FFMV Jan -2013 Newsletter

2. FAMILIES & FRIENDS OF Need Someone to Talk To?
MURDER VICTIMS, Inc. * Bertha Flores - Parent - Spanish speaking
(FFMV) (909) 200-5499 (after 3pm)
*Rose Madsen – Parent (909) 798-4803 (after
Newsletter January 2013 4pm)
*Maxine Russell – (818) 378-2072
Thank-you: Parent/Grief Counselor
*Carol Anderson – Website *Dawn Hall - Parent(951) 757-4419
*Kaiser – Oakland *Mary Stewart -Parent (951 698-5317)
*Avaxat Elementary School- Murrieta
Emergency Consult for Suicidal or Homicidal
*St. Anthony’s Catholic Church-Upland
*Christ The Redeemer Catholic Church Participants
Grand Terrace *Linda Atencio -Parent – 760-490-7864
Portola Community Center- Palm Desert * Ellie Rossi - Parent - 909-810-8133
*San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office of
Victim Services/Victim Advocates * Delores Maloy- Parent – High Desert
*Riverside County District Attorney’s Office of Victim Contact – 760-530-7027
Services/Victim Advocates
Optimist Club of Redlands, CA
Geezers M.C.
*Family of Kris Flores Families & Friends of Murder Victims:
*Janet Garcia& Barbara Christian A non-profit organization
facebook administrators Dedicated to providing information, support, and
* Ellie Rossi friendship to persons who have experienced the
death of a loved one through the violent act of
* San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office murder
for sponsoring newsletter for 2013* Share Sorrow…..
Share Strength
Mission: To restore a sense of hope and to
provide a pathway to well-being to those who
have lost a loved one to murder and to those who
are victims of attempted murder.
CalVCP Love Gifts
Help us get the word out! Love gifts are a specific tax deductible donation made
to the memory of a loved one’s birthday, anniversary
Effective Jan. 1, our application of a death, holiday, or just because which are posted
filing period will increase from one in newsletter. They are also made by caring
professionals, organizations to help in the work that
year to three years after the date FFMV does with victims/survivors. These gifts help
of the crime. More CA crime with the expenses incurred in reaching out to others
and operating expenses. When making out a check,
victims will be eligible for much please make payable to FFMV and note Love Gift on
check or envelope.
needed assistance. Love Gifts can be mailed to
FFMV- P.O. Box 11222 San Bernardino, Ca. -
92423-1222
The moment you died
My heart was torn in two
Join Families & Friends of Murder Victims on
One side filled with heartache
The other died with you
Thank-you
Janet Garcia
Mother of Jesse Garcia – 6/10/78 – 6/27/94
Barbara Christian
Mother of Terri Lynn Winchell–
4/10/63 – 1/8/81

3. Riverside Chapter West End Chapter -Bi-lingual
nd
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of every Meets every 2 Thursday of every month at
7:00pm-8:30pm
month at 7pm St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Avaxat Elementary School, 24300 La Conference Room
Brisas Road in Murrieta, CA 2210 North San Antonio Upland, CA 91786
Contact Dawn (951) 757-4419 Participants have the option of the
For directions ask for PJ at- English & Spanish Meeting
951-696-1600 x2177 – Local Grupo Bilingue
M-F 9am-4pm (1-2pm lunch) Los participantes pueden escoger en Inglés
o en Español
Se reunen cada Segundo Jueves del mes a
las 7:00 p.m.
Colton Chapter Contact persons/ Personas de contacto:
Rita Marin (909) 215-7063
1st Tuesday of every month rittaatffmv@aol.com
Christ The Redeemer Catholic Church
Next meeting is Janurary 10, 2013
Robinson Hall – Room 6
12745 Oriole Ave Grand Terrace, CA
92313
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Grief Support Group
Contact person for directions or ALL are welcome at our monthly
information Rose – 909-754-6969 meetings. Whether you are a parishioner
mail4ffmv@yahoo.com or not. If you are suffering the loss of a
loved one and in need to talk to someone,
NO MEETING FOR JANUARY we are here to listen and share emotions.
Church meeting place closed Together and with the help of the Lord,
we can help each other heal.
Meetings are held every 2nd Wednesday of
Coachella Valley Chapter the month 7 to 9 P.M. ~ Room 8
New Address St. Anthony’s Church 1640 Western Ave.
We will continue meeting every San Bernardino (909)887-3810
3rd Wednesday of each month Contacts: Hope Morfin (909)820-6163
6:00pm – 8:00pm Ralph & Arlene Payan (909)887-4387
Portola Community Center Room 2 (FFMV Participants)
45-480 Portola Ave Danny & Rose Equihua (909) 887-3744
(parking on Shadow Mountain)
Palm Desert, CA 92260 I THOUGHT OF YOU TODAY
760-568-2560- Call for directions I thought of you today,
Rose – 909-754-6969 But that is nothing new
mail4ffmv@yahoo.com
I thought of you yesterday
Candy- 619-200-0547
Candyclb@aol.com
And will tomorrow, too
We think of you in silence
Next meeting is Janurary 16, 2013 And make no outward show
For what it meant to lose you
Only those who love you know
Remembering you is easy
Oakland Chapter We do it everyday
It's the heartache of losing you
Kaiser in Oakland, Howe St. at That will never go away.
Broadway, Author Unknown
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 Office Depot - Staples – Office Max
of Victim Witness Centers: San Bernardino If you shop at Office Depot or Staples please
(909) 387-6540 use FFMV’s Rewards Number for Office Depot
Rancho Cucamonga: (909) 945-4241* which is 1139461170 Office Max – 650756207,
Victorville/Desert area: (760) 552-6994*
Staples- or use just give them 909-798-4803
for all three. We get reward points that help
Riverside County District Attorney’s Office of
defray the cost of printing, ink cartridges and
Victim Witness Centers:
office supplies.
Riverside: (951) 955-5450
Murrieta: (951) 304-5680 * Banning: (951) 922-7130
* Indio: (760) 863-8408 PLEASE….Don‘t throw away your old ink
*Los Angeles County District Attorney's Victim cartridges! Continue to bring them to us, or
Witness Assistance Program offices: take them to Office Max, Staples or Office
Pomona: 909) 620-3381
Depot and give them 909-798-4803
It’s an easy way to help
*Life.After.Uncivil.Ruthless.Acts.
FFMV purchase office supplies.
323-816-9651 www.laurala.org
* WINGS OF JUSTICE – Website
www.murdermislabeledsuicide.com/WingsofJustice
*Women Against Gun Violence – 310-204-2348 Congratulations to Helene Davis,
www.wagv.org
(Oakland Chapter Leader)
*www.CrimeVictims.gov—public awareness Web
site
* H.E.A.L. Helping Everyone Acknowledge Loss – Helene was honored a recipient of
818-378-2072– RussellBliss21@aol.com Distinguished Leadership Award
* Crime Victims United of California – 916-928- Certificate of Recognition from
4797 www.crimevictimsunited.com or Senator Ellen Corbett office (District
mail@crimevictimsunited.com
10) at 1000 Mothers to Prevent
* North American Victim Assistance (NOVA)
www.trynova.org
Violence PURPLE Gala 12-12-12 at St.
* Victims of Crime Resources Center (800) Columba Catholic Church.
VICTIMS
* POMC - (888) 818-POMC www.pomc.org
* Greater Orange County POMC – Marie – 714-999-
7132 – 562-508-2397
* Citizens Against Homicide - (415) 455-5944
* Justice for Murdered Children - (310) 547-1367
* The Crime Victims Assistance Network (iCAN)
Foundation (916) 273-3603
* Memory of Victims Everywhere - (949) 248-5470
MOVE@cox.net
* Resource for the Grieving and
Bereavedwww.griefcompanion.com
* Crime Survivors – 949-872-7895
www.crimesurvivors.com Bi-monthly meetings
held in Orange County
* Adela Lavine~Medium: www.adelalavine.com Lorrain Taylor & Helene Davis
* MADD – (909) 888-6233
www.maddsanbernardino.org
*JUSTICE FOR HOMICIDE VICTIMS - (310) 457-
0030 -jhvinfo@justiceforhomicidevictims.com
* Striving Towards Eradicating Violence In Ennercities
-S.T.E.V.I.E. stevieisunityandpeace@yahoo.com
oneunikadvocate2@aol.com
* www.psychic4themissing.com
*Homicide Survivors Inc.

5. January 2013 Birthdays
Arturo J. Velazquez
Angel Rodriguez Jr.
Anthony Maldonado
Brandon Smith
Denise Duerr
Destiny Hernandez
Edward Navarrette
Griselda Sandoval
Janet Heartfield
Jesus “Rick” Soto Jr.
Jason Carlos Casarez
Krishana LeAnn Szymanski
Lacey Wheeler
Maria Banuelos
Mario Flores
Noe Salinas III
Orlando Hurley
Ray Valenzuela Jr.
Rhonda McNamara
Richard Albidrez
Roberto V. Morales
Terese R. Stewart
Happy Birthday in Heaven

6. January 2013 Memories
Adam John Rivera
Alexander Delgado
Angel Rodriguez
Armando Gabriel Calvary
Betty Van Patter
Carlos Angelo Centino
Carlos F. Leal Jr
Christopher Heyman
Christopher Jackson
Evion Yanez
James Donald Hartzell Jr.
Jason Carlos Casarez
Jerry Sehrs
Jesus D. Calderon
Joey Trujillo
Larry Leyva
Manuel J. Vega
Mario Quiroz
Michael Reed Jr.
Nancy E. O’Hara & Jesse M. O’Hara
Noah Ferrer
Noe Salinas III
Ramon Quesada Jr.
Raul “Ralphee” Payan
Reychell Lujan
Richard Albidrez
Roy Hall
Samantha Salas
Samuel Sanchez
Terri Lynn Winchell
Victor Bernard White Jr.

7. LOVE GIFTS
In Loving Memory In Loving Memory In Loving Memory
James Donald Hartzell Jr. Terese Stewart Mario Quiroz
1/16/63 – 6/9/92 3/6/65 – 1/8/04 5/14/68 – 1/25/06

8. In Loving Memory David Charles Nystrom – 2/2/64 - 7/27/98 & Lisa Cummings – 11/13/66 – 3/12/11
Brother and Sister in Heaven ….. now together watching over their Mom (Ellie Rossi)
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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_______________

9. A Special Thank-you to the following:
Because of you our Christmas Memorial was a huge success!!!!
*The Diocese of San Bernardino
* Anonymous Donor for sponsoring our main dish
*Ann Marie Gallant
*Dicey Garcia
*Ellie Rossi
*Geezers MC
*John Elias
*Mattel Store
*Redlands Optimist Club
*San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office
*Sister Carmel Crimmins
*Sister Sue Reif-OSF
* Mothers Prayer Group of Corona
* The Family of Angel Rodriguez
* The Family Tommy Pagent
*Family of “Ralphee” Payan
*Family of Adam Rivera
*The Family of Jennifer LeAnne Balber
*The Family of Joyce Nelson
*The Family of Kris Flores
*FFMV Executive Board, Chapter Leaders, and Volunteers who work together helping
Victims become Survivors

10. 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
COLD CASES FYI
I attended JHV Memorial in April, guest Speaker Frank Girardot, editor of the Pasadena Star News and
senior editor of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune Group announced that he would to publish pictures and
information regarding unsolved homicide cases on the newspaper website. Many families that I know
personally have UNSOLVED cases which have turned to COLD cases…Everyone deserves JUSTICE
If your loved one was murdered in the greater Southern California area and the case is unsolved, Frank
will get it published in the newspaper.
You can check out the Cold Case Project by going to www.PasadenaStarNews.com/coldcases. The
paper also has the project listed on Facebook …
This is a response Frank gave me when I e-mailed him about this project:
Hi Rose,
If I get a photo from a loved one I will post it on our website as soon as I can. Anyone who is interested
can contact me and I promise to get them set up.
Sincerely,
Frank Girardot
911 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91106
626-578-6300 ext.4478
frank.girardot@sgvn.com
Here is some basic information Frank needs when you send him a picture of your loved one:
Your full name, address, phone(s), e-mail address, Victims Full Name and age at time of murder,
Victims DOB-DOD, your relationship to victim, city where murder took place, any suspects arrested?,
Detective’s name & phone, & short bio on how your loved one was murdered
I encourage you to submit your story if you still have an unsolved case!

11. 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 in Rialto, CA
December 14, 2012 was the worst news I heard….the massacre at Sandy Hook
Elementary School in Newtown Ct. Twenty innocent children and seven adults were
murdered. This was a very sad day. On behalf of the executive board of Families &
Friends of Murder Victims, we wish comfort and peace to the families. Words can't
mend your heartache; we share your loss and wish you comfort and peace of mind.
May you find strength in the love of your family, and in the warm embrace
of your friends.
Thoughtfully
Rose
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.
Our Organization depends largely upon private donations which will cover operational expenses, Our
Annual Family Christmas Memorial Luncheon, and Our Annual Victims’ Rights Week Memorial. We are
seeking a sponsor (s) for our events. Please contact FFMV at the above e-mail or phone if you are
interested. Tax ID #68-0299211 All Contributions Are Tax Deductible

12. 2013 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 2013
Thank-you… if you have already sent your 2013 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
On the web: www.russellcase.net (UPDATED)
On Twitter: @killed_in_china
In U.S. Federal Court: Case No. CV-09-06050