Families & Friends of Murder Victims

2. FAMILIES & FRIENDS OF Families & Friends of Murder Victims:
MURDER VICTIMS, Inc. A non-profit organization
Dedicated to providing information, support,
(FFMV) and friendship to persons who have
experienced the death of a loved one
Newsletter JUNE 2012 through the violent act of murder
Share Sorrow…..
Thank-you: Share Strength
*Carol Anderson – Website Mission: To restore a sense of hope and to
*Kaiser – Oakland provide a pathway to well-being to those who
*Avaxat Elementary School- Murrieta have lost a loved one to murder and to those
*St. Anthony’s Catholic Church-Upland who are victims of attempted murder.
*Christ The Redeemer Catholic Church
Grand Terrace
Portola Community Center- Palm Desert Love Gifts
*San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office of Love gifts are a specific tax deductible donation
Victim Services/Victim Advocates made to the memory of a loved one’s birthday,
*Riverside County District Attorney’s Office of Victim anniversary of a death, holiday, or just because
Services/Victim Advocates which are posted in newsletter. They are also
*Family of Kris Flores made by caring professionals, organizations to
*Janet Garcia – facebook administrator help in the work that FFMV does with
*Anonymous Donor for sponsoring newsletter for victims/survivors. These gifts help with the
JUNE2012 expenses incurred in reaching out to others and
operating expenses. When making out a check,
please make payable to FFMV and note Love
FMV Newsletter is available via e-mail to Gift on check or envelope.
reduce mailing costs. Love Gifts can be mailed to
To receive the newsletter and other FFMV- P.O. Box 11222 San Bernardino, Ca. -
FFMV future events please send your e- 92423-1222
mail address to mail4ffmv@yahoo.com
and FFMV will e-mail you the newsletter Our Father…Who art in Heaven
I come to you with a heavy heart today
I know you know…but I have lost my child
Need Someone to Talk To? And am feeling like I have lost my way.
* Bertha Flores - Parent - Spanish
speaking (909) 200-5499 (after 3pm) People seem to think I am so strong
*Rose Madsen – Parent (909) 798-4803 I am not invincible…I am not superman.
(after 4pm) I am just a grieving Father…missing my
*Maxine Russell – (818) 378-2072 child
Grief Counselor And could use a friendly helping hand.
*Dawn Hall - (951) 757-4419
*Mary Stewart (951 698-5317) I have always been the typical fixer-upper
Emergency Consult for Suicidal or type of Dad
Homicidal Participants: I could fix anything…ever since I was ten
* Linda Atencio -Parent – 760-490-7864 But I cannot fix the clock of time.
* Ellie Rossi - 909-810-9133 Please God; can you help me wind it up
again?
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Join Families & Friends of Murder Victims
on
Inmate Locator, Department of Corrections
is now making it easier for people to locate
Thank-you Janet Garcia- prison inmates; it’s a free online search
Mother of Jesse Garcia – 6/10/78 – 6/27/94
and is open to the general public.
http://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov

3. West End Chapter -Bi-lingual
Riverside Chapter nd
Meets every 2 Thursday of every month at
7:00pm-8:30pm
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of every St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
month at 7pm Conference Room
Avaxat Elementary School, 24300 La 2210 North San Antonio Upland, CA 91786
Brisas Road in Murrieta, CA Participants have the option of the
English & Spanish Meeting
Contact Dawn (951) 757-4419
For directions ask for PJ at- Local Grupo Bilingue
951-696-1600 x2177 – Los participantes pueden escoger en Inglés o en
M-F 9am-4pm (1-2pm lunch) Español
Next Meeting – May 15, 2012 Se reunen cada Segundo Jueves del mes a las
7:00 p.m.
Contact persons/ Personas de contacto:
Rita Marin (909) 215-7063 rittaatffmv@aol.com
Colton Chapter Next Meeting June 14, 2012
1st Tuesday of every month Grief Support Group
Christ The Redeemer Catholic Church ALL are welcome at our monthly meetings.
Robinson Hall – Room 6 Whether you are a parishioner or not. If you
12745 Oriole Ave Grand Terrace, CA are suffering the loss of a loved one and in
92313 need to talk to someone, we are here to
New Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm listen and share emotions.
Contact person for directions or Together and with the help of the Lord, we
information Rose – 909-754-6969 can help each other heal.
mail4ffmv@yahoo.com Meetings are held every 2nd Wednesday of
the month 7 to 9 P.M. ~ Room 8
Next Meeting – June 5th, 2012 St. Anthony’s Church 1640 Western Ave.
San Bernardino (909)887-3810
Contacts: Hope Morfin (909)820-6163
Coachella Valley Chapter
Ralph & Arlene Payan (909)887-4387
New Address
(FFMV Participants)
We will continue meeting every
Danny & Rose Equihua (909) 887-3744
3rd Wednesday of each month
6:00pm – 8:00pm
I encourage you to send in your updated 2012
Portola Community Center Room 2 participant form which is attached to this
45-480 Portola Ave newsletter…my computer crashed in February
(parking on Shadow Mountain) and I lost some newer e-mail addresses from one
Palm Desert, CA 92260 of the FFMV e-mail accounts. Also lost were
760-568-2560- Call for directions some newer documents and pictures that I hadn’t
Rose – 909-754-6969 transferred to a flash drive. A new hard drive has
mail4ffmv@yahoo.com been installed and everything I lost is on the old
Candy- 691-200-0547 hard drive which could not be recovered. I will
Candyclb@aol.com be reviewing each participant form as I receive
Next meeting is June 20, 2012 to ensure I have current contact information and
then check that your loved ones photo was not
lost. Thankfully I have a separate flash drive for
Oakland Chapter pictures. This was a nightmare for me.
Thoughtfully…Rose
Kaiser in Oakland, Howe St. at
Broadway,
12th floor Room 1200 East
Contact Helene (510) 452-2553

4. Resources and Additional Support Services FFMV Fundraisers
San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office of Cell Phones
Victim Witness Centers: San Bernardino We ship your recycled phones, regardless
(909) 387-6540 of age or condition of the phone. This will be
Rancho Cucamonga: (909) 945-4241* Victorville/Desert an ongoing fundraiser, so we encourage
area: (760) 243-8619
Riverside County District Attorney’s Office of Victim
year round participation.
Witness Centers: FFMV will receive between 50 cents and up
Riverside: (951) 955-5450 to $30 per cell phone.
Murrieta: (951) 304-5500 * Banning: (951) 922-7130 * Contact Rita Marin at (909) 215-7063 or
Indio: (760) 863-8408 take your phone to your next chapter
*Los Angeles County District Attorney's Victim Witness
Assistance Program offices:
meeting.
Pomona: 909) 620-3381
*Life.After.Uncivil.Ruthless.Acts. Office Depot - Staples – Office Max
323-816-9651 www.laurala.org
If you shop at Office Depot or Staples
* WINGS OF JUSTICE – Website
www.murdermislabeledsuicide.com/WingsofJustice
please use FFMV’s Rewards Number for
*Women Against Gun Violence – 310-204-2348 Office Depot which is 1139461170 Office
www.wagv.org Max – 650756207, Staples- or use just
*www.CrimeVictims.gov—public awareness Web site give them 909-798-4803 for all three. We
* H.E.A.L. Helping Everyone Acknowledge Loss – 818-
get reward points that help defray the cost
378-2072– RussellBliss21@aol.com
* Crime Victims United of California – 916-928-4797
of printing, ink cartridges and office
www.crimevictimsunited.com or supplies.
mail@crimevictimsunited.com
* North American Victim Assistance (NOVA)
www.trynova.org
Don’t throw away your old ink
* Victims of Crime Resources Center (800) VICTIMS cartridges! Continue to bring them to us,
* POMC - (888) 818-POMC www.pomc.org or take them to Staples and use 909-
* Greater Orange County POMC – Marie – 714-999-7132 – 7984803
562-508-2397 It’s an easy way to help FFMV purchase
* Citizens Against Homicide - (415) 455-5944
* Justice for Murdered Children - (310) 547-1367
office supplies.
* The Crime Victims Assistance Network (iCAN)
Foundation (916) 273-3603
* Memory of Victims Everywhere - (949) 248-5470
MOVE@cox.net
I Never Got To...
* Resource for the Grieving and © Emilee Reynolds
Bereavedwww.griefcompanion.com I never got to give you a hug
* Crime Survivors – 949-872-7895 before an angel took your hand and gave you a
www.crimesurvivors.com Bi-monthly meetings held in tug
Orange County
* Adela Lavine~Medium: www.adelalavine.com I never got to give you a kiss
* MADD – (909) 888-6233 www.maddsanbernardino.org before you made your final wish
*JUSTICE FOR HOMICIDE VICTIMS - (310) 457-0030 -
jhvinfo@justiceforhomicidevictims.com I never got to tell you I love you
* Striving Towards Eradicating Violence In Ennercities -
before you disappeared into the sky so blue
S.T.E.V.I.E. stevieisunityandpeace@yahoo.com
oneunikadvocate2@aol.com
I never got to tell you Goodbye
* www.psychic4themissing.com
*Homicide Survivors Inc.
before you got your wings and learned to fly
todd.blumhorst@pcao.pima.gov
520.740.5729 all these things I wish I did whether by choice or
fate
I was too late...

5. JUNE BIRTHDAYS
Adam Brodsky
Adam John Rivera
Beatrice Hatfield
Bill Ickes
Bobby D. Stutson
Chris Walsh
Gina Louise Perez
Henry Vellore Lozano
Herbert E. Seymour Jr.
Jamal Mboya Johnson
Jesse Garcia
Jerry Angelo Sandoval
Jillian Michele White
Kelly Bullwinkle
Larry Sorrough
Linda Hesse
Lori Renee Gonzalez
Lorrain Lopez
Mateo Villapando
Maureen “Marsy” Ramirez
Melissa Sandor
Officer David Ruiz
Richard Lopez

6. June Memories
Adam Brodsky Josslyn Dinoso-Brooks
Alfred Cabrera Katie Brennar
Alicia Chagolla Lacey Wheeler
Alfred Cabrera Larry Sorrough
Ashley Nicole Rivas Michael Lundin
Bill Ickes Michael Ribaudo
Carlos Mendoza Orlando Hurley
Chad Jeffrey Norris Ross Elvey
Charlie Martinez Russell Travis Dorff
Daniel Perez Jr. Sean Gardhouse
Doctor Fernandez Somer Clugston
Edward A. Ortiz Steven Grant
Elzie Elijah Winston Steven Paul Medrano
Jerry Angelo Sandoval Teresa Soto Del Rio
Jesse Garcia Terese R. Stewart
Jose Villalobos Yvonne Guiterrez
“Gone But Not Forgotten”

7. LOVE GIFTS
In Loving Memory of In Loving Memory of In Loving Memory of
Adam John Rivera Terese Stewart Mario Quiroz
6/01/82 – 1/1/08 1/16/63 – 6/9/92 5/14/68 – 1/25/06
In Loving Memory of In Loving Memory of In Loving Memory of
Jesse Garcia Teresa Soto Del Rio Sean Gardhouse
6/10/78 – 6/27/94 11/8/78 – 6/7/99 8/15/86 – 6/28/06
---------------------------------------------------------------Love Gift----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Donation $_______________
Name (please print):____________________________________________________________________________________
Address_________________________________________City/St.______________________________Zip______________
Email address: ________________________________________________________________________________________
Your Phone # ( ) _______________________________Relationship to Victim: _____________________________
Name of Victim: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Date of Birth: Date of Death: ______________________
Please post my loved ones message and/or picture(s) for the month of: ___________
# of pictures enclosed/attached ____________ Use picture on file_______________

8. CAMP GOOD GRIEF (SVP)
Camp Good Grief-Special Victims Program (SVP) is a joint effort between the San Bernardino County District Attorney's
Office Bureau of Victim Services and Loma Linda University Medical Center Children's Hospital. The 3-day grief camp is
geared toward homicide/suicide and is for children ages 10-16 who have experienced a violent death in their family.
Campers board a bus at the Ronald McDonald House in Loma Linda and head to Camp Cedar Falls in the San Bernardino
Mountains for a three-day camp and grief therapy experience.
At camp the children participate in game and team building activities and therapeutic group activities designed to help
them learn and understand how to cope with the grief over the violent death of their loved one. This camp has been so
successful that it has been expanded to include Camp Good Grief - Special Victims Program Teen Retreat. It will be held
annually and provides grief services for teens ages 14-18 who previously participated in Camp Good Grief - SVP and whose
lives have been positively impacted by camp. It will be a combination of learning advanced grief management skills as well
as a training camp for future Camp Good Grief Peer Counselors.
Camp is free of charge to all campers and camperships are funded by unclaimed victim restitution. Therapists and interns
from Loma Linda Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic, Loma Linda Child Life Specialists and District Attorney's Office Victim
Advocates donate their time to the camp.
The Bureau of Victim Services and Loma Linda University Children's Hospital have pledged to continue fundraising activities,
presentations to service groups, and outreach events so they may continue hosting future Camp Good Grief-SVP programs.
Contact: Dorothy Brooks 909-558-4073
FATHER’S DAY
Warm and sunny day in June,
Father’s Day,
Children, small and grown,
Give gifts to father
Say thanks to father,
Say I love you.
But there are fathers
Whose children are not here
To give gifts and say thanks
And I love you.
Remember the fathers
Whose children are gone,
Because they will always be
Fathers at heart.

9. From Rose Madsen, Editor/Chair/co-founder of the
Colton & Coachella Chapter of FFMV
In Memory of my daughter Jennifer LeAnne Balber 12/02/73 – 11/10/94
A 20yr. old SoCal Gas Co. Meter Reader, Fatally Shot in the Line of Service
It’s amazing we are half way thru the year…before you know it we will be preparing for our
Christmas Memorial.
I was honored to speak at St. Matthew Catholic Church, a faith-based, inter-parish public
symposium that examined the conditions in our prisons and their effect on society. This
symposium was a thoughtful reflection on restorative justice from the perspectives of the
inmate, the victim, families, former inmates and the community at large.
I want to thank all who have sent encouraging e-mails and cards in regarding the work FFMV
does for the community. I much appreciate your kind words and encouragement.
I’m working on July memory board, so send me your loved ones picture.
Thoughtfully
Rose
Thinking of Fathers on Father’s Day
who have lost their children or father to violence.
Have a Peaceful Fathers Day!!
FFMV is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving survivors of murder victims & victims of
attempted murder. Our main purpose is grief support for those victim/survivors. All assistance
provided to victims is given free of charge by volunteers. Contributions and/or questions
regarding the policies of FFMV may be addressed to: FFMV Executive Board at P.O. Box
11222 San Bernardino, Ca. 92423-1222, e-mailed to mail4fffmv@yahoo.com or phoned to
909-798-4803. FFMV is a tax-exempt organization under the Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal
Revenue Service.
The Organization depends largely upon private donations to cover operational
expenses, but also seeks some funding. Tax ID #68-0299211
All Contributions Are Tax Deductible
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10. NEW 2012 Participant /Photo Release Form for slide show & picture boards
Families & Friends of Murder Victims, INC (FFMV)
Circle one: New Participant ~ Update my information ~ Agency/Non Victim
Please Print
Date________________ Relationship to Victim_______________________
Victim’s First Name_________________________________________
Victim’s Last Name_________________________________________
Date of Birth _____________ Date of Death__________ Solved: Yes ( ) No ( )
Permission to use photo(s): Yes ( ) No ( ) Just add me to e-mail/mailing list to
receive monthly newsletter and event information
I grant to Families & Friends of Murder Victims, Inc. (FFMV), the right to use
photograph(s) of the above-identified subject. I authorize FFMV to use and
publish the same in print and/or electronically.
I agree that FFMV may use such photographs with or without his/her name and for
any lawful purpose, including for example such purposes as publicity, illustration,
advertising, and Web content.
I have read and understand the above.
Name of Agency/Non-Victim if applicable: ________________________________
Signature _________________________________________________________
Print Full Name _____________________________________________________
Address___________________________________________________________
City__________________________________ Zip Code____________________
Phone with area code ______________________________________
E-mail ____________________________________________________________
Mail or e-mail participant/release form to: mail4ffmv@yahoo.com
FFMV ~ P.O.Box 11222 San Bernardino, CA ~ 92423-1222
I have included a picture ( ) Yes ( ) No use the one on file
I have included a $_________ donation for 2012
Thank-you… if you have already sent your 2012 donation

13. Please help with this legislation, to either sponsor or co-sponsor this urgently needed bill.
Write to your congressperson and Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen as the Chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee and Congressman
Howard Berman as the Ranking Member.Chief of Staff Margaret Mott (mail won't be stalled thru radiation there as it is in
DC)14546 Hamlin St. # 202 Van Nuys, California 91401 Phone (818) 994-7200 Fax: (818) 994-1050
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee
2206 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-0918 to either sponsor or
Co-sponsor this urgently needed bill.
Thanks, Maxine B. Russell - Mother of Darren - russellbliss21@aol.com
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On Twitter: @killed_in_china
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