caison, joins us in celebrating the 24th anniversary of the organization.

In 1994, Monica Caison founded the non-profit CUE Center for Missing Persons, which is focused on finding the missing, advocating for their causes, and supporting their families.

Offering a wide range of free services, CUE has since helped more than 9,000 families in what is often the most confusing and desperate times of their lives. In addition to providing services for the missing and their families, CUE offers college internships and youth mentoring programs.

CUE is entirely donation funded and staffed by volunteers, including Monica Caison, who takes no salary from the organization.

Website: http://ncmissingpersons.org

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Talking Through Death examines communication at the end-of-life from several different communication perspectives: interpersonal (patient, provider, family), mediated, and cultural. By studying interpersonal and family communication, cultural media, funeral related rituals, religious and cultural practices, medical settings, and legal issues surrounding advance directives, readers gain insight into the ways symbolic communication constructs the experience of death and dying, and the way meaning is infused into the process of death and dying. The book looks at the communication-related health and social issues facing people and their loved ones as they transition through the end of life experience. It reports on research recently conducted by the authors and others to create a conversational, narrative text that helps students, patients, and medical providers understand the symbolism and construction of meaning inherent in end-of-life communication.

Dr. Deborah C. Breede, a Professor of Communication, teaches communication, women’s and gender studies, and graduate courses at Coastal Carolina University (CCU) in Conway, South Carolina. Her primary research, teaching, and service interests focus on the formation, development, maintenance, and challenges of community within a variety of contexts – including interpersonal and familial relationships; educational, cultural, and community collaborations; and during end of life experiences.

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At TTP we have noticed something we find very concerning: the number of death cases that are ruled as suicides with little or no investigation by the authorities. We are not simply talking about survivors of victims who don’t want to believe their loved one would have taken his or her own life. The cases we are talking about are more than mere “gut feelings.” These are incidents in which the survivors cite compelling evidence that there was a rush to judgement by the authorities in reaching the suicide conclusion.

Joining us to discuss this issue will be Lynda Cheldelin Fell. Lynda is an award-winning author, the creator of the Grief Diaries books and Grief Diaries: Project Cold Case, and CEO of AlyBlue Media.

 

 

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Guest, Sgt. Arthur Powers of New Britain, CT Police Dept. explains the benefits of TRIAD.

TRIAD is a three way partnership between Law Enforcement, senior citizens and support/protective service agencies who work together to reduce criminal victimization and to enhance the delivery of Law Enforcement services to this population.  It focuses on reducing unwarranted fear of crime and improving the quality of life for seniors.

The New Britain TRIAD works to address concerns of safety and crime prevention for the elderly in the New Britain community.  Our purpose is to empower and educate the city’s elderly population by reaching out and developing programs that address concerns of safety and crime prevention.  TRIAD provides the opportunity for the exchange of information between law enforcement and senior citizens.  It focuses on reducing unwarranted fear of crime and improving the quality of life for seniors.  Our TRIAD program is tailored to meet the needs of our community and is an integral part of policing.

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Now I Lay Me Down skillfully tells the true story of two little girls (Skyla Whitaker and Taylor Placker) who were brutally gunned down on a country road in Weleetka, Oklahoma in 2008. The case took several years to solve, and the murder of another victim, Ashley Taylor.

Faith Phillips takes readers through the whole journey, including a look through the eyes of prosecutor Maxey Reilly who finally brought justice to the families. Excellently written with the pen of a superb story teller.

She is also the author of Ezekial's Wheels and It's Not That Hard To

To order autographed copies: http://readbooksby.faith/book/now-i-lay-me-down/

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Inv. Dottie Cronise from Richland County South Carolina Sheriff's Office will highlight details of several cases currently being investigated by the Cold Case Unit which works cases of long term missing persons and unsolved homicides. Dottie is a Senior Investigator and assigned to the Cold Case Unit. The following cases will be discussed in hopes of turning up new leads and bringing resolution for the families of the victims. If you have any information on "cold" or unsolved murder cases, please call (803) 576-3000

1-     Missing Persons- Shalonda Harts

2-     Missing Persons- Johnnie Johnson

3-     Unsolved Homicide- Victim, Silene Eaddy Date: 04/17/2004 Incident Location: Pincushion and Montgomery Rd.

Our website address is: www.rcsd.net

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A monster was on a killing spree. In just nine months, seven people went missing; all of their bodies eventually discovered in a wooded lot behind a suburban strip mall. But the investigation that led law enforcement to their suspect, William Devin Howell, is only part of the story behind HIS GARDEN: Conversations With A Serial Killer.

A practicing attorney, author Anne K. Howard first contacted Howell while he was serving a fifteen-year sentence for the murder of one of his seven victims. He was about to be charged for the remaining six murders. A unique and disturbing friendship between the two began, comprised of written correspondence, face-to-face prison visits and recorded phone calls. Howell, who had been unwilling to speak to any members of the media, came to trust Howard.

Order HIS GARDEN: Conversations With A Serial Killer. from WildBlue Press

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On August 22, 1990, Andrew “Andy” Atkinson and Cheryl Henry were viciously murdered in Houston, Texas. The killings were subsequently dubbed the Lovers Lane Murders. Now, 28 years later, their killer or killers remain unidentified and at large. Joining us to talk about the status of the police investigation are Andy’s father, Garland Atkinson, and Gene Cervantes of Citizens Against Homicide join the discussion to update the case.

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Since he can remember, nature has been a central part of Sebastian Slovin's life. He was fortunate to grow up in the beach community of La Jolla, California, and spent his childhood mixing it up in the ocean. As a young boy, he lost his father to suicide, which would later deeply inspire his path in life and inspire his writing. Sebastian is the author of The Adventures of Enu and Ashes in the Ocean. 

Sebastian is passionate about sharing his story with the intention to help create space for conversations about suicide, mental health, and other difficult topics - to break down the stigma around these topics.

Sebastian and his partner Sonya co-founded Nature Unplugged which offers developmental coaching with the focus of cultivating healthy relationships with technology and reconnection to nature. In addition to coaching, Nature Unplugged offers workshops and retreats. 

Website: SebastianSlovin.Com

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Guests: Gil Harrington and Jane Lilian Vance of Help Save the Next Girl

Help Save the Next Girl, the powerful non-profit foundation formed in the wake of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder, has reached an international stage. But President and Founder, Morgan’s mother Gil Harrington, and Vice President, artist Jane Lillian Vance, still insist on delivering compassion personally, not as an industry.

They have hand-folded and packaged every one of the thousands of Help Save the Next Girl shirts you see in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia; in New York, Chicago, or Portland. “I like my hand to warm every single shirt we send out with a prayer for safety and joy,” Gil says. In fact, whenever possible, they insist on spreading their empowering messages of safety, community, and civic responsibility one person, or one small audience, at a time.

Gil and Jane believe that the work of acknowledging neighbors’—even strangers’—humanity and divinity can happen every day, wherever you are, whoever you are.

As Gil says, “We refuse to be defined by our injury. We want not just to recover. We want to flourish. We want to be an example of resilience and positive legacy. Morgan would want us to move forward in her name, extending such compassion.”

Website: http://helpsavethenextgirl.com/

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