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KRISTIN'S KRUSADE 5K RUN/WALK
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH
AT SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY
On June 2nd, 2005, almost three weeks after graduation from Saint Joseph’s University, in Philadelphia, Kristin Mitchell intended to end her relationship with her boyfriend. As usual, her entire day was interrupted by countless calls and text messages from her soon-to-be-ex boyfriend. That evening, in an email to her father, Kristin wrote, "It is just really hard to deal with someone who seemed to be getting more and more controlling and not giving me space to be me... I guess I was trying to stay positive and recognize the good things in him. There are a lot. But this is on my mind right now..."
Early on June 3rd, this same man came to Kristin's apartment. She made a frantic call to a friend saying things were not going well. She said he wouldn't leave, and that she didn't know what to do. She never finished that call. The events as they occurred next are not known, but Kristin was brutally overtaken by this man and savagely murdered. She was stabbed and slashed at least 55 times. Eleven times to her back.
Almost eleven months later, on April 20, 2006, Kristin’s killer pleaded guilty in a courtroom, and received a 30-year prison term. He is scheduled to come before a parole board at the 15-year mark. It is entirely possible, and astounding to know, that he could actually be set free in the year 2020, for his horrific murder of Kristin.
Sadly, Kristin is not an exception to this horrendous act.
KRISTIN MITCHELL FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS APPEAR ON "GOOD MORNING AMERICA"
KMF board members, Bill and Michele Mitchell, appeared on ABC's Good Morning America
on June 10, 2009. The story was prompted by hearings that are being held by the Senate's Judiciary Committee. Also, Liz Claiborne, Inc. has conducted research has new numbers about dating violence, and the critical need for education.
Domestic violence takes a terrible toll on young women across America…
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