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Monday, March 12, 2012

"Holding My Hand Through Hell "Available From The Publisher

Holding My Hand Through Hell: Pre-Order Special from Ice Cube Press

Holding My Hand Through Hell


 the latest book by Violence Prevention Specialist, Susan 


Murphy Milano, is slated for release on October 3, 2012.


To place your *order CLICK HERE


Ice Cube Press is offering a pre-order special to the first 100 orders. The first 100 orders will be immediately shipped directly from the publisher when the book is launched in October.  As an added bonus, each of the books will be signed by the author, Susan Murphy Milano.
Based on a true story, told with the flow of a novel, spiced with frank wisdom and wit, Holding My Hand Through Hell encourages the reader to immerse themselves into this family’s life and is an inspiration to become an advocate for change in this world we all share. This book will incite discussion, debate, and heightened awareness about hope, survival, abuse, murder, and its impact on our society. In the end, it will leave readers  both applauding this woman as well as wondering how she escaped, sometimes at the eleventh hour. Twenty years later, she has realized that God must have been holding her hand through hell, delivering her from the evils of her life in order to save others.
Includes a foreword by Diane Fanning, Edgar nominated award-winning, true crime author.
This poignant well-written book tells the story of a police officer’s family and one daughter’s quest for justice long after the heart-wrenching murder of her mother. Susan Murphy Milano embraces a legacy of unconditional love and faith to triumph over a life plagued with unspeakable abuse and pain.
Website: Ice Cube Press

Friday, December 16, 2011

The Holiday Season: Kill Thy Partner is in Full Force

Listen up! If you are going through a break-up or divorce, extra caution is urged if you plan on being around in 2012 and beyond.

www.documenttheabuse.com

The holiday season presents additional dangers to victims of intimate partner violence and stalking.  As an example: you are married with two children the relationship has been verbally abusive for as long as you can remember.  You can't breathe in your own home.  As a couple you have or are in counseling. You have tried talking, crying, pleading for things to be different.  Everything you attempt, fails.  Last resort is a divorce.  You talk with a few trusted people, do some research on the Internet and you decide to hire an attorney and begin divorce proceedings.  It is not as "simple" as it sounds.

Once you have expressed,verbalized or announced it is over to this person, without a real game plan of a strategy, you and or you children could be murdered. Lives in cities across the country are being lost over the "unexpected."  Being caught off guard.  In relationships that were never physically violent, only verbally.  The women while alive never believed "he would take it that far" or "he would contemplate murdering their own children."  A victim believes those who are murdered are from another population of society, "oh no it could never, ever be me."  Those women you are reading about who are  murdered don't live on the moon.  They are not from a foreign country.

Go to your bathroom mirror.  Take a good look at yourself, that is while you still can.  Yes, this was not in your life plan.  All you ever wanted was to love and be loved.  It didn't work out the way you envisioned your life.  Now you are telling someone whom you once deeply loved with all your heart, it's over.  But, they do not hear you. Instead your partner interprets your words as  "I am leaving you to find someone better." I know it is not what you said, but your partner is not listening. They also hear and feel rejected by you.  With rejection creates anger and it begins to brew inside of them similar to an overheated radiator on an engine.  From the moment you actually say out loud "we are done" there is no more trust on any level.  Trust that if you have children, your partner will remain in their lives.  Trust that you will not change passwords on accounts preventing assets.  Trust that you will not bleed the financial assets bone dry.

All bets are off! The person whom you believe you know like a pair of comfortable shoes, forget, it! Now, it's you against him.  Your partner holds an emotional grudge ready to explode when you least expect.

So, before you make a move, obtain a copy of the book "Time's Up A Guide on how to Leave and Survive Abusive and Stalking Relationships."  Available on line at Amazon.com, Kindle or in E-book at www.susanmurphymilano.com  This is not about "selling you a damn book. It is about keeping you safe and alive.  Something my own mother lost on January 19, 1989.  She was just like you.  My mother believed my father who also happened to be a Chicago police detective would never follow through on his promise, if she ever left to kill her.  My mother was tricked into meeting my father who had told her she needed to sign papers in order to have the house sold.  That was not true as she signed a quit claim deed in divorce court.  But my mother was so overjoyed to be finally free she didn't pay attention. Too busy being happy for the first time in 28 years, finally free of the violence. It got her killed.


The Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit (available in the Time's Up book)



An “Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit" and video has the additional psychological benefit of being forced to face reality and admit that the potential for the ultimate kind of violence exists…and that if it occurs the perpetrator will be held accountable.
Domestic violence or intimate partner victims now are able to provide information, in their own words, about the fears, dangers, experiences they have had at the hands of their abuser. The" Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit" or "EAA" records victim's stories, histories, and experiences which are preserved and stored on their behalf. These videos will provide answers to the many questions, allegations, and fears that arise when a person has disappeared, gone missing, or been found dead.
Recent cases, such as missing mother Susan Powell of Utah, Renee Pernice of Kansas, Kelly Rothwell of Florida, Jacque Waller of Missouri and women like Stacy Peterson, where the victim’s police officer husband is the person of interest, is the classic example of the benefits of this type of evidence. If Stacy Peterson, or any woman found murdered or is missing, had done an Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit, ON TAPE, from following the information in the “Time’s Up" book ,they would be able to describe:
  • threats made against her life or wellbeing, including details of how the perpetrator would carry out the threat
  • incidents of past abuse that the victim has endured
  • admissions or comments made to her about other victims or people abused
  • where evidence or weapons would or could be located
  • possible alibis that the perpetrator would make up in his defense (including identification of people who could be co-defendant’s or co-suspects)
  • portray visible injuries or marks


Below are 12 women since Monday of this week who were murdered.  Each believed they would not be killed.  (source: www.domesticviolencecrimewatch.com)

Harrisburg Teacher Killed In Domestic Dispute-Thursday, December 15, 2011

Harrisburg, PA: A Harrisburg School District teacher is dead after being shot and stabbed by her estranged husband. Tarina Price was found lying in the street just after 3 a.m. Thursday. The shooting happened in the 1600 block of Sycamore Street. Harrisburg police said Price's estranged husband, Donnell Price, shot and stabbed her during a domestic dispute.


Man Accused Of Shooting Ex-Girlfriend, Killing Her Cousin -Wednesday, December 14, 2011


Gifford, FL:  A man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend and killing her cousin was arrested Thursday morning and booked at the Indian River County Jail.  "Sorry" was the only word LaShannon Shelly said as he was being placed in the back of an Indian River County Sheriff's Office cruiser.  Shelly, 26, turned himself in after being named a suspect in the shooting of ex-girlfriend Brittany Jackson, 18, and her 19-year-old cousin, Shanice Smith



Tulsa Shooting Turns Fatal; Suspect Also Sought In Glenpool Shooting-Wednesday, December 14, 2011


Tulsa, OK:  A woman was fatally wounded when she was shot at a Tulsa apartment complex Wednesday, and police think the shooter — thought to be her estranged husband — might have also shot someone in Glenpool and then carjacked someone near McAlester later in the day.  Victoria Turcios, 43, was found critically injured behind the apartments in the 1200 block of East 63rd Street about 3:30 p.m., officials said. She died at St. Francis Hospital about 9 p.m., Sgt. Dave Walker said.

Two Found Dead In Murder-Suicide, Police Say-Wednesday, December 14, 2011


Huntington Beach, CA:  A man and woman were found dead Wednesday morning in a Huntington Beach home, the result of what police suspect to be a murder-suicide, authorities said.  The man and woman were found in a residence in the 8800 block of Jarrett Circle just before 5:30 a.m. and were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Orange County Coroner's Office.


Franklin County Couple Killed In Murder-Suicide-Wednesday, December 14, 2011


Louisburg, NC:  A Franklin County man killed his ex-girlfriend and then himself in a murder-suicide at a Louisburg apartment complex Wednesday morning, police said.  Chief Rick Lassiter said Gregory Hicks, 29, fatally shot Rosemary Guzman and then himself in the Franklin Court apartments, at 119-A Second St., around 8 a.m

Tahlequah Man Slain; Wife Jailed-Tuesday, December 13, 2011


Tahlequah, OK:  An apparent domestic dispute has left a man dead and his wife in jail, Tahlequah police said.  Police found George Whitehorn, 47, stabbed at least once Tuesday night in a house in the 1300 block of Nola Street. A police public information officer, Brad Robertson, said Whitehorn’s wife, Cynthia Whitehorn, greeted police from the porch of the house.




Police: Children Hear Fatal Shooting Of Mother-Tuesday, December 13, 2011


Ahwatukee, AZ:  The man who police say confessed to shooting his wife while one of his children was on the phone to a 911 operator Tuesday night is a detention officer for the state Department of Corrections.  Police said 26-year-old Anthony Philip Rinaldi was booked into jail on a charge of second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife, 28-year-old Amanda Blaies-Rinaldi.

Police: Suffolk Man Killed Wife, Then Himself At Home-Tuesday, December 13, 2011


Suffolk, VA:  Police have ruled the two deaths at Bennetts Creek Landing on Tuesday a murder-suicide, city spokesperson Debbie George said today.  George said physical and medical evidence indicated that Stephen Laine, 50, stabbed and killed his wife, 47-year-old Kathryn Laine, before killing himself with carbon monoxide in the couple's home.


Couple Identified In Murder-Suicide Investigation-Tuesday, December 13, 2011


Sarasota, FL:  Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the gunshot deaths of a man and woman found in their home near Bee Ridge Road as an apparent murder and suicide.
On Wednesday, investigators notified next of kin and identified the couple as Ronald Eldredge, 69, and Beverly Eldredge, 67, of the 4200 block of Carriage Drive


Sources: Two Dead In Apparent Chelsea Murder-Suicide-Monday, December 12, 2011


Manhattan, NY:  Two men were killed Monday after an apparent murder-suicide inside a Manhattan apartment building.  It happened just before 11 a.m. inside the Robert Fulton Houses located at 413 West 16th Street in Chelsea.
Sources say it began when Jamie Cruz and her cousin, Brandon Romero, 20, went to the apartment of Cruz's ex-boyfriend, Kenneth Waldron, 29, to pick up her things.

Corpus Christi Police: Woman Shot To Death Monday, Alice Police Officer Arrested-Monday, December 12, 2011


Corpus Christi, TX:  A 31-year-old woman was found shot to death Monday morning at a Corpus Christi home and police arrested an Alice police officer they believe to be the shooter.  Police were called to a shooting about 7:30 a.m. in the 100 block of Highwood Street. The woman, identified by Alice police as Leslie Morin, and her mother were hiding in a closet, when the man broke open the door, grabbed his common-law wife and shot her multiple times, Ric Ortiz, chief investigator with Nueces County medical examiner's office, said.

Cops Probe Glen Head Couple’s Murder-Suicide-Monday, December 12, 2011


Glen Head, NY:  Nassau County police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Glen Head early Monday morning.
Officers made the discovery after checking the couple’s Cedar Swamp Road home after a concerned friend reporting being unable to get in touch with them, police said





f 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! One of the major reasons women stay in abusive relationships is fear. They are afraid of what will happen to them and their children if they leave. Sadly, their fears are often justified; statistics show that a woman is at the greatest risk for injury when she announces her plans or leaves an abusiverelationship. The book "Time's Up A Guide on How To Survive and Abusive and Stalking Relationship"is the prescription, if you will, 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 Before you decide that you have had enough and are ending therelationship, create for yourself the "Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit" and video (shown below). If you do nothing else, please take one important step that if something does happen to you, if you do vanish like Stacy Peterson, Vensus Stewart, Rachel Anderson, Susan Powell, Lisa Stebic, or arefoundmurdered like Monica Beresford-Redmond, Franki Jacobson, Renee Pagel, Summer Inman,Kelly Rothwell and others where the person responsible has gotten away with murder that your voice and record of the abuse will be captured and recorded. Do it for you friends, family and loved ones. Do it for your children. Do it for you!





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.
 



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Susan Murphy Milano is a staff member of the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education as a educator and specialist with intimate partner violence prevention strategies directing prevention for high risk situations and cases.


A national trainer to law enforcement, training officers, prosecutors, judges, legislators, social service providers, healthcare professionals, victim advocates and the faith based community and author.. In partnership with Management Resources Ltd. of New York addressing prevention and solutions within the community to the workplace. 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 onCrime Wire. Online contributions: Forbes : Crime, She Writesproviding commentary about the hottest topics on crime, justice, and law from a woman’s perspective, as well as Time's Up! a blog which searches for solutions (SOS) for victims of crime

Monday, March 14, 2011

Prosecutor Gets Conviction: Trial of Venus Stewert




"Venus Stewart vanished while walking out to her mailbox on April 26, 2010, I think more than one person may have been involved. Her husband, in my opinion, likely enlisted the help of someone. She was caught by surprise. Once secured for transport and still alive, One person possibly had her legs and feet the other held the upper body and she was thrown into the car, driven to a different location where the abuser made certain his face was also the last his victim saw before she was killed."

Late last week, after 12 grueling days of testimony, a Michigan jury found Doug Stewart guilty of the murder of his wife Venus Stewart who went missing from her parent’s home in Michigan on April 26, 2010. This case was also about one hell of a Prosecutor John McDonough who forged ahead to try a case without a body. Not an easy task. But, he had enough circumstantial evidence and proof beyond a reasonable doubt "that Douglas Stewart was found guilty by a jury of first-degree premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree premeditated murder."

This case also was about the team work of law enforcement whom tracked cell phone records, receipts and lifted a finger print from a key piece of evidence and immediately got it to the lab.

It is not likely that Doug Stewart, who will be sentenced in a few weeks, will disclose to authorities where her body can be found. Not uncommon from a cowardly murderer who has so much anger and contempt for the mother of his children that his last act of control is to remain silent and let the family continue to suffer.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact Michigan State Police White Pigeon Post at 269-483-7611 Rockford Regional Dispatch Center, 616-866-6666.

The tragic case of Venus Stewart should be a wake-up call to anyone involved in victim or battered women services and family law practice to potential victims of homicide. When a victim follows the "prescription" and information provided in the book,they have a greater chance of staying alive. Any person considering a divorce action, separating or ending a relationship, needs to get the book. With the Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit should something happen and the person vanishes, completing the "EAA" removes the burden by surviving families members to have cases of intimate partner homicide investigated and those responsible immediately arrested.

The book "Time's Up A Guide on How To Survive and Abusive and Stalking Relationship" is the prescription if you will, that every person must obtain before they announce they are leaving their relationship. Below is an example from Chapter 4, one of many unique tools provided in the book. It is available on Amazon.com, we can send it to you via e-book or on a cd. If you have questions, the email address is timesupforjustice@gmail.com

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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














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







Susan Murphy Milano is with the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education. She is an expert on intimate partner violence and homicide crimes. For more information visithttp://www.saferelationshipsmagazine.com/ She is also in partnership with Pamela Chapman and iAscend Programs.http://pamelachapmanl.biz Susan is the author of "Time's Up A Guide on How to Leave and SurviveAbusive and Stalking Relationships," available for purchase at the Institute, Amazon.com and wherever books are sold. Susan is the host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show, "Time's Up!" on Here Women Talkhttp://www.herewomentalk.com/and is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated The Roth Show with Dr Laurie Roth. She is a survivor- the daughter of a police officer family intimate partner homicide by her father who murdered her mother before committing suicide.


Monday, January 24, 2011

“Questioning the questionnaire?”

It seems the University of Oklahoma has come with a screening tool to aid law enforcement and first responders when assisting victims of intimate partner violence. It is a step in the right direction when you take the initial call, but in my opinion, a roll of toilet paper has more value.


The screening tool has 11 questions -- designed to recognize potentially lethal situations and take action? News flash! This will do nothing but kick the safety of an individual to the curb!

According to the news article from a press conference: The tool is a screening questionnaire designed for use at domestic violence calls to help police officers, advocates and health care providers assist victims at risk of even further violence. Whenever possible, responders immediately meet the victim and take him or her to a safe place where they ask the questions. The process takes about 60 seconds and works as sort of a triage tool in domestic violence cases.“This assessment will help first responders recognize a potentially lethal situation and take action,” said Janet Wilson with the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing

After reading the article it made my blood boil. I said to myself “they do not get it.” All I continue to see is more of the same dollars directed at research instead of a prescription that saves lives. A prescription, if you will, that I brought to Oklahoma in the fall of 2010. I was there to assist attorney Jaye Mendros representing the families from the www.justiceforthedead.com site. I was invited by family members to examine the cases of the Garvin County Three (each unsolved intimate partner homicides)  that also resulted in unseating a Sheriff during the November election. My trip to Oklahoma was, first and foremost, about domestic violence and a prescription for victims during National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Taking action does not include gathering information to see if the number of injuries will be reduced because a first responder circled or checked a box on a questionnaire developed in a study. Studies are little more than data gathered and collected and then entered into a hard wired computer. I have nothing against those who have worked to create this tool. My question for the “researchers” is what do you really know about intimate partner violence harm reduction and response? Have you ever been in the field during a call for assistance? Have you ever been on a crime scene before, during or after a tragedy? Have you ever spoken to a woman directly over the phone and directed her to safety? Do you have an understanding of the inner workings of an abusive and toxic individual? Do you understand the criminal element and Internet as it relates to a potentially violent offender? Has your method worked to keep victims alive?
I am going to take a guess, likely no different than the complied questions and answer, no!

In the majority of murders we are reading about in the news, the danger continues despite the victim’s attempts to get help from traditional sources, or when she informs the abuser she is leaving the relationship or marriage and filing for divorce, it is costing women the lives of women (and men) who do not “qualify” for traditional services their lives. Whatever steps a person takes to leave it often fails because the victim is ill equipped, facing numerous obstacles that require far more then a 11 page questionnaire if she is to get out with her life.

The Answer and the Prescription is the book "Time's Up A Guide on How to Leave and Survive Abusive and Stalking Relationships. Included in the book is also the "EAA" as described below:


Order From Amazon
The Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit and Will: A Victim’s Voice
Domestic violence or intimate partner victims now are able to provide information, in their own words, about the fears, dangers, experiences they have had at the hands of their abuser. With the Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit and Will, victims stories, histories, and experiences are preserved and stored on their behalf. These videos will provide answers to the many questions, allegations, and fears that arise when a person has disappeared, gone missing, or been found dead. Recent cases, such as missing mother Susan Powell of Utah and women like Stacey Peterson where the victim’s police officer husband is the person of interest is the classic example of the benefits of this type of evidence. If Stacey Peterson or any woman found murdered or is missing had done an Evidentiary Will, These women ON TAPE, from following the information in the “Time’s Up Guide book on a flash drive would be able to describe:

- threats made against her life or wellbeing, including details of how the perpetrator would carry out the threat
- incidents of past abuse that the victim has endured
- admissions or comments made to her about other victims or people abused
- where evidence or weapons would or could be located
- possible alibis that the perpetrator would make up in his defense (including identification of people who could be co-defendant’s or co-suspects)
- portray visible injuries or marks

Researched and Developed
Example: After the disappearance of Stacy Peterson missing mother and wife of former Bolingbrook Sergeant Drew Peterson in Bolingbrook, IL, and others who had gone missing or be killed by a boyfriend or spouse, these cases now required an effective legal strategy that would allow their voice to be heard. Example of recent case Synopsis: “Dwayne Giles, who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend in Los Angeles, asked the Supreme Court on in June of 2010 to overturn his murder conviction because he was denied the right to "confront" her in court. (Crawford vs. Washington)"He never had a chance to cross-examine" the victim, said Marilyn G. Burkardt, a Los Angeles lawyer representing Giles. Burkardt called the prosecution's use of his ex's reports of his threats "highly prejudicial." Though it sounds far-fetched, Giles' claim could have prevailed in the high court .

The Supreme Court took up of the case of Giles vs. California to test the outer limits of the so-called confrontation right in the 6th Amendment ( a.k.a. Crawford vs Washington). It says, "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right... to be confronted with the witnesses against him." Until 2004, judges usually allowed jurors to hear "reliable" secondhand accounts of what witnesses said if the witness was not available. For example, a police officer could report on what a missing witness had said. But in a case that year ,Justice Anton Scalia insisted this "hearsay" violated the defendant's rights under the 6th Amendment. "Where testimonial statements are at issue, the only [test] of reliability... is the one the Constitution actually prescribes: confrontation," Scalia said at the time in Crawford vs. Washington.

Hearsay is an out of court statement "offered for the truth of the matter asserted" and not subject to cross-examination, typically because the person or speaker is unavailable. Such statements are deemed unreliable because of the obvious fact that they can easily be fabricated and cannot be tested through cross examination in a court. But, when a victim in fear that her partner will kill her she prepares the “EAA” document, has is witnessed, then notarized, she will read her document in a video she creates from her computer, cell phone etc so if something does happen to her, the video and document are provided to authorities and the person is arrested. If Stacy Peterson had completed this “will statement document” the person responsible would have been arrested.

The Evidentiary Abuse Affidavit and video provides solid admissible legal documentation and answers, for victims such as those murdered in any State and all unsolved intimate partner violence and homicide across cases the county. Allegations and fears that arise when a person has disappeared when they announce the relationship is ending, gone or have been found dead.

In the name of saving lives, I will gladly email a pdf copy of the book "Time's Up" to the University of Oklahoma in hopes you will use a method that has kept victims safe and more importantly, alive. Please email me at murphymilano@gmail.com


JFK once said, "Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live." Violence is one of those tragedies. You either gain wisdom enough to leave, or you continue to live with it and risk your life."



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


Susan Murphy Milano is with the Institute for Relational Harm Reduction and Public Pathology Education. She is an expert on intimate partner violence and homicide crimes. For more information visithttp://www.saferelationshipsmagazine.com/ She is the author of "Time's Up A Guide on How to Leave and SurviveAbusive and Stalking Relationships," available for purchase at the Institute, Amazon.com and wherever books are sold. Susan is the host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show, "Time's Up!" on Here Women Talkhttp://www.herewomentalk.com/and is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated The Roth Show with Dr. Laurie Rothhttp://www.therothshow.com/
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