South Carolina Professor Jennifer Lee Wilson: "Teaching an Important Lesson"

Professor Jennifer Lee Wilson is a tragic lesson of how a death could have been prevented. Within the facts of her death, at her home, at the hands of a man with whom she ended a relationship, and how she died, is an important lesson.

The lesson began when Jennifer received an email from a former girlfriend cautioning her to be careful of the man with whom she was trying to end a relationship. He was stalking her relentlessly, calling and sending texts. There was enough harassing behavior by the man to warrant a police report and then obtain an order of protection from the court. But, Jennifer likely believed she could handle what was happening and thought, as many victims do, he would eventually grow tired and move on.

That did not happen. In fact, co-workers, other educators at the University of South Carolina, were aware of what Jennifer was experiencing at the hands of this man. On one of the news sites a co-worker and friend comments:

"I don't really know if there is an lesson in her death because this honestly could happen to anyone. It's entirely scary because the only lesson I can gather from this is if a person is crazy and determined to get you there is little you can do."

The person who made the comment is wrong. There were things that could have been accomplished to assist Jennifer and therein lies the real lesson.

The professor's death could have been prevented. Everyone knew what was happening at the university but no one knew what direction was required for her to be safe and stay alive. He had a plan to stalk, harass and threaten. She needed a plan to be 10 steps ahead of his tactics to stay alive. With over 20 years of working on complex, dangerous, high risk cases of intimate partner violence, so far, not one victim has died on my watch. So, I disagree with the co-worker and educator's comment "if a person is crazy, there is little you can do."

Since the University of South Carolina does not currently offer training in the area of intimate partner violence, I suggest they consider scheduling a series of educational workshops on intimate partner violence and prevention to not only bring awareness to those on campus, and keep students and facility safe, the workshop campus training should include an invitation for the local law enforcement community.

When a call was placed by a neighbor at approximately 2:00 a.m., saying they heard screaming coming from inside the home, the officers should have done more than get out of the squad car for a moment, and  because all seemed quiet, turn around get back in the squad car and leave. The officers did not do a wellness check. They did not take the time to knock on the door of the professor's home, and they did not follow-up with the person who placed the 911 call to investigate further. If they had, it may possibly have saved her life.

The next morning, the same neighbor called again and police are now at the scene of a homicide. They arrested the "oh so nice and well mannered man" (a phrase I saw used several times to describe the cold blooded killer.)

At the conclusion of the news article Gloria Boutte, Chair of USC Department of Instruction and Teacher Education, said, "Wilson's death leaves a void on many levels. You could always count on her to make people feel better."

With the death of Professor Jennifer Wilson, the University of South Carolina has an opportunity to fill the void of her death by teaching others just like Jennifer the lessons of leaving an abusive relationship and learning how to stay alive!

If you are in a relationship that has a history of violence, simply mustering up the courage to confront the person and say it is over, without the proper tools, can cost you, your life!The book "Time's Up A Guide on How To Survive and Abusive and Stalking Relationship" is the prescription that every person must obtain before they announce they are leaving. Below is an example from Chapter 4, one of many unique tools provided in the book. It is available onAmazon.com, or you can purchase via e-book or on a CD. If you have questions, the email address is: timesupforjustice@gmail.com

This book doesn't merely discuss when you should leave or why you should leave, it tells you HOW you should leave. The book has step-by-step instructions how to covertly make a plan, set-up a safe escape, deal with financial issues, and the paperwork. Susan even takes you line-by-line through the process, the forms, the legal issues...she takes you by the hand, and, believe me, when you are being terrorized and you are an basket case, you don't need vague ideas, you need specific instructions. TIME'S UP can save your life and your sanity. If you need to get out, get this book before you make a mistake that could be fatal. It is money well spent.

Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit by Susan Murphy Milano from the Book "Time's Up" from Courage Network on Vimeo.

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Susan Murphy Milano is a staff member of the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education. She is a specialist with intimate partner violence prevention strategies and high risk cases and available for personal consultations through the Institute. She is also part of the team at Management Resources Limited of New York.

Susan is the author of "Time's Up: A Guide on How to Leave and Survive Abusive and Stalking Relationships,"Moving out, Moving on, and Defending Out Lives. Susan is the host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show, "Time'sUp!" . She is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated "The Roth Show" with Dr Laurie Roth and a co-host on Crime Wire.

If you would like to schedule Susan Murphy Milano for interviews, please contact: ImaginePublicity PO BOX 14946 Surfside Beach, SC 29587 Phone: 843.808.0859 email- contact@imaginepublicity.com

Gail Palmgren: She Needs to Be Found!

As a handful of states experienced Hurricane Irene, another storm was brewing on the Facebook pages of "Bring Gail Home Now" with words of lightning spilling over to the Websleuths.com forum.

Gail Palmgren has been missing from Signal Mountain, TN, since April 30, 2011. As in all of the missing mothers cases, Gail Palmgren is no exception, she would never, ever leave her children, but that is what some would have the world believe. The actions and words of a spouse or significant other speak volumes in cases of intimate partner missing persons cases.

First, it was said Gail was"not stable" according to the Palmgren family. They falsely claim Gail was on medication for mental health issues and she "was" (that is the word used) as crazy as a close relative who suffered from severe mental health issues. My favorite phrase, used in almost every one of these cases by individuals with first hand knowledge, "she took off on her own." The picture painted of Gail prefaced each time with "did you know." Never once, was it said in the conversation, "we are concerned." Never once was it said, "she needs to be found."

The individual with knowledge in most intimate partner missing persons cases seldom participates in searches for their missing "loved one."

If they have pass codes into the missing person's social networking pages they do things like remove photos and take the name of themselves off the pages. 

On their own personal pages they remove that they were married to this individual.

They almost never indicate the loved one is missing or they are looking for this person.

So, Gail Palmgren has been erased from many pages, including the individual who should be concerned the most, at the very least for the mother of his children. I fully expect an answer as to why, but it won't float a boat. Gail Palmgren was never listed or mentioned on any page related to this individual, nor his immediate family, from day one. This shows us an example of the importance of actions and pattern of conduct, in my opinion, before, during and after in cases of intimate partner missing persons.

On the social pages, instead of doing what they can to spread the word and look for Gail, there are conversations and attacks towards those trying to help. The focus of discussion has been from goats to property, who was a friend and who was not, to personal attacks of a few close to Gail for doing whatever necessary to bring her home. Bringing Gail home is the goal and focus of the page, no different from any other missing persons site, asking for support, help and information from the general public.

So I would like to remind "Mr. Diarrhea of the Mouth," in case it slipped your mind, Gail Nowacki Palmgren is missing and there is no place in the discussions about her that is more important than that statement, until she is found.

The case of Gail Palmgren still needs to be registered with a qualified agency who handles (without charge to the families) organized searches to look for loved ones. This case needs trained advocates who can work as liasions for the family and for law enforcement, doing whatever necessary to find Gail. To date, no family member has yet to register the case.

Peter Hyatt's Statement Analysis: http://seamusoriley.blogspot.com/search?q=gail+palmgren  Statement Analysis is the scientific study of words seeking to discern truth from deception

Gail has been missing from her Signal Mountain TN home since April 30th. She was last seen driving her red Jeep Rubicon, 4 door, black soft top with AL tags 'EAZY ST'. Please if you spot the vehicle call the Signal Mountain Police 423-886-2123 or 911. 

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Susan Murphy Milano is a staff member of the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education. She is a specialist with intimate partner violence prevention strategies and high risk cases and available for personal consultations through the Institute. She is also part of the team at Management Resources Limited of New York.

Susan is the author of "Time's Up: A Guide on How to Leave and Survive Abusive and Stalking Relationships,"Moving out, Moving on, and Defending Out Lives. Susan is the host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show, "Time'sUp!" . She is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated "The Roth Show" with Dr Laurie Roth and a co-host on Crime Wire.

If you would like to schedule Susan Murphy Milano for interviews, please contact: ImaginePublicity PO BOX 14946 Surfside Beach, SC 29587 Phone: 843.808.0859 email- contact@imaginepublicity.com

Susan Powell Case: Obsession Leads to Murder?

This past weekend in Washington State, law enforcement searched the home where Josh Powell and his 2 young sons now live with his father Steven Powell. Shortly after Susan Powell vanished from her Utah home is on December 6, 2009, Josh the only person of interest, lawyered up was allowed to move with the boys to his fathers home.

Over the weekend Good Morning America played an additional footage from the interview that both Josh and his father gave in a sit down interview on ABC's Night Line. I don't know what is more disturbing to me the fact that the children are with dangerous psychopaths and the state needs to remove the boys immediately. Or the possibility that Susan Powell may have been kept alive for a few months before she died? After listening to the broadcast, it is not out of the realm of possibilities.

Think about this theory for a moment. Josh Powell personally serves Susan her last meal the evening of December 6, 2009 according to a witness at the home that evening. Within a few minutes Susan is suddenly very sleepy, gets up from the table, tells her friend she will see her later to finish yarning and goes off to the bedroom to sleep.

Later that night does Josh Powell carry her in the car? Does he have help? Does he meet Steven Powell also known under the name Steven Chantrey at a half way point between his Utah home and his fathers Washington Residence? Are the drugs used to sedate Susan from Steven Powell's own residence? Steven Powell was never questioned the night of Susan's disappearance because at the time he was not a suspect. And whatever evidence was available in December of 2009 likely cannot be recovered now.

So how is it that Steven Powell knew about a specific stain under a couch that a fan was blowing on in the Utah home when he answered a question for Josh back in November of 2010 during a Salt lake City interview with the Tribune? Was it because he could have actually driven to Utah? The guest at the home of the Powell's the night Susan vanished never said fans were running in the living room because the carpet was being cleaned. So how the heck does Steven Powell know this as if it were first hand knowledge?

The ABC interview clearly shows the world Steven Powell's obsession with his daughter-in-law Susan.

Consider this disturbing fact about Steven Powell's own childhood. At the age of 7 he was taken away from his own mother, whom he never saw again. Josh Powell was also at a young age taken from his own mother by Steven Powell. Susan Powell was also removed from the lives of her own children. That is a clear pattern of behavior with this entire family.

Below taken directly from Steven Powell's personal Website (A.K.A. Steve Chantrey) is he telling us perhaps where Susan could possibly be located? With vivid detail Steven Powell tells us about a trailer camp along along highway 1-90. Could this be a clue as to where Susan may be? And what ever happened to Steven Powell's own mother?

The lyrics to his "love songs" do they reflect his feelings for Susan Powell? Interesting to note a song is added to the site after Susan vanishes that frankly gives me the creeps.

Peter Hyatt's statement analysis of the case: http://seamusoriley.blogspot.com/2011/08/statement-analysis-steve-powell.html

Jounalist Isabelle Zehnder whom has covered this case from the beginning wrote an excellent article on the case: http://www.examiner.com/missing-persons-in-national/would-susan-cox-powell-run-off-with-a-man-emotionally-torment-friends-family

( Website: http://stevechantrey.com/Pages/About/MeetSteve.aspx)

Meet Steve Chantrey

I was born in Portland, Oregon. At an early age my mother made a unilateral and secretive decision to separate from my dad, and moved with my brother, my sister and me to Chillicothe, Ohio. Pregnant at the time with my younger brother, she suffered through a miserable trip from Oregon to Ohio. My dad found us after a few months, and my parents reconciled. We returned to Portland for a while.

One of my early memories about that time in Portland is the new bright green car (I'm sorry, I never actually knew the make of the car, only the color) our family came to own. A short time after that lovely car appeared in our family, my dad drove it to Southern California to look for work in the aerospace industry. When we followed him there I was devastated to find out that he had traded in our green car as the down payment on a little house in Redondo Beach. In its place in our driveway was an old turtleback from the 1940s. Oh well.

My grandparents had preceded us to California, and were living in Santa Monica. My dad and his parents all found work at Hughes Aircraft (and probably none of them knew any more about Howard Hughes than about the man in the moon). Grandma worked in the cafeteria, Grandpa worked in production, and my dad worked in the tool crib.

In only a matter of months my dad made a unilateral and secretive decision to separate from my mom. So on a given weekend he took us to visit his parents while my mom went to spend the weekend with her aunt in Burbank. Unbeknownst to her, my grandparents had, prior to that weekend visit, transported their trailer house to Northern California, and parked it in Weed.

When we headed over to see my grandparents, and kept going north on Highway 1, something seemed amiss to me, even at seven years old. "Where is momma?" I asked. Grandma curtly replied, "You're never going to see your mother again." Of course, that was more devastating than the disappearance of the green car. My older brother, my sister and I were inconsolable. My baby brother probably just wondered what the commotion was about.

We kept driving until we reached Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Grandma and Grandpa parked their trailer house at a trailer camp along the highway, where I-90 now runs. My dad moved to Yakima, Washington where he had found work as a district supervisor for a regional newspaper. The good news for me was that I did not have to finish the last few weeks of second grade, and the next year I started into third grade without missing a beat.

The trailer camp was surrounded by bull pines and terraced up the side of a hill. I would go up the hill and play with my friends and my brother. On one occasion I informed one of my buddies that my grandparents had kidnapped us. My brother, who overheard, reported the conversation back to my grandmother, who encouraged me to keep my mouth shut (I was lying, in her estimation) by pouring a liberal dose of cayenne pepper on my tongue and making me stand in the corner.

It was also up on that hill above the trailer terrace that I conceived my first melody and lyrics. The lyrics were truly inspired:

Cigars, cigars, Someone stole my cigars, So I called the cops To get my cigars. The cops finally came. The darned thing happened again, So I called the cops To get my cigars.

I'm not sure where the inspiration came from, since no-one in my family ever smoked cigars. And I am not sure why I remember it after all these years, or why it seemed to have such significance to me. The words are nearly meaningless, and the melody is not exactly the theme for a symphony. Maybe my seven-year-old subconscious knew more about my future vocation than I even knew for many years as an adult.

Nowadays, when I write songs I do a bit of editing. The first words that offer themselves as partners for a given melody do not always make it to the final cut.

©2005-2011 Steve Chantrey

Susan Murphy Milano is a staff member of the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education. She is a specialist with intimate partner violence prevention strategies and high risk cases and available for personal consultations through the Institute. She is also part of the team at Management Resources Limited of New York.

Susan is the author of "Time's Up: A Guide on How to Leave and Survive Abusive and Stalking Relationships,"Moving out, Moving on, and Defending Out Lives. Susan is the host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show, "Time'sUp!" . She is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated "The Roth Show" with Dr Laurie Roth and a co-host on Crime Wire.

If you would like to schedule Susan Murphy Milano for interviews, please contact: ImaginePublicity PO BOX 14946 Surfside Beach, SC 29587 Phone: 843.808.0859 email- contact@imaginepublicity.com

Radio Show Receives Solid New Lead in Joel Helt Missing Person's Case

Missing persons cases are often more difficult to piece together and find new information as the years pass. Technology such as computers, cell phones and tracking devices in 1987 were yet to be developed. But, when you continue doing everything you can with today's information and social network highway to keep the information on the case in the public eye as Gina Schuster has done with her former classmate, you get results.

From facebook pages to Websites and good old fashioned detective work both by Gina and the team at Management Resources LTD. of New York, the case is moving forward.

Never mind the family and investigators were denied case file access under the freedom of information act by the State Police because the case is still categorized as "active" when in fact it was not until Private Investigator Robert Rahn stepped into the case. Never mind because the 3 young men, Kelly Diaz, Wade Marks and John LaForge out with Joe the evening of Saturday, January 17,1987, whom all returned without Joe, were never interviewed by police so there are no statements as it was "claimed."

After Thursdays show where we featured Joe Helt's case on Time's UP, solid and promising information was received after the broadcast as to what exactly happened that night. There are witnesses whom provided specific details to Joe's last night.

Three teenagers, now men are reading this and wondering which one out of the 3 finked on them. A deal is likely still possible. Who will lawyer up first is anyone's guess. There is no doubt they were the last to see Joe. They were arguing and fighting with him. In case anyone is curious you can be prosecuted by a District Attorney without a body.

Gentlemen, this is no longer a poker game to see who folds first.

To listen to the broadcast click below.

August 25, 2011 ... The Susan Murphy-Milano Show Missing Persons Joe Helt and Vernon Jones ~ The case of Joseph Helt of Ellenville,New York, missing since January 16, 1987, when he was 17-years-old. And the case of Vernon Cameron Jones, aspiring actor last seen on New Years 1993. Read more.

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Susan Murphy Milano is a staff member of the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education. She is a specialist with intimate partner violence prevention strategies and high risk cases and available for personal consultations through the Institute. She is also part of the team at Management Resources Limited of New York.

Susan is the author of "Time's Up: A Guide on How to Leave and Survive Abusive and Stalking Relationships,"Moving out, Moving on, and Defending Out Lives. Susan is the host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show, "Time'sUp!" . She is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated "The Roth Show" with Dr Laurie Roth and a co-host on Crime Wire.

If you would like to schedule Susan Murphy Milano for interviews, please contact: ImaginePublicity PO BOX 14946 Surfside Beach, SC 29587 Phone: 843.808.0859 email- contact@imaginepublicity.com

Susan Powell Case: Father-in-Law Takes Cheap Shot

Your daughter-in-law is missing and you participate in a national interview discussing specifics of an imaginary intimate relationship? The reporter asks if Steven Powell fell in love with her and he says, yes.

First and foremost, this is a missing mother, period. Who did not show up for work or drop off the kids at daycare, she vanished on December 6, 2009. Police go out to the marital residence and perform a wellness check. Josh Powell, the only suspect, is returning with their 2 children ages 2 & 4 claiming after midnight he and the boys went camping. Obviously Josh Powell made time before he left to run a large fan on the living room carpet which was still going when police arrived.

Susan had to be at work. She had a very good job. Her income was the main support for the family. She was also in the process of ending the marriage. Susan Powell would never allow her children to be woken from their warm beds, packed in a car to go camping at midnight.

Earlier today a team of law enforcement searched the home where Josh and the kids moved in with his father in Washington State. Mid week a mutual restraining order was issued between Chuck Cox and Josh Powell that they had to remain 500 feet from one another. Chuck Cox, Susan's father has not been allowed to see his grandchildren. A common punishment often administered by a suspect in cases of intimate partner violence and homicide.

Now the father-in-law is trying to raise doubt. A clever move by the fox guarding his hen house planting additional seeds of doubt, knowing his words will be used should this case ever be tried in a court of law. But the so called new details of "intimacy" places Steven Powell A.K.A. Steven Chantrey into the case of missing mother Susan Powell with greater significance.

It not uncommon for a suspect or the only person of interest to make remarks in intimate partner homicide cases going directly to mental stability, suicide, running off with another man, etc., it is an offender's pattern of conduct in these cases that is significant. This is the first time where I have seen a father and son tag team in a missing intimate partner case, slam a woman who likely lost her life by the actions along with direct knowledge of one or both individuals.

Remember, the last person to see any victim alive, in case of "missing intimate partner violence" always has the answers as to exactly what happened to make that person go missing in the first place!

Jounalist Isabelle Zehnder whom has covered this case from the beginning wrote an excellent article on the case: http://www.examiner.com/missing-persons-in-national/would-susan-cox-powell-run-off-with-a-man-emotionally-torment-friends-family

Steven Chantrey's "Official Website" also known as Steven Powell (Susan's father-in-law) is http://stevechantrey.com/Pages/Default.aspx

If you are in a relationship that has a history of violence, simply mustering up the courage to confront the person and say it is over, without the proper tools, can cost you, your life!The book "Time's Up A Guide on How To Survive and Abusive and Stalking Relationship" is the prescription that every person must obtain before they announce they are leaving. Below is an example from Chapter 4, one of many unique tools provided in the book. It is available on Amazon.com, or you can purchase via e-book or on a CD. If you have questions, the email address is: timesupforjustice@gmail.com

This book doesn't merely discuss when you should leave or why you should leave, it tells you HOW you should leave. The book has step-by-step instructions how to covertly make a plan, set-up a safe escape, deal with financial issues, and the paperwork. Susan even takes you line-by-line through the process, the forms, the legal issues...she takes you by the hand, and, believe me, when you are being terrorized and you are an basket case, you don't need vague ideas, you need specific instructions. TIME'S UP can save your life and your sanity. If you need to get out, get this book before you make a mistake that could be fatal. It is money well spent.

Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit by Susan Murphy Milano from the Book "Time's Up" from Courage Network on Vimeo.

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Susan Murphy Milano is a staff member of the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education. She is a specialist with intimate partner violence prevention strategies and high risk cases and available for personal consultations through the Institute. She is also part of the team at Management Resources Limited of New York.

Susan is the author of "Time's Up: A Guide on How to Leave and Survive Abusive and Stalking Relationships,"Moving out, Moving on, and Defending Out Lives. Susan is the host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show, "Time'sUp!" . She is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated "The Roth Show" with Dr Laurie Roth and a co-host on Crime Wire.

If you would like to schedule Susan Murphy Milano for interviews, please contact: ImaginePublicity PO BOX 14946 Surfside Beach, SC 29587 Phone: 843.808.0859 email- contact@imaginepublicity.com