Families & Friends of Murder Victims

2. FAMILIES & FRIENDS OF Families & Friends of Murder Victims:
MURDER VICTIMS, Inc. A non-profit organization
Dedicated to providing information, support,
(FFMV) and friendship to persons who have
experienced the death of a loved one
Newsletter August 2012 through the violent act of murder
Share Sorrow…..
Thank-you: Share Strength
*Carol Anderson – Website Mission: To restore a sense of hope and to
*Kaiser – Oakland provide a pathway to well-being to those who
*Avaxat Elementary School- Murrieta have lost a loved one to murder and to those
*St. Anthony’s Catholic Church-Upland who are victims of attempted murder.
*Christ The Redeemer Catholic Church
Grand Terrace
Love Gifts
Portola Community Center- Palm Desert
*San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office of Love gifts are a specific tax deductible donation
Victim Services/Victim Advocates made to the memory of a loved one’s birthday,
*Riverside County District Attorney’s Office of Victim anniversary of a death, holiday, or just because
Services/Victim Advocates which are posted in newsletter. They are also
*Family of Kris Flores made by caring professionals, organizations to
*Janet Garcia – facebook administrator help in the work that FFMV does with
*Anonymous Donor for sponsoring newsletter for victims/survivors. These gifts help with the
August2012 expenses incurred in reaching out to others and
operating expenses. When making out a check,
please make payable to FFMV and note Love
Gift on check or envelope.
Need Someone to Talk To? Love Gifts can be mailed to
* Bertha Flores - Parent - Spanish speaking FFMV- P.O. Box 11222 San Bernardino, Ca. -
(909) 200-5499 (after 3pm) 92423-1222
*Rose Madsen – Parent (909) 798-4803 (after
4pm)
*Maxine Russell – (818) 378-2072 Join Families & Friends of Murder Victims on
Parent/Grief Counselor
*Dawn Hall - Parent(951) 757-4419
Thank-you
*Mary Stewart -Parent (951 698-5317)
Emergency Consult for Suicidal or Homicidal Janet Garcia
Participants Mother of Jesse Garcia – 6/10/78 – 6/27/94
*Linda Atencio -Parent – 760-490-7864 Barbara Christian
* Ellie Rossi - Parent 909-810-9133 Mother of Terri Lynn Winchell–
4/10/63 – 1/8/81

3. Riverside Chapter West End Chapter -Bi-lingual
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of every Meets every 2nd Thursday of every month at
7:00pm-8:30pm
month at 7pm St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Avaxat Elementary School, 24300 La Conference Room
Brisas Road in Murrieta, CA 2210 North San Antonio Upland, CA 91786
Contact Dawn (951) 757-4419 Participants have the option of the
For directions ask for PJ at- English & Spanish Meeting
951-696-1600 x2177 – Local Grupo Bilingue
M-F 9am-4pm (1-2pm lunch) Los participantes pueden escoger en Inglés o en
Next Meeting – August 15, 2012 Español
Se reunen cada Segundo Jueves del mes a las
7:00 p.m.
Contact persons/ Personas de contacto:
Colton Chapter Rita Marin (909) 215-7063 rittaatffmv@aol.com
Next Meeting August 9, 2012
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1 Tuesday of every month
Christ The Redeemer Catholic Church Grief Support Group
Robinson Hall – Room 6 ALL are welcome at our monthly meetings.
12745 Oriole Ave Grand Terrace, CA Whether you are a parishioner or not. If you
92313 are suffering the loss of a loved one and in
New Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm need to talk to someone, we are here to
Contact person for directions or listen and share emotions.
information Rose – 909-754-6969 Together and with the help of the Lord, we
mail4ffmv@yahoo.com can help each other heal.
Meetings are held every 2 nd Wednesday of
Next Meeting – August 7, 2012 the month 7 to 9 P.M. ~ Room 8
St. Anthony’s Church 1640 Western Ave.
Coachella Valley Chapter San Bernardino (909)887-3810
New Address Contacts: Hope Morfin (909)820-6163
We will continue meeting every Ralph & Arlene Payan (909)887-4387
3rd Wednesday of each month (FFMV Participants)
6:00pm – 8:00pm Danny & Rose Equihua (909) 887-3744
Portola Community Center Room 2
45-480 Portola Ave
(parking on Shadow Mountain) One day the tears may stop,
Palm Desert, CA 92260 One day I will smile,
760-568-2560- Call for directions But the pain I feel inside me will be
Rose – 909-754-6969 there for a while,
mail4ffmv@yahoo.com J.F.Connor
Candy- 619-200-0547
Candyclb@aol.com
Next meeting is August 15, 2012 Inmate Locator, Department of
Corrections is now making it
Oakland Chapter easier for people to locate prison
Kaiser in Oakland, Howe St. at inmates; it’s a free online
Broadway, search and is open to the
12th floor Room 1200 East
Contact Helene (510) 452-2553
general public.
http://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov

4. Resources and Additional Support Services FFMV Fundraisers
San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office Cell Phones
of Victim Witness Centers: San Bernardino We ship your recycled phones, regardless
(909) 387-6540 of age or condition of the phone. This will be
Rancho Cucamonga: (909) 945-4241* an ongoing fundraiser, so we encourage
Victorville/Desert area: (760) 243-8619 year round participation.
Riverside County District Attorney’s Office of FFMV will receive between 50 cents and up
Victim Witness Centers: to $30 per cell phone.
Riverside: (951) 955-5450 Contact Rita Marin at (909) 215-7063 or
Murrieta: (951) 304-5680 * Banning: (951) 922-7130 take your phone to your next chapter
* Indio: (760) 863-8408 meeting.
*Los Angeles County District Attorney's Victim
Witness Assistance Program offices:
Pomona: 909) 620-3381 Office Depot - Staples – Office Max
*Life.After.Uncivil.Ruthless.Acts. If you shop at Office Depot or Staples
323-816-9651 www.laurala.org please use FFMV’s Rewards Number for
* WINGS OF JUSTICE – Website Office Depot which is 1139461170 Office
www.murdermislabeledsuicide.com/WingsofJustice Max – 650756207, Staples- or use just
*Women Against Gun Violence – 310-204-2348 give them 909-798-4803 for all three. We
www.wagv.org get reward points that help defray the cost
*www.CrimeVictims.gov—public awareness Web of printing, ink cartridges and office
site supplies.
* H.E.A.L. Helping Everyone Acknowledge Loss –
818-378-2072– RussellBliss21@aol.com
* Crime Victims United of California – 916-928-
PLEASE….Don ‘t throw away your old
4797 www.crimevictimsunited.com or ink cartridges! Continue to bring them to
mail@crimevictimsunited.com us, or take them to Office Max, Staples or
* North American Victim Assistance (NOVA) Office Depot and give them 909-798-4803
www.trynova.org It’s an easy way to help
* Victims of Crime Resources Center (800) FFMV purchase office supplies.
VICTIMS
* POMC - (888) 818-POMC www.pomc.org
* Greater Orange County POMC – Marie – 714-999-
7132 – 562-508-2397 ♥ I'm Still Here,
* Citizens Against Homicide - (415) 455-5944 I may be gone but please don't cry
* Justice for Murdered Children - (310) 547-1367
* The Crime Victims Assistance Network (iCAN)
Death is not the last goodbye,
Foundation (916) 273-3603 Death released me of my pain
* Memory of Victims Everywhere - (949) 248-5470 There will come a day we
MOVE@cox.net
* Resource for the Grieving and
will meet again,
Bereavedwww.griefcompanion.com Don’t be blue and don't be sad
* Crime Survivors – 949-872-7895 Think back to the fun we had,
www.crimesurvivors.com Bi-monthly meetings
held in Orange County
I am always here I hear you speak
* Adela Lavine~Medium: www.adelalavine.com In time of trouble it's me you seek,
* MADD – (909) 888-6233 You don't see me but I see you
www.maddsanbernardino.org
*JUSTICE FOR HOMICIDE VICTIMS - (310) 457- I will do my best to pull you through,
0030 -jhvinfo@justiceforhomicidevictims.com Speak to me and I will hear
* Striving Towards Eradicating Violence In Ennercities Never far I am always near,
-S.T.E.V.I.E. stevieisunityandpeace@yahoo.com
oneunikadvocate2@aol.com Be brave my love do not cry
* www.psychic4themissing.com See you again it's not goodbye
*Homicide Survivors Inc. John F Connor
todd.blumhorst@pcao.pima.gov
520.740.5729

5. August Birthdays
Anthony Turdot
Bryan O’Meara
Carlos F. Leal Jr.
Charles Hemmings
Christopher Terrell Jackson
Christian Jesus Hernandez
Diana Dawn Varcari
Emilia Casas
Freddie Lopez
Joyce Nelson
Maurio Maurice Smith
Ramon Quezada Jr.
Renee Smith Bradley
Richard G. Jurado
Robert Friebrantz
Robert (Bobby) Kevin Carstens
Rosa Maria Gamino
Ruben Mojarro
Sean Gardhouse
Sylvia (Nena) Flores
Our thoughts are ever with you…Though you taken away.
And those who loved you dearly…..Are thinking of you today.

6. August Memories
Neal, Ian, & Devon Williams
Charles Shaw & Lindsey Langdon
Alyssa Nicole Randles
Amber Fink
Andrae J. Davis
Antonio Martinez
Aubrey Maloy
Bobby Stutson
Denice “Denny” Fox
Elizabeth Pinon
Freddie Lopez
Heather Ann Staimer
Hector Cineros Ariz-Mendez
Janish Reddy
Jason Verde
Jillian Michele White
Jimmy Brown
John Hillrich Jr.
Joseph Threadgill
Jose Funtes
Kenneth S. Wrede
Manuel Chavez
Marcus Ringo
Miranda Daly
Nikita Walton
Norma Gates
Rebecca Andrews
Renee Smith Bradley
Richard Lopez
Sandra Lee Smith
Scott B. Fisher
Tommy Matthews Jr.
Travis Parker

7. LOVE GIFTS
In Loving Memory of In Loving Memory In Loving Memory of
Charles Shaw – 11/29 – 8/8/93 Bobby Stutson Sean Gardhouse
Lindsey Langdon – 3/28/82 – 8/8/93 6/2/51 – 8/10/79 8/15/86 – 6/28/06
19 yrs…STILL UNSOLVED
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Donation $_______________
Name (please print):_________________________________________________________________
Address____________________________________City/St.________________________Zip__________
Email address: __________________________________________________________
Your Phone # ( ) ____________________Relationship to Victim: _____________________________
Name of Victim: _________________________________________________________________
Date of Birth: Date of Death: ______________________
Please post my loved ones picture(s) for the month of: ___________
# of pictures enclosed/attached ____________ Use picture on file_______________

8. CAMP GOOD GRIEF (SVP)
Camp Good Grief-Special Victims Program (SVP) is a joint effort between the San Bernardino County District
Attorney's Office Bureau of Victim Services and Loma Linda University Medical Center Children's Hospital. The 3-
day grief camp is geared toward homicide/suicide and is for children ages 10-16 who have experienced a violent
death in their family. Campers board a bus at the Ronald McDonald House in Loma Linda and head to Camp
Cedar Falls in the San Bernardino Mountains for a three-day camp and grief therapy experience.
At camp the children participate in game and team building activities and therapeutic group activities designed
to help them learn and understand how to cope with the grief over the violent death of their loved one. This
camp has been so successful that it has been expanded to include Camp Good Grief - Special Victims Program
Teen Retreat. It will be held annually and provides grief services for teens ages 14-18 who previously
participated in Camp Good Grief - SVP and whose lives have been positively impacted by camp. It will be a
combination of learning advanced grief management skills as well as a training camp for future Camp Good Grief
Peer Counselors.
Camp is free of charge to all campers and camperships are funded by unclaimed victim restitution. Therapists
and interns from Loma Linda Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic, Loma Linda Child Life Specialists and District
Attorney's Office Victim Advocates donate their time to the camp.
The Bureau of Victim Services and Loma Linda University Children's Hospital have pledged to continue
fundraising activities, presentations to service groups, and outreach events so they may continue hosting future
Camp Good Grief-SVP programs.
Contact: Dorothy Brooks 909-558-4073
COLD CASES FYI
I attended JHV Memorial in April, guest Speaker Frank Girardot, editor of the Pasadena Star News and
senior editor of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune Group announced that he would to publish pictures and
information regarding unsolved homicide cases on the newspaper website. Many families that I know
personally have UNSOLVED cases which have turned to COLD cases…Everyone deserves JUSTICE
If your loved one was murdered in the greater Southern California area and the case is unsolved, Frank
will get it published in the newspaper.
You can check out the Cold Case Project by going to www.PasadenaStarNews.com/coldcases. The
paper also has the project listed on Facebook …
This is a response Frank gave me when I e-mailed him about this project:
Hi Rose,
If I get a photo from a loved one I will post it on our website as soon as I can. Anyone who is interested
can contact me and I promise to get them set up.
Sincerely,
Frank Girardot
911 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91106
626-578-6300 ext.4478
frank.girardot@sgvn.com
Here is some basic information Frank needs when you send him a picture of your loved one:
Your full name, address, phone(s), e-mail address, Victims Full Name and age at time of murder,
Victims DOB-DOD, your relationship to victim, city where murder took place, any suspects arrested?,
Detective’s name & phone, & short bio on how your loved one was murdered

9. “We Come To Share Our Story”
A Day of Reflection and Healing for People who
have lost a loved one to murder.
When: Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012
RSVP by August 30th.
To the Office of Restorative Justice (909) 475-5474 or by completing the form below.
Spaces are limited.
Where: St. Andrew's Abbey in peaceful, beautiful and scenic Valyermo
31001 N Valyermo Rd.
Valyermo, CA 93563
(661) 944-2178 or www.saintandrewsabby.com
Registration: 8:00am - 8:30am
Reflection Day: 8:30am until 7:00pm
Cost: $25.00 per person
(includes continental breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Bring photo and/or memento of your loved one
This reflection day will be in English.
For More Info: Contact Sister Sue Reif at 909-475-5474 (office) or sreif@sbdiocese.org
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Registration Form:
Name:_________________________________________________________________
MailingAddress:_________________________________________________________
Email Address:_________________________________________________________
Home phone:__________________________________________________________
Cell phone:____________________________________________________________
Checks can be made out to "Diocese of San Bernardino." Please mail form and payment to:
Office of Restorative Justice, 1201 E. Highland Avenue, San Bernardino, CA 92404

10. From Rose Madsen, Editor/Chair/co-founder of the
Colton & Coachella Chapter of FFMV
In Memory of my daughter Jennifer LeAnne Balber 12/02/73 – 11/10/94
A 20yr. old SoCal Gas Co. Meter Reader, Fatally Shot in the Line of Service
I was so shocked and horrified when I heard about the Aurora Col. Shooting on July 20 th. I felt pain and
numbness for families who will be enduring….shock…disbelief…anger…Nobody died alone in Aurora
that night. The 12 who lost their lives all went to the movies with a relative, a spouse, or a friend. They
all had dreams left unfinished…just as our loved ones did. I pray for the families of the victims and
surviving victims for PEACE, HOPE and JUSTICE!
I’m working on SEPTEMBER memory board, so send me your loved ones picture.
Thoughtfully
Rose
FFMV is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving survivors of murder victims & victims of
attempted murder. Our main purpose is grief support for those victim/survivors. All assistance
provided to victims is given free of charge by volunteers. Contributions and/or questions
regarding the policies of FFMV may be addressed to: FFMV Executive Board at P.O. Box
11222 San Bernardino, Ca. 92423-1222, e-mailed to mail4fffmv@yahoo.com or phoned to
909-798-4803. FFMV is a tax-exempt organization under the Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal
Revenue Service.
Our Organization depends largely upon private donations which will cover operational
expenses, Our Annual Family Christmas Memorial Luncheon, and Our Annual Victims
Rights Week Memorial. We are seeking a sponsor (s) for our events. Please contact
FFMV at the above e-mail or phone if you are interested.
Tax ID #68-0299211
All Contributions Are Tax Deductible

11. D
2012 Participant /Photo Release Form for slide show & picture boards
Families & Friends of Murder Victims, INC (FFMV)
Circle one: New Participant ~ Update my information ~ Agency/Non Victim
Please Print
Date________________ Relationship to Victim_______________________
Victim’s First Name_________________________________________
Victim’s Last Name_________________________________________
Date of Birth _____________ Date of Death__________ Solved: Yes ( ) No ( )
Permission to use photo(s): Yes ( ) No ( ) Just add me to e-mail/mailing list to
receive monthly newsletter and event information
I grant to Families & Friends of Murder Victims, Inc. (FFMV), the right to use
photograph(s) of the above-identified subject. I authorize FFMV to use and
publish the same in print and/or electronically.
I agree that FFMV may use such photographs with or without his/her name and for
any lawful purpose, including for example such purposes as publicity, illustration,
advertising, and Web content.
I have read and understand the above.
Name of Agency/Non-Victim if applicable: ________________________________
Signature _________________________________________________________
Print Full Name _____________________________________________________
Address___________________________________________________________
City__________________________________ Zip Code____________________
Phone with area code ______________________________________
E-mail ____________________________________________________________
Mail or e-mail participant/release form to: mail4ffmv@yahoo.com
FFMV ~ P.O.Box 11222 San Bernardino, CA ~ 92423-1222
I have included a picture ( ) Yes ( ) No use the one on file
I have included a $_________ donation for 2012
Thank-you… if you have already sent your 2012 donation

12. Please help with this legislation, to either sponsor or co-sponsor this urgently needed bill.
Write to your congressperson and Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen as the Chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee and Congressman
Howard Berman as the Ranking Member. Chief of Staff Margaret Mott (mail won't be stalled thru radiation there as it is in
DC)14546 Hamlin St. # 202 Van Nuys, California 91401 Phone (818) 994-7200 Fax: (818) 994-1050
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee
2206 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-0918 to either sponsor or
Co-sponsor this urgently needed bill.
Thanks, Maxine B. Russell - Mother of Darren - russellbliss21@aol.com
On the web: www.russellcase.net (UPDATED)
On Twitter: @killed_in_china
In U.S. Federal Court: Case No. CV-09-06050