I received an email from Representative Renny Cushing informing me that the proposed 2014 fiscal year budget includes $51,250 for the NH Cold Case Unit. The 2015 proposed budget includes 51,500. It is a positive step forward but the support is a minuscule one. This financial support would come out of the revenue in the general fund that is not restricted to any purpose.
Representative Cushing will now explore the possibility of HB 661 supplying the rest of the money to continue the NH Cold Case Unit as it is today.
That amount of money implies to me that the Unit would be reduced to one person. Many states will say they have a Cold Case Unit when in reality they have one person that works on cold cases. What do you think the results are from one person working a cold case?
Please share the petition with others.
Also, send an email to Housecriminaljusticeandpublicsafety@leg.state.nh.us
Tell them you support the NH Cold Case Unit and want them to continue. Share the email address with others.
Thank you Representative Cushing for the work you are doing on behalf of victim’s families.
Let’s not give up, continue the fight.
Karen
Sign the petition for permanency of NH Cold Case Unit.
http://www.change.org/petitions/new-hampshire-governor-margaret-wood-hassan-permanency-of-new-hampshire-cold-case-unit#share
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Karen Beaudin is a published author and accomplished speaker who addresses the subject of unsolved murders to various institutions, including universities, law enforcement, and religious organizations during conferences and training seminars. She promotes the value of Cold Case Units and its importance to families of murder victims. Karen also supports the creation of websites for unsolved homicides and unresolved deaths. These websites can provide valuable information to law enforcement and makes available a place to leave anonymous tips.
Karen's media interviews include Elizabeth Vargas from ABC 20/20, Bob Ward, Crime Reporter from Fox News Boston; Sean MacDonald, Andy Hershberger, and Ray Brewer from WMUR TV. In 2009 Karen and her sisters were influential in establishing New Hampshire's first Cold Case Unit. During Victims' Rights Week, 2010, the Gloddy family received a certificate of appreciation from Governor John Lynch for their outstanding service on behalf of victims' of crime.
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A Child Is Missing exposes the reality that murder follows a family throughout their entire life. Future events often loop back to the day when a loved one's life was taken by the hands of a murderer.
Karen's sister Kathy was murdered in 1971. The case was reactivated in 1983 and again in 2004. In 2006 Kathy's remains were exhumed for DNA. A Child is Missing: Searching for Justice is the sequel to A Child Is Missing, it covers the reopening of Kathy's investigation in 2004 to present date. Karen interviewed over fifty people for the sequel and acquired new information from retired investigators.
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So glad the Representative Cushing heard our cries. I know one person is a very small unit,but if even one family can get their questions answered. It is worth it!! It also gives us a great place to start.
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Let’s not give up the fight until the end. Whatever happens then we can say we did our best.
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