GoFundMe - Justice for Christy's Girls

 

Those not close to my family may not be aware of all the things we have done to fight for Justice for Christy.  I have seen comments from individuals wondering why there is a GoFundMe… well I hope this sheds a little light on why…

I discovered over the last 7 years that I cannot rely on all authorities to do their job or even have the training to do all that their job requires.  Through this process there is only one MSP Detective Sargent that I can say I trust as all the other detectives both MSP and DCPD who worked this case lost my trust years ago.  They lost my trust by not asking for help when needed, through ignoring our correspondences and an overall lack of action in the five years it took for an arrest.  From the beginning my family brainstormed, researched, and investigated as Christy’s death was not something we could comprehend.  Were we grieving NO we were alert, observant, and looking in constant communication noting everything... it was a need to figure out why it happened, how it happened... We knew Christy better than anyone else in the world and if we could not explain it then we needed answers.  When authorities ignored us, we simply continued to brainstorm, research, and investigate all while maintaining a relationship with the only other adult in the household the night she died.  We provided our information to authorities as we received it.  They took the information and filed it away for later.  Authorities labeled us as a nuisance.  We have heard comments from people over the years saying, “You have to just let it go,” or “You should just forget about it.”

Two and a half years into our frustration my mom was emailing yet again in the early morning as she could not sleep with all the thoughts on her mind.  The term “Wrongful Death” popped into her mind, and she looked it up.  She found we were months away from the statute of limitations and this may be the key to getting the Criminal Case to have momentum.   My parents self-funded a civil case in hopes of pushing the criminal case forward.  Think of it as is the Goldman's trial before OJ's criminal trial.  Thing is civil cases happen after criminal trials to use the evidence from the criminal trial, but we did not have that.  What we did have was all our research, brainstorming, and our own investigative materials.  The civil case which included attorney fees, court fees, paying for witness depositions, reports, and more.  We won the civil case which awarded us an uncollectable sum, but our goal was always Justice for Christy.  We were going to go public with the fact we had won the civil case and yet authorities never pressed charges.  We provided the prosecutor’s office with one last opportunity to review our information.  Interesting thing... soon after there was an arrest made. 

Now after the year of no jury trials due to Covid… We had a Criminal Trial.  I sat through all those days of full testimony.  It is sad to say but I did not hear information I did not already know.  The Medical Examiner testified that he was aware his office was missing pertinent information regarding this death during a deposition.  That deposition I sat through.  That deposition was the same one my parents paid for with my dad’s retirement money.  It is sad that I am grateful that he lost his job after over 25 years because that allowed access to his retirement account.  I have always heard “our tax dollars at work.”  Not with Christy’s case… Christy’s case was my parents hard earned money used to obtain Justice for their daughter.  They referred to my dad as Christy’s “Stepfather” in trial.  No!  I am sorry, Christy would have corrected that… he is her DAD and he will fight for any of his girls with everything he has.

Even though Civil Case is over and Criminal Case is over my parents continue to have court costs, but it is Probate Court for my nieces.  They are doing this to raise Christy’s girls as she would have wanted.  The current court ordered guardianship agreement is now 50/50 between mom and their other grandmother. This is an increase from the initial supervised visitation granted to mom.  The GoFundMe is to provide a little help to offset their expenses.  It will never replace what they have spent fighting for Christy and her girls, but it is something.  Their plans are to work until the youngest is eighteen which they will be in their seventies by then.  I hope this explains the reasons behind the GoFundMe.  No obligation to donate but if you consider donated or even sharing it, we appreciate it.

https://gofund.me/a3a7dea3

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