The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announces our Victims of Murder Remembrance Quilt undertaking on this Nationwide Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims.
The project, which is nearing its ultimate phases, is an on line and interactive device to don’t forget victims killed in homicides. For numerous decades, significant quilts hung outside our place of work, adorned with commemorative patches of the victims. People submitted these patches to be sewn on the quilts, without end honoring their misplaced loved ones.
When the District Attorney’s Business office a short while ago relocated, we no for a longer period had area to show the quilts outdoors our business office. This virtual job is a recreation of those people quilts to deliver an possibility for family members to share their stories of their loved types and to view and keep in mind their liked ones anytime, wherever, and endlessly.
“This challenge reminds us of the quite a few persons who are missing from dinner tables, minimal league games, weddings, and spouse and children reunions,” Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office environment Target/Witness Solutions Director Deanna Weaver stated. “We want family members to know that while yrs may perhaps move, we have not overlooked their stories.”
The task was made in collaboration with the Lancaster County Geographic Information System (GIS)division, a element of the Facts Technological know-how (IT) office. The interactive map will allow end users to navigate to and from each individual victim’s personal photo from the quilts, which then displays a small paragraph detailing the incident and a map marker of in which the criminal offense occurred. If obtainable, corresponding one-way links to information stories and press releases regarding the incident will be provided.
The task is anticipated to formally start in the following several months but will not be completely produced and designed public until eventually observe is delivered to all the families of victims included.
“I am so grateful for my employees, both equally previous and existing, that have worked on this undertaking,” Lancaster County District Legal professional Heather Adams mentioned. “It is amazingly significant to be equipped to announce the job on this day of remembrance. Today, we keep in mind and honor victims dropped to violence and their surviving household users and give a heartfelt thank you to those people that perform to guarantee that every and just about every victim receives the assistance that they have to have and should have.”
The District Attorney’s Workplace also wishes to thank Steve Gochenaur, Serena London and the Lancaster County GIS division for their aid.
If your liked one’s photograph experienced been section of these quilts and you have any inquiries or concerns or you want to incorporate your liked one to this venture, remember to attain out to Media Specialist Sean McBryan ([email protected]), Sufferer/Witness Method Director Deanna Weaver ([email protected]) or get in touch with the Lancaster County Sufferer/Witness Companies at 717-299-8048.
Persons who are struggling, as the outcome of getting victims (or spouse and children members) of violent crime, ought to call their nearby Victim Products and services Company. Personnel members can join them with counseling and support expert services in their local community.
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