Unit 1012: The Victims' Families For The Death Penalty.: 2017 NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR MURDER VICTIMS (2006 TO 2010)

National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims

[PHOTO SOURCE: http://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/national-day-of-remembrance-for-murder.html]

For this year’s 2017 National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims, Unit 1012 will remember more than 1500 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 2006 to 2010:

Ilan Halimi

1054. Ilan Halimi (Hebrew: אילן חלימי) was a young French Jewish man of Moroccan descent who was kidnapped on 21 January 2006 by a group called the Gang of Barbarians and subsequently tortured, over a period of three weeks, resulting in his death.

Security guard Derrick McFarland and Montgomery County Sheriff's deputy Eric Sutphin. They were both murdered by William Morva. The killer was executed on July 6, 2017.

1055-1056. Security guard Derrick McFarland and Montgomery County Sheriff's deputy Eric Sutphin. They were both murdered by William Morva. The killer was executed on July 6, 2017.

Cameron Hamlin

1057. Cameron Donovan Hamlin (May 10, 1981 to September 24, 2006)

Geontae Glass

1058. Geontae Glass (April 19, 2001 to December 5, 2006)

1059. Jodi Sanderholm (September 26, 1987 to January 5, 2007)

Channon Gail Christian, 21, and Hugh Christopher Newsom, Jr., 23

1060-1061. Channon Gail Christian, 21, and Hugh Christopher Newsom, Jr., 23, were an unmarried couple from Knoxville, Tennessee. They were kidnapped the evening of January 6, 2007 when Christian's vehicle was carjacked, and taken to a rental house, where they were raped, tortured, and murdered. Five people were arrested and charged in the case.

1062-1064. The Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders occurred on July 23, 2007, when a mother and her two daughters were murdered during a home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut. The Hartford Courant referred to the case as "possibly the most widely publicized crime in the state's history".

1065-1066. Neal Williams and his two sons, Ian and Devon (Died: August 8, 2007)

1067. Rie Isogai (磯谷利恵 Isogai Rie, 20 July 1976 – 25 August 2007) was a 31-year-old Japanese office clerk who was robbed and murdered in Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the night of 24 August 2007 by three men who became acquainted through an underground message board. Her murder led to a signature campaign to call for the death penalty on the three murderers, one of whom was sentenced to death on 18 March 2009, and two of the murderers were sentenced to life in prison on 13 April 2011.

John Granville

1068. John Granville (September 25, 1974 to January 1, 2008)

1069. Brianna Denison (March 29, 1988 to January 20, 2008)

1070. Jamiel Shaw II (December 22, 1990 to March 2, 2008)

Deputy Sheriff Tony Diaz

1072. Deputy Sheriff Tony Diaz (End of Watch: June 15, 2008)

Twenty-four-year-old Janek Pietrzak and his 26-year-old wife, Quiana Faye Jenkins-Pietrzak, were murdered in their French Valley home. Credit: Maggie Avants

(PHOTO SOURCE: http://murrieta.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/former-marine-sentenced-to-life-for-murder-of-french-valley-couple)

1073-1074. The Murder of Jan Paweł Pietrzak and Quiana Jenkins Pietrzak relates to the events surrounding the 2008 deaths of United States Marine Corps Sergeant Jan Paweł Pietrzak (March 13, 1984 – October 15, 2008) and his wife Quiana Jenkins-Pietrzak (February 16, 1982 - October 15, 2008).

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan

1075. Sandeep Unnikrishnan (15 March 1977 – 28 November 2008) was an officer in the Indian Army serving in the elite Special Action Group of the National Security Guards. He was killed in action during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. He was consequently awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peace time gallantry award, on 26 January 2009.

Bipsy Amirian

1076. Elizabeth Bipsy Amirian (January 20, 1982 to February 12, 2009)

1077. Ariel Allison (July 25, 1990 to July 4, 2009)

Spec Amanda Jean Snell

1078. Spec Amanda Jean Snell (January 19, 1989 to July 13, 2009)

1079. The murder of Jim Pouillon occurred on September 11, 2009, when pro-life activist James Pouillon was shot dead while protesting abortion in front of Owosso High School in Owosso, Michigan. It was evidently the first time an activist had ever been murdered while protesting abortion. Soon after the shooting, police were alerted to another murder, that of local businessman Michael Fuoss, which they linked to Pouillon's killer. Police arrested Harlan James Drake and charged him with both crimes. Drake was later declared fit to stand trial, where he was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder, and was subsequently sentenced to two life sentences.