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Heather Mattia
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Evelyn Mattia, sister of murder victim
Heather Mattia, spoke with the campaign about her support for Prop. 66 and
her sister’s life.
In March 2006, Jean Pierre Rices brutally executed
Heather Mattia and Firas Eiso in the store where they both worked, and
Heather’s brother owned. After robbing the store, Rices and his partner in
crime, Anthony James Miller, were about to leave when Rices deliberating shot
and killed both Heather and Firas. Heather was left to choke to death on her
own blood for nearly 15 minutes before she died.
Rices was convicted and sentenced to death in
August 2009 by a San Diego County jury.
What has it been like for your
family since you lost your sister?
Life without
Heather is so depressing. We miss her so much that there is not a day that we
are not thinking of her. Where ever we go, there is someone out there that will
say to me or my family “we miss Heather so much!” Every week for almost 11
years, my mother goes to the cemetery every Wednesday to see her.
What would
you like people to know about your sister?
Heather was
an amazing person with a heart of gold! She always wanted to see a smile on
your face! Her life was taken away for no reason.
What do you
think is important that voters should know about the death penalty?
People need
to pay for what they do to other people. Whoever is involved should also pay
for the crime. Eye for an eye is what I believe in.
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SOURCE: http://noprop62yesprop66.com/stories/evelyn-mattia/
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