Warning: Photographs (at bottom) might be disturbing to some. Last Wednesday, I followed my daughter, Kari, with my Victim Impact Statement to the Parole Board. Her words were so powerful… so heart-wrenching… so compelling… so real, that I wondered if mine were really necessary. Well, at least if they were necessary for the Parole Board, that […]
Vantrease Parole Hearing: One Week
One week. Just one week! This is when violent felon, Austin Vantrease (of Newark, Delaware), could realistically be granted parole and released back into society. His total time in prison for beating my son into oblivion for life? Four years. There’s no way this would be fair and just by any measure. Really, it just […]
Austin Vantrease Parole (2013): Media Coverage Begins
The media coverage on the parole hearing for Austin Vantrease (of Newark, Delaware) is already beginning. It’s hitting the broadcast and print media, not to mention the social media. Vantrease’s co-attacker, Jonathan Matthew May (also of Newark, Delaware) only served seven months in a West Virginia regional jail and was released. Let’s hope the same […]
Austin Vantrease Parole Hearing Scheduled (2013)
Note: The following post (just like this entire website) is my opinion and the truth as I understand it. Several weeks ago — in early June — I received an official-looking envelope from the West Virginia Department of Corrections. I knew what it was before even opening it. It was to tell me that Austin Vantrease […]