Purlpe Passion virtual walk.. In Kim's name
For those of you new to this blog, my partner's sister was killed by her husband. Due to the failure of local and State Police and an ineffective DA's office, the husband was only charged and convicted of attempted murder and kidnapping. He spent 4 years in Shirley and is now out.
Every year since her death, Steph (my partner) has organized a team for the walk. This year, clearly is not the time to be walking in a large crowd of people. Thus the walk is virtual this year. Voices Against Violence does incredible work to bring awareness about domestic violence. During this pandemic, many abused women and children are stuck indoors with their abusers. I am proud to support their work.
https://voices.purplepassion5k.org/team/310439
posted by Jim Pillsbury @ 3:01 PM
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7 Comments:
So sad to hear you lost your sister-in-law, and so angry to hear he got away with it. What happened?
Kim died in 2013.
“We have no more answers than we had the night she died,” said Stephanie Deeley, of Framingham, who is Kimberly Parker’s sister. “Kim was found unresponsive on her front lawn. The only person with her was her husband.”
ABINGTON — Kimberly Boleza Parker was one of the most adventurous people you could ever meet.
Whether it was bungee jumping, off-roading, riding a motorcycle, jumping from a plane or even letting her too-young-to-drive nephew operate a snowmobile nearly 80 mph down a hill in New Hampshire, she was always up for adventure.
But, as adventurous as she was, Parker was equally genuine.
Her sister, Stephanie Deeley of Framingham, remembers a time when she visited Parker while she was attending The Medical University of South Carolina for graduate school. They had gone out to dinner and were walking through a park on their way back to Parker’s apartment.
“There were a couple of homeless gentlemen in the park. I thought Kim was just going to give them our leftover food, but Kim went over, sat down on a bench with them, engaged them in a conversation,” Deeley said. “I was very standoffish, I’m embarrassed to say, but after a few minutes, I got involved and we ended up spending like an hour talking to these guys. To Kim... everybody was equal, everybody was valuable.”
Parker never had it easy in life. Her father died less than a month after her fifth birthday and her mother, who had serious health issues for years, died months after Kimberly turned 22. She was raised mostly by Deeley and her brother, Ed Boleza of Abington, and her friends.
But she was still highly successful. She owned a home, she became a bio-safety officer at two different hospitals in Boston and a bio-safety manager at a third. She also worked for the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services, responding to hazardous materials incidents.
But six years ago today, under what her family say are suspicious conditions, it was all taken from her.
Parker was found unresponsive on the front lawn of the East Bridgewater home she shared with her husband, Richard R. Parker. She was rushed by ambulance to Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital. But it was too late. Doctors pronounced Kimberly Parker dead.
Her family says they are left with the same questions they had immediately after her death.
“We have no more answers than we had the night she died,” said Deeley. “Kim was found unresponsive on her front lawn. The only person with her was her husband, who was facing charges for attempted murder and a slew of other charges against her, which he was later convicted of and is serving time for. Rich has never been questioned about Kim’s death.”
Those of you who have seen the many articles and interviews with my partner Steph Deeley will be pleased to know that, the 39 month long saga for justice for Steph's sister Kim has come to an end. In a 4 day trial, a jury found Rich Parker guilty of chargers that Judge Chin told the court room, " a bad case of domestic violence". While the trial reveled many facts that have been ignored into how Kim Parker died, it should be noted that Steph and her family will never give up on the pursuit of justice for their beloved sister.
http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20150319/NEWS/150315606/-1/breaking_ajax
WTF? Was her husband ever charged for her death???????
WTF? Was her husband ever charged for her death???????
No he was not. Since the local cops called her death a natural death, which lead the State cops to NOT investigate at all her death and since the ME office didn't know to do a full autopsy on her, he was never charged and not even interviewed by the cops. And her husband had her cremated immediately after her death and we have never found out where her ashes are.
A failure at multiple levels of local and State government.
So very sorry to hear this story. You should sue the local cops
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