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National Day of Remembrance for
Murder Victims
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For this year’s 2016 National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims,
Unit 1012 will remember more than 188 murdered victims + victims of war crimes
from the United States and around the world. Let us remember how they lived on
this earth and treasure their memories.
"So long as we live, they too shall live and love for they are a part of us as we remember them."- Gates of Prayer
For this observance, we will present
murdered victims from 1900 to 1990:
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Denise Huber
(November 22, 1967 to June 3, 1991)
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52. Denise Huber (November 22, 1967 to June 3, 1991)
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Doctor Victor Chang
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53. Victor Peter Chang, AC (born Chang Yam Him;
21 November 1936 – 4 July 1991), was a Chinese Australian cardiac surgeon and a
pioneer of modern heart transplantation. Born in Shanghai to Australian-born
Chinese parents, he grew up in Hong Kong before moving to Australia. After
completing his medical studies at the University of Sydney and working in St
Vincent's Hospital, he trained in England and the United States as a surgeon
before returning to Australia. In St Vincent's Hospital, he helped establish
the National Cardiac Transplant Unit, the country's leading centre for heart
and lung transplants. Chang's team had a high success rate in performing heart
transplantations and he pioneered the development of an artificial heart valve.
In 1986, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia for his "service to international relations between Australia and China and to medical science". In 1991, Chang died after being shot in a failed extortion attempt against him. His legacy includes the creation of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, being voted Australian of the Century at the People's Choice Awards, and the establishment of the Victor Chang Lowy Packer Building in St Vincent's Hospital.
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Denise
Collins
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54. Denise Collins (1963 to October 3, 1991)
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Ebony Simpson
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55. Ebony Simpson (August 6,
1983 to August 19, 1992)
56-57. The murder of Jennifer "Jenny" Ertman and Elizabeth Peña,
two teenage girls from Houston, Texas, occurred on June 24, 1993. The murder of
the two girls made headlines in Texas newspapers due to the nature of the crime
and the new law resulting from the murder that allows families of the victims
to view the execution of the murderers.
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Polly Klaas
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58. Polly Hannah Klaas (January 3, 1981 – October 1, 1993) is an American murder victim
whose case gained national attention. At the age of twelve, she was kidnapped
at knife point from her mother's home during a slumber party in Petaluma,
California, on October 1, 1993. She was later strangled. Richard Allen
Davis was convicted of her murder in 1996 and sentenced to death.
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Baby Brandon Baugh
(October 16, 1993 to January 21, 1994)
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59. Brandon Duane Baugh (October 16, 1993 to
January 21, 1994)
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Carmen
Gayheart
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60. Carmen Gayheart (September 2, 1970 to April 27, 1994)
61. The murder of Megan Kanka (December 7, 1986 – July 29,
1994) occurred in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
The seven-year-old was raped and murdered by her neighbor Jesse Timmendequas.
The murder attracted national attention and subsequently led to the
introduction of "Megan's Law", which requires law enforcement to
disclose details relating to the location of registered sex offenders.
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Colleen Slemmer
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62. Colleen Slemmer (September 20, 1975 to January 12, 1995)
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Tracie Joy McBride
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63. Private Tracie
Joy McBride was murdered by Louis Jones, Jr on February18, 1995.
He was executed by lethal injection in Texas on March 18, 2003. We, the
comrades of Unit 1012, will remember how Tracie live and not remember how she
died. We encourage people to donate money to the Tracie
Joy McBride Scholarship Fund.
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Jimmy Ryce
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64. Samuel James "Jimmy" Ryce (September 26, 1985 –
September 11, 1995) was a child who was abducted, raped and killed by Juan
Carlos Chavez in Redland, Florida, United States. On Wednesday, February 12,
2014, Chavez was executed at Florida State Prison in North Florida.
65. Thien Minh Ly, a Vietnamese American who was
murdered by Gunner Lindberg due to a hate crime on January 28, 1996.
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Stacey Lee Stites
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| JonBenét Ramsey |
68. JonBenét Patricia Ramsey
(August 6, 1990 – December 25, 1996) was an American child beauty pageant queen
who was murdered in her home in Boulder, Colorado, in 1996. The six-year-old's
body was found in the basement of the family home about eight hours after she
was reported missing during a police search of her home. She had been struck on
the head and strangled. The case remains unsolved, even after several grand
jury hearings, and continues to generate public and media interest.
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Barry Alan Van Treese
(December 3, 1942 to January 7, 2007)
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72. Frank Meziere (July 31, 1974 to March 26,
1988)
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James Byrd, Jr.
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73. James Byrd, Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998)
was an African-American who was murdered by three men, of whom at least two
were white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry,
Lawrence Russell Brewer, and John King dragged Byrd for three miles behind a
pick-up truck along an asphalt road. Byrd, who remained conscious throughout
most of the ordeal, was killed when his body hit the edge of a culvert,
severing his right arm and head. The murderers drove on for another mile before
dumping his torso in front of an African-American cemetery in Jasper. Byrd's
lynching-by-dragging gave impetus to passage of a Texas hate crimes law. It later led to the federal
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes
Prevention Act, commonly known as the Matthew Shepard Act, which passed on
October 22, 2009, and which President Barack Obama signed into law on October 28,
2009.
Lawrence
Russell Brewer was executed by lethal injection for this crime by the state of
Texas on September 21, 2011. King remains on Texas' death row while appeals are
pending, while Berry was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Melissa Trotter |
75. Rachel Joy Scott
(August 5, 1981 – April 20, 1999) was an American student and the first murder
victim of the Columbine
High School massacre, which claimed the lives of 12 students and a
teacher, as well as both perpetrators.
She has
since been the subject of several books and is the inspiration for Rachel's Challenge,
a nationwide school outreach program for the prevention of teen violence, based
on her life and writings.
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| Cassie René Bernall |
76. Cassie René Bernall
(November 6, 1981 - April 20, 1999) was a student killed in the Columbine
High School massacre, at age 17.
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Photo of Stephanie with her grandparents. Photo of
Stephanie Neiman with her parents.
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79. Kaylene Harris (September 27, 1986 to
December 31, 1999)
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| Kleber Pescone dos Santos, 28, and his wife, Lillian D'Ascanio Carla dos Santos |
80-81. Kleber Santos and his wife, Lilian – A Brazilian couple who
were murdered by Michael Adam Sigala on August 22, 2000. He was executed by the
state of Texas on March 2, 2010.
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| Leslie Rae White |
82. Leslie Rae White (February 25, 1982 to October 4, 2000)
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Heather Muller
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