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Dear Family:
I am very sorry for your loss. My youngest son was murdered in May 1994. That is why I founded Survivors/Victims of Tragedy, Inc. in December, 1997, as a Support Group for those of us who have lost a loved one through murder. We can meet at the office of Black on Black Crime, Inc., at McCall's Motel, 14660 Euclid Avenue (corner of Lee Road & Euclid Avenue), East Cleveland, Ohio 44112 or we can schedule a meeting at a location closer to you. The office is on the 1st floor straight across from the entrance. Please call me at the above number so we can arrange a time to meet. Also, every other month or so, we meet for dinner at local restaurants, call if you would like to go with us to dinner.
If you would like to become involved in an activist group, such as Black on Black Crime, Inc., to help us stop the violence that surrounds our children, please let me know. Help us expand and strengthen our outreach services to others; such as, reaching out to parents whose child or other family member has been murdered, families of missing children or adults, candlelight vigils, protests, marches, talking to the kids at schools, community centers, churches, etc.
On August 2, 2002, we dedicated a Memorial Wall/Wall of Sorrows at 14748-70 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, Ohio 44112. The Memorial Wall, which is 4' x 30', lists the names of over 1,000 children and young adults between the ages of birth through 25 who have been murdered in Cuyahoga County since 1990. Pictures of the Memorial Wall Building are now included on the website listed below. We had to take the Memorial Wall/Wall of Sorrows down, but the panels of the Memorial Wall, pictures and other things that were put on the building have been stored for safekeeping until we can complete the rebuilding of the Wall at 11300 Superior Avenue. We also plan to create a Memorial Reflection Garden in the empty next to the building for a beautiful and peaceful area in the neighborhood and a place for families to gather. We need your help.
Judy Martin
Homicides in Cuyahoga County, Ohio (1990 - present)
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF OVER 1,070 CHILDREN (FROM BIRTH THRU 25) WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN CUY. CTY. SINCE 1990:
| Total Year | Total Homicides | Homicides Ages 0 to 25 Yrs |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 221 |
102 = 46% |
| 1991 | 237 |
88 = 37% |
| 1992 | 222 |
92 = 41% |
| 1993 | 218 |
95 = 46% |
| 1994 | 180 |
74 = 41% |
| 1995 | 167 |
76 = 45% |
| 1996 | 144 |
57 = 40% |
| 1997 | 124 |
51 = 40% |
| 1998 | 124 |
51 = 41% |
| 1999 | 108 |
48 = 44% |
| 2000 | 94 |
39 = 40% |
| 2001 | 110 |
50 = 45% |
| 2002 | 115 |
42 = 37% |
| 2003 | 112 |
42 = 38% |
| 2004 | 108 |
49 = 45% |
| 2005 | 147 |
67 = 46% |
| 2006 | 146 |
57 = 39% |
| Since 1990 | 3,091 |
1,312 = 42% |
| 2007 | 169 |
76 = 45% |
| 2008 | 120 |
53 = 45% |
| 2009 | 130 |
62 = 48% |
| 2010 | 66 |
23=35% Murdered to Date as of 10.27.10 |
| 2011 | 72 |
28=38% |
Totals for 2005 include 10 killed in Iraq who were from Cuyahoga County, of which 6 were between the ages of 0-25.
There were 452 to 456 citizens from Cuyahoga County killed during the war in Vietnam. That war lasted around 15 years. As you can see from the above totals, in the 12 full years since 1990, more than 2,000 people have been murdered in Cuyahoga County (almost 4 times as many people who were killed during the Vietnam War). Out of that number, over 900 of those murders have been of children and young adults. If you take it one step further, that means approximately 5,000 children and young adults have been killed in Ohio since 1990. And if you take it another big step, that means that around 100,000 children and young adults have been murdered in this country since 1990. We have been at war and our children have been in great danger in this country since the late 1980's. Why haven't we united to stop the violence and save our children? There's been a holocaust of genocide perpetrated in this country since the late 1980's. When are we going to do something about this horrendous problem?