My Ranting and Raving

What's it going to take?

2011-07-01T10:43:00.000-10:00

Wow, I didn't realize it has been so long since I updated my blog. So much has happened since I last posted.
The closer it gets to her birthday the harder the days seem to be. Heather would have been 28 years old this year. Hard to imagine. Her "little" sister is now older than she.. which is a bit unnerving at times. She would probably have a child and be married or FAMOUS as she was convinced she would be. She wanted the world to know her name. One day this will happen I am sure of it. I may lay low for a few months but don't think it's because I've given up. That is never going to happen. As long as I am breathing I will continue to seek answers and continue to flood the Internet with anything I can to make people take notice. Same day this will land into the hands of the one person who will care enough and have the right influence to help us get the justice Heather so richly deserves.
I appreciate all the new signatures on the petition & new friends on Facebook!!(* Thank you so much Jayelle!!! you my dear are an angel on earth.)

Things are brewing I can feel it. The last few months have been a whirl wind of craziness. Somethings I can share - others, well I need to be careful how much I share, mostly because I don't want to loose what little ground I may have gained.
There was an incident in the fall & Michael was arrested for "cruelty to a juvenile" of course, I called the police department in LA to find out more. I was transferred no less than 3 times each time trying to explain my concern for Christopher's safety. I was pretty much in tears by the time I actually got the investigating officer on the phone. He assured me they would "pull the old file" and look further into this. I told him one child is already dead & I don't want the same thing to happen to Chris. I called back many more times over the course of a month & still don't know if they really "did" anything. The officer was always conveniently out on patrol & still to this day has not called me back. I have no doubt they dismissed me yet AGAIN... I'm sure this guy thought I was a lunatic on the phone. He was supposedly "new". What?- Sure I believed him & the leprechauns too.
So, I forwarded the news blurp I found to both The Reporter & to Diane Dimond; To let them know that he'd been arrested for abusing Christopher & that this wasn't the only time they had gone to the residence for fights between the two of them. Again I was ignored.. not a word from either of them. I know Ms. D is a busy woman with Michael Jackson's death & all.... then the whole Caylee disappearance & murder. Heather's case has just gotten over shadowed by Hurricaine Katrina, then Hurricaine Rita and so on... but our turn is coming!! I refuse to give up hope. I know there is going to be someone who can do something.

The last few weeks I can't seem to think of much else, the strangest things pop into my head. So many questions, not enough real answers. Only more questions.

So someone tell me how do you make them listen? Is it going to take another child's life before they do something? I really NEED TO KNOW -What is it going to take to make them listen? I bet they'd perk up if I just blew that bastard away.... now wouldn't they? Of course that isn't going to happen with me 5000 miles and an ocean away if it didn't happen when Mama & I rolled up on that apartment to get Heather's dog Raven and the cat back in 2005. There was a loaded gun in the car with us. Trust me when I say, it took alot of restraint to not use that F*&$#!

I had the perfect opprotunity yet again to take him out and I didn't do it.
Now that's twice I've let him live...

I guess it's just not in me to kill or sit back and just let someone die~~~

So it's October

2010-10-25T10:02:00.000-10:00

So here we are already into October 2010.

Some days it feels like yesterday. Some days is feels like it's happening now
and then some days, I forget- pick up the phone call her and this recording tells me the number is incorrect.... I guess Nextel decided not to use that number any more.

Sorry I haven't updated this blog since Easter but so much other in my crazy world has happened and so little relating to this has been going on. I have hesitated to blog about all the craziness in my little world.

I did blog a bit on Butterflies in the dark... had too.

I'm just so tired, I have given so much thought and work into the Network, but i really just don't know what I am doing with it. It has so many features and this and that- Hell, never claimed to know anything about running a network. It was fine as long and they were doing most of the work- Now I need some help or away it has to go. I simply can't pay for something that I'm not utilizing nor is getting me much traffic to the Network. It's a waste of what little money I have. Social Security Disability doesn't give you much to live on so thankfully I have some who loves me that provides me with a place to stay.

Anyway, I had pretty much decided this was all truly a waste of time and effort and tears... because it has gotten us NO WHERE-

Hell, I spoke, yes emailed also but I SPOKE to Diane Dimond ((months before she suddenly got famous)) and she's supposed to be this great advocate for women, but what happened?

After accusing me in writing of the worst form of Child Abuse; I was accused of "running off to Hawaii to avoid paying child support" yeah right.... whole other story in my twisted world-

So you know me I had to correct this "person"

I e mailed her when I read this "story" and she did answer me very bitterly and claiming this was a matter of record and that- well yes, but Why not call ME and ask ME who you are using as and "EXAMPLE” in a story that had NOTHING TO DO WITH ME... before you go and splatter my name in print all over the flipping Internet. And how dare she compare a measly "judgment of $11,000" to My being owed over $100,000 and possibly a murder???

I told her to go read my blogs and e mailed her documents. Thinking, wow she did this story without this much to go on. She's going to take HR's Story and run with it.... boy was I EVER WRONG

She read my blogs said she was sorry about "my loss" but there was nothing she could do for me. She hoped we got answers soon.

So this is why I choose to just forget it. Unless there's money to be made for these people they don't really care- All she cares about is selling her book. Nancy Grace- She's a disgrace to all women with her higher than mighty attitude and I have begged that show to help. They ran the same footage over and over for months and I gave them a story and one of her producers told me it wasn't juicy enough. They only want garbage not real people needing help.

A few months ago, sometime in the spring, I was approached by a reporter in Alexandria and told I want to do your story for SWEEPS week, I was hesitant but hopeful. He asked me to wait the weekend & he'd know more on Monday after approaching his bosses with all the information I had given him. I poured my heart out to this man, who I thought was really going to try to help us. Remember, He contacted Me!

Then was told they want nothing to do with it, "it's more suited to a 48 hours type show or something that can give it ample time" & the reporter was told to "stay away from that story" Then I believe a few weeks later he was looking for another job???

Really?

All I wanted was a couple seconds of airtime to say hey Pineville/ Ball / Alexandria~~~

A girl was found dead her in her estranged father home and he owed her $90K+ in unpaid child support that she was trying to get through an attorney. She had no reason to be there, she had a job and a home in another state and no body knew he had taken her.

So the manner my daughter died we will never really know how he did it, she had 3 days worth of those drugs in her system, nobody is going to tell me he wasn't slowly poisoning my baby with a pitcher of lethal tea.

Now I am babbling and sad and miss so much.

If I had one wish it would be to turn back the clock to October night Michael had taken the very same combination of pills, I wish I had packed mine & Heather's bags and had gotten into the car and just kept driving until I got anywhere but as far away from Denver as I could and just let him die, why didn't I?

I ask myself every day since he killed Heather, WHY???

Why didn't I just let him die when I had the chance...

WHY? did he have to kill her? She loved life so much, all she wanted was a father to love her

WHY? did all these people lie over and over and over

WHY? wouldn't DHS ever help me enforce my child support orders?

WHY? did they let this happen?

WHY? Is everyone still turning their backs on her? She deserves better than this.

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2010-08-23T09:36:00.000-10:00

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Another April Shower

2010-04-04T14:24:00.000-10:00

Happy Ostara, Easter, Spring Equinox.... However you celebrate Spring's arrival, ENJOY!

~Magickal Graphics~
Today is about new beginings or so they tell us.
The world over is chasing eggs, stuffing thier tiny mouths with as much chocolate and foil as it will allow. Rejoicing in the beauty of the day.
Picnics and parties, rabbits and chicks and getting easter grass sucked up in the vacume cleaner.
It all brings back memories of days gone by; The years when the kids were little and it was fun to get together and cook out, hide eggs and enjoy the kids laughter as they chased each other across the yard in search of eggs.

I remember, "Someone" letting out the cows and Heather-Renee' claiming they climbed over the fence to get out and was very convincing for a 7 year old.
The guys hiding eggs in the tree house then forgetting them for a few weeks.... eww..
Seeing the face of a young child light up when they find a prize in the egg! Money!!
Waking up to find the Easter Bunny had left candy & eggs all over the house and even outside!!
I have such great memories of Easters Past.

My hope for them today is to continue to have fun, enjoy these holidays they only come around once a year. Enjoy them while they last...

And the best part?
I can wear white again!!

Happy Spring!
See, all my posts aren't doom & gloom....

Thanks again for reading this far!

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My March Madness

2010-03-16T15:12:00.000-10:00

4 long years,and 6 months later and still no answers only more questions.

More insight, more information.
Things are a little clearer to me and I am getting a better picture of how I think things went down. Those last 3 days.

Purely speculation on my part, but I think Heather had been hiding from Michael for several days and I KNOW she tried to have someone come get her on Wed. She was stuck there. Alone with no one to call. We know now she had his cell phone. I begged them then to see who she had called. I know she tried to call me.She left me a message. Did she text anyone?

I know now that, that the morning Michael found Heather's body, he took the phone OUT OF HER DEAD HAND and called backed the person who she called, demanding to know what Heather wanted when she called. THEN told the person that Heather was dead.
I don't remember seeing that tib bit of information in any police report.
The cops didn't know she had the cell phone in her hand Michael claimed he didn't touch her, just called 911.
He's trained in CPR from working at the Youth camp, why didn't he even try??? on his very own daughter!! I asked to hear the 911 call, I was told NO and then I filed a FOI with nothing to this day. I have written repeatedly over the last 4 1/2 years.

So here we are March 16, 2010 and still they have not held him acountable in her death.

That house was littered with prescription drugs and sample bottles, how is it that no one thought this strange? or does everyone in Louisiana have a quart size bottle of percocet on thier refrigerator and wellbuterin sample bottles all over the house? All these bottles where in HIS possession and none found near Heather...

All the drugs found in her system were HIS the only thing she had that was hers was a metabolite of the anti-depressant she had just started taking a week earlier. She had NO ALCOHOL in her system not even metabolites..
Which means she had NOT been drinking as he had claimed!

WHY?? Would they still believe him after so many lies??

The one drug that caused her death is amitriptyline, did you know that 750mg of this drug will KILL YOU?? well, neither did I until now. They hand this drug out like candy to kids and it is LETHAL and by the way it is also contradicted in antihistamine use it can cause DEATH...

Heather had traces of antihistamine in her system, it was mid September, now why would she be taking allergy medicine?

My opinion but She certainly didn't take his medication on her own.

This drug is easily dissolved in water and leaves no trace behind. She had 3 days worth of metabolites in her system and greater than 5000ng per mil in her blood on toxicology.
That's enough to kill a 250lb MAN!
So how did she get such a high level of the drug when she only had access to say 30 25mg pills? and why would she have metabolites of this drug if it was all taken at one time?

I can go on and on ... but I need to stop for the day

Thanks for listening, well reading this far. One day I will have the answers I seek.

He will pay one way or another, of this I am sure. I hope his dreams are filled will her face wanting to know why and I hope he sees her around every corner and every waking moment is filled with fear that I am getting closer to the truth and he will pay dearly.

This fear is what lead him to attempt suicide with the very drugs he used on my daughter.
The only problem is I saved his sorry ass... I sat in our kitchen and listened to him choke on his own vomit and I remember the smell of death hovering over my head..

Why didn't I just sit there and wait a few more minutes longer.. 10 more just 10 more and he would have been out of our lives forever...

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2010-02-10T10:28:00.000-10:00

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Seriously Facebook?! Again??

2009-11-09T09:56:00.000-10:00

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Hi Leyona,

Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. If you believe that there is content on this account which infringes your intellectual property rights, please visit the following Help Center page for more information:

http://www.facebook.com/help.php?page=439

In order to further assist you with your request, we will need to receive a valid subpoena or court order. Additionally, please be aware that there are situations where we may be unable to retrieve the information that you have requested due to technical limitations.

You should contact a lawyer or your local law enforcement agency and discuss this issue with them. If you decide to pursue legal action, please have the lawyer or officer contact us at the following address:

http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=legal_inquiries

Once they contact us, we will be able to communicate with them regarding the issue.

Thanks,

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Facebook! NOT AGAIN..

2009-09-20T08:54:00.011-10:00

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Here we go again with FACEBOOK they still; 9 months later have Heather's original page held HOSTAGE.. we have been fighting fulitly to get SOMEONE to answer us to WHY?
Still the same garbage... PRIVACY? Who's?? certainly not Hers, or mine.
This page belongs TO ME not FACEBOOK.. I need to contact the ACLU today.
They leave up stupid groups, and let people impersonate whomever
but the one page that could mean so much.
I was just finding the people who she had last been with that last week and they shut down the page, How is that possible?

SOMEONE REPORTED THE PAGE: (their claim: I was impersonating her)

WHY WOULD SOMEONE DO THAT? JEALOUSLY, Just being mean? Pure HATRED?
So here's another round of begging pleading and threatening FACEBOOK
and still we get NOWHERE!

PLEASE if you are her friend on the original page add the FAN PAGE and the group.
there are over 300 people on her page that have not swithched over. Please do so before I loose you all. I am adding people every day. As many as Facebook will allow me. The majority of my friends are friends of the kids. I wasn't even using Facebook for myself until this happened.
Now on to my note to them this morning..

After 3 e mails back & forth between the FB Mystery People and My mother:

His response was a repeated canned,"Sorry, We can do nothing for you; please see our list of how to go fuck yourself... this is my note to "him"

ENJOY

Dear Keith / Facebook Mystery Person

FIRST OFF I DO NOT NEED LOG IN INFORMATION
I need back into the account of Heather-Renee' Skarina
I have the password
I have the active email account that it goes to.
GroovyButterfly83@yahoo.com

Why was this page EVER taken from me to begin with?
I have NEVER been given an real reason.
There is NO BREACH OF PRIVACY other than Facebook taking my access away on Christmas DAY 2008 ....
You took it away NOW GIVE IT BACK, how hard can that be?
or At least switch all her friends over to the FAN PAGE...

We are in the middle of a MURDER INVESTIGATION and this page was a way for me to get in touch with all of my daughter's friends. They do NOT KNOW ME BY NAME. and I live 5000 Miles away..
As soon as I found certain few people the page got shut down out of the blue....

There are other pages and groups that are all BS pages and you leave them up
but something so important as to get CLUES TO A MURDER you take away my access and tell me it's a
privacy issue?? WHO's PRIVACY are you protecting?
Certainly not mine nor Heather-Renee's
by not allowing me to move COPYRIGHTED PHOTOS from the account. This is mine and I want it back.

I suppose I will contact my friends with the ACLU and see where to go from here.
that along with our attorney and the media.

I want access to this account returned ASAP.
Thank you mother for all your help.

Leyona Goldman
Natural Mother and next of kin of The Late Heather-Renee' Skarina
Honolulu, HI 96825

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2009-09-13T14:31:00.007-10:00

SEPTEMBER 13, 2005

My daughter was taken from her home in Vicksburg, MS by another and they kept her for several days; drugged.
September 16, 2005 She went to Alexandria Mall and went shopping. Spent over $100 and left the store. (no video) (RPSD was advised to get Mall video but I was never informed if it was ever obtained.)
September 17, 2005 after she begged Police twice for help they did nothing.
Aprox 0530 RPSD/ Ball Patrol officer Wayne Clark put my daughter in a patrol car and dropped her off to die.
The next morning on September 18, 2005 she lay lifeless in the floor of an apartment in Ball, LA with her "sleeping father" less than 10 feet away. He heard nor saw NOTHING all night.. a 10 year old child found her at 7am and
walks out of the room with her laying there with blood on her face and hands.
He did NOTHING, went back & watched cartoons while his father was "sleeping" beside him.
September 18, 2005 aprox 1010 am Heather's body is "discovered" by Michael he calls 911 for "medical assistance, person unresponsive"
I have ask repeatedly for this recording but have been told no, and FOI request ignored.

So for 4 years he has hid behind the badge of law enforcement and still walks freely today.
Would you want a MURDER living next to you?
Disguised as a law enforcement officer? This is what is happening in Ball, LA.

She begged them for help and they helped kill her.
Read more @ The strange DEATH OF HEATHER-RENEE' SARAH

Today September 13, 2009 we still have no answers to the questions we have asked. REPEATEDLY.

This will mark 4 long years and we still have very few answers.
Please continue to help us and share this on your profile this week and please ask others too.
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With Warmest love & light,
Leyona

In Loving Lasting Memory of my beloved daughter;
Heather-Renee' Sarah Skarina may she rest in everlasting peace.
My love for you will never falter and my quest for answers will not fail. One day we will be heard and the world will know your name.
Mama's love forever, to my sweet Butterfly Angel.

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2009-05-25T07:00:00.000-10:00

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Will anyone really EVER help us?

2009-05-15T10:44:00.010-10:00

Today is just another day of hitting the WALL:

I have been victimized, by the very people who were/are supposed to be helping me.

It's very sad when you have to fight the people that are suppose to be fighting FOR you.

I begged for help over the years, I even had a warrant out about 10 or so years ago for all the good it did me, he lived less than 3 miles away for over a year and they did nothing to enforce my warrant or order. They told me to get pictures of him I did it, I did all the work and gave him to them on a silver platter and it did me no good.
The one time I got a tax return he quit his job and started getting paid under the table.
We drove back and forth going to court in LA for nothing when I finally got him served, he nor his attorney showed up..
Then Robert Levy, ADA let him go.. with us sitting there; he just dropped the motion.(I think he owed me something like $30-40,000 or more at the time and they took 5 years of support away from me) Why we have no idea.
In a matter of moments we went from "burying him under the jail" to all charges dropped.. WTF?
My mother and I drove home in shock... after I almost went to jail for coming across the table to choke this man... what happened when he sent us into the courtroom? Who got to him?
This turns out to be the very same Robert Levy who now is the DA and he ran as fast as he could to recuse himself and protect the DA's office from prosecution by filing some garbage paperwork. Then the JOKE that is the Louisiana "Justice" Department stepped in and drug out the statute of limitations so we were not given the RIGHT to sue for wrongful death.

So what you see in my blogs is just the tip of the iceberg. This story would make for a great movie someday. No one believe it was fact. but it is every painful bit of it.

This man even seduced a young girl who I considered as my own daughter and drove a wedge between us. Hell, he even talked to her BEFORE ME, after Heather died and has never to this day told me how our daughter came to be at his home so far from anyone she knew and die...

He knew how to hurt me by taking people I love away from me, he did it when I was young with my friends and continued to do it when he could.

By taking Heather he did the ultimate hurt because I still have to live every day without her.

I seem to be rambling on now and I apologize. This is just so baffling to me and I am wondering just how much longer do I have to fight and beg for some help?

25+ years and counting but I will never give up, I just get tired

Someone must listen... I can not be the only one out here fucked over by Rapides Parish and DHS in both Mississippi and Louisiana...

Heather deserved her money and why should it just disappear, like it was never owed?
It is now a part of her Estate.. he OWES her!

When he was served to show up to hear the disposition of her life insurance, his attorney (Judge Lee) sent a letter wanting to know HOW MUCH $$$$...was involved...we declined to answer & he didn't show up.. typical
This is the very same day we went to LA to get the dog & the rest of her belongings. He actually stole the little bit of money out of HR's purse... We demanded it be returned all $5 and change...
How can you STEAL from the DEAD?

Now I get this CHILD, who I believe is his sister's daughter trying to tell me she was so close to Heather and even called her "REY" !
Come on.. Everyone who knows HR knew she had 5 names but "Rey" wasn't one of them. Then she proceeds to tell me to "Apologize to her father and take down this mess"... ROFLMAO!
This man is a MURDERER...
I will never apologize for trying to make him held accountable for taking away the one thing that meant the most to me and He's been doing it my entire life...

Now I find he is trying to get a military medical discharge and banking on Retirement... IF so I WANT HEATHER'S MONEY and this time he can't hide his earnings away...

Can anyone help me figure out HOW to get a judgement enforced?

Seeking an Attorney...

2009-04-27T18:24:00.004-10:00

Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 11:42 AM
Subject: Seeking a attorney

This message is for Mr. Gary Koederitz,

Dear Mr. Koederitz,

Please reference my messages below to Mr. T. Wahlder and his response back to me. We seem to running into barricade after barricade with no help or assistance from anyone. I read your website and it gave me a measure of hope that perhaps you may be the one person who can help us. There was never "any news coverage" of my granddaughters death, not a word. The newspaper "The Town Talk, Alexandria, LA " agrees the entire case was not only mishandled but there are just too many issues with too many levels of authority involved that they simply cannot risk the political aftermath if they pursued any coverage now.

If the facts surrounding Heathers death and chain of events that occurred were ever to come to light, public outcry would be massive. Of course we are still in shock and in grief but more than anything we simply want honest answers. To think that one level of authority would recluse themselves due to the mishandling of lower levels time after time and then drop the case "due to lack of evidence" is not only shockingly wrong, it is a miscarriage of justice, and unfair to the victim and the family.

They say that time has a way of healing, no one can heal when justice is not served and lives are taken with no one to answer or stand accountable. Michael David Skarina was instrumental in his involvement of the death of his natural daughter and the authorities in LA have allowed this to happen. We need your help desperately. Please take the time to google Heather Renee Skarina, Michael David Skarina and Leyona Goldman (Heathers mother-my daughter). You will be astounded at what you read.

I so appreciate you taking the time to read this and look forward to your response. Please copy my daughter (leyona@gmail.com) with your response.

Thank you in advance for helping us.

Carol Goldman

Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:56 AM
To: Gary P. Koederitz
Cc: Leyona Goldman
Subject: Seeking a attorney
Importance: High

Please would someone forward this email to Mr. Koederitz for me and acknowledge receipt of this so I know he did receive it. I would so appreciate your thoughtfulness in doing this for me. I also erred in my message and said we were looking for a "Pro Bono attorney" we are not, we are seeking a "contingency attorney". I believe I have stated that correctly this time.

Thank you in advance for responding back to me.
Carol Goldman
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Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:02 AM
Subject: RE: Seeking a attorney

Carol: I am sorry for your loss, and I am sorry that I cannot assist you with the case. You might want to obtain phone numbers of the local bar associations for Shreveport, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, etc. and try them. Many such organizations, including Baton Rouge, maintain a referral service listing attorneys interested in certain types of cases. I wish you luck with everything.

Gary P. Koederitz
Koederitz Law Firm, LLC
8702 Jefferson, Suite A
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Tel. 225-928-9111
Fax 225-926-7117
gary@kwlawbr.com

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Mr. Koederitz,

Truthfully, I had to walk away from the computer when I read your response to me. I simply could not believe my eyes were reading the words you had written. For you to dismiss me by telling me to get a phone book is unbelievable. You then reference that Baton Rouge maintains a referral service listing attorneys who might be interested. Finally you close "wishing me luck". To say I was rendered speechless is to put it mildly.

Did you even take the time to read Mr. Wahlders response and suggestion to me below. If you had you would have saw where her suggested I contact the "The Louisiana Association for Justice" for help. I immediately googled their site and within a few strokes of the keyboard I find you.

Your resume is extensive and impressive. Member of the Baton Rouge Bar Association, "Louisiana Association for Justice", American Association for Justice, and served on the Board of Governors of the Louisiana Association for Justice for several years, to list just a few of your numerous attributes.

Now exactly what are you telling me, "you simply have no suggestions nor can offer any assistance". How can that possibly be? Exactly what is the LA. Assoc for Justice doing? Or for that matter Am Assoc. for Justice? Do they just have a fancy title and get funded mega bucks for office space and clerical assistance to do nothing? I'm just a simple person with a simple education and yet I know when something smells to high heaven and isn't right. These agencies hawk their willingness to provide assistance and help you find justice, but when you reach out to them they slam doors in your face or dismiss you with insincere words of sympathy and send you away.

The exact agencies I was referred to, you are a highly respected member of. Why would you dismiss me so frivolously and with no substantial reason nor any effort what so ever to provide assistance? Surely you are not that callous and uncaring a person. You possess the ability and have the connections and means to help us, why won't you. Even though you do not personally know me, the case alone should perk the spark in you that demands such wrongs be made right. Isn't that what all your oaths make reference to?

I'm begging you to reconsider and help us. We have been steadfast in our quest to seek help in finding answers, hold accountable those who either hindered or covered up facts as well as those who contributed to the death of our beloved granddaughter (and daughter). So many simply are not willing to face the hurdles (political or career) and help us. It isn't because there is no case, it's due to fear, repercussions, heat from where ever, in short the pot is boiling and no one wants to go near it. That doesn't make it right, Mr. Koederitz, it makes it tragic (for us). Because now not only is our Heather a victim but we have become victims as well.

I anxiously awaiting hearing back from you, one way or the other. I need to know you did receive this message.

Thank you for listening and responding.
Carol Goldman

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Mr. Koederitz,

I realize you are a busy man. I have however patiently been waiting for a reply from you. It has been ten (10 days) since you received my email below. Would you please respond back to me. I am very confused that you offer me no assistance nor definite direction for seeking assistance. Every association you are a member of "professes to be one that reaches out to help those in need of legal assistance". Yet, you dismiss me with no reason given nor provide me with information as to who can assist me.

I realize you do not have to personally help us. But, I do not believe I am overstepping in my continued request for you to provide us with accurate information on who we can contact to help us. Please respond to my request below. I appreciate you taking the time to do this for us.

Carol Goldman
cc: Leyona Goldman

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Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 12:58 PM
Subject: RE: Request and response

I do not wish to represent you, and I am sorry but I have no further suggestions.

Gary P. Koederitz
Koederitz Law Firm, LLC
8702 Jefferson, Suite A
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Tel. 225-928-9111
Fax 225-926-7117
gary@kwlawbr.com
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Rules for conduct?

2009-04-27T18:06:00.005-10:00

Today I have a few e mails to share, this is my response to several e mails from this man to my mother.
We are still attempting to get an attorney to help us and can find no one. Even Gloria Alred turned me down. Well, at least one of her junior attorneys did. It was a shot in the dark... ok? I'm not ruling anyone out just yet.

I will not give up the hope that we will find someone willing to take on the slimeball political family in Rapides Parish, La
How can someone be so rude? He's supposed to help those who can't help themself... I think he needs to find a new job personally, but then again he is why attorneys have such a bad reputation.
After reading his emails to my mother I was so upset I looked for this man & found this "creed" belonging to the group he is a member of... seems he forgot his "oath" so I reminded him.....

Louisiana Association for Justice Lawyer's Creed

I. I revere the Law, the Civil Justice System, and the profession, and I pledge that in my private and professional life, and in my dealings with fellow members of the Bar, I will uphold the dignity and respect of each in my behavior toward others.

II. In all dealings with fellow members of the Bar, I will be guided by a fundamental sense of integrity and fair play; I know that effective advocacy does not mean hitting below the belt.

III. I will not abuse the Civil Justice System or the Profession by pursuing or opposing discovery through arbitrariness or for the purpose of harassment or undue delay.

IV. I will not seek accommodation from a fellow member of the Bar for the rescheduling of any Court setting or discovery unless a legitimate need exists. I will not misrepresent conflicts, nor will I ask for accommodation for the purpose of tactical advantage or undue delay.

V. In my dealings with the Court and my fellow counsel, as well as others, my word is my bond.

VI. I will readily stipulate the undisputed facts to avoid needless cost and inconvenience to any party and will work with opposing counsel to reduce the expense of litigation.

VII. I recognize that my conduct is not governed solely by the Rules of Professional Conduct, but also by standards of fundamental decency and courtesy.

VIII. I will strive to be punctual in communications with others and in honoring scheduled appearances, and I will recognize that neglect and tardiness are demeaning to me and to the Profession.

IX. If a fellow member of the Bar makes a just request for cooperation, or seeks scheduling accommodation, I will not arbitrarily or unreasonably withhold consent.

X. I recognize that effective advocacy does not require antagonistic or obnoxious behavior, and as a member of the Bar, I pledge to adhere to the higher standard of conduct which we, our clients, and the public may rightfully expect.

Seems to me, Mr Koederitz that you have forgotten these.. ...

You are the most rude an obnoxious person I have had the displeasure of being in contact with.

I hope you never have a child be ripped from your life and treated with such disrespect.
My mother reached out to you and you basically blow her off without so much as
"sorry for your loss" My guess is you didn't read anything pertaining to this case.
Or
You are also involved in some way.... could that be the reason for your harshness and
disregard for my mothers feelings or is it that lawyers such as yourself just want all the "glory" of having a trail of groups you are a member of to make yourself look far more important than you are?

You should clearly rethink your membership in a group that you pledge to conduct yourself in a certain manner then do the complete opposite.

Shame on you and may you never experience the heartbreak and frustration we have.

I look forward to posting your e mails on my blog for everyone to see and read, hopefully it will trickle down to your clients.. if you have any; considering your rudeness and lack of compassion.

One day we will be heard and it will be national news and your name will be on the list right under the Alexandria Town Talk and every other person in La that has stood in my way to the truth behind my daughters MURDER. Yes she was murdered in your state by a sheriffs deputy and covered up by the police and DA... my daughter begged on MORE THAN ONE OCCASION to be away from that man...and did the police help her?! NO!!.. he drove her to die.. in a police car and left her crying... LESS than 24 hours later she was DEAD....with no formal "time of death" They are responsible for her death and It will come to light with or without your help.

It's a shame you have no desire to help us, but I know there is someone out there that will.

THERE WILL BE JUSTICE FOR HEATHER-RENEE' SKARINA

Heather deserved better than this and If it is the last thing I do I will not have what happened to her happen to any other child whose father refuses to pay support and goes to such great lengths as tax evasion, skipping about the country and eventually even murder to avoid supporting his child. LA helped him every step of the way.... for 25 years they stood in my way and still are to this day.

This has to end, someone must listen. Is Louisiana corruption so ramped that no one has any morals anymore? Is there not a decent lawyer in the state?
I'll find someone, without your help.

I do not wish for you to represent us in anyway and keep your suggestions to contact the bar...
in 3 years you honestly think we haven't contacted the BAR???
You obviously did not read the original email. I can only hope you've read thus far.

Thank you for you time, you obviously feel it is more important than other peoples time.
Sorry to inform you but my time is just as valuable; even if I don't charge by the minute.

You were a waste of Mother's time, I'm sorry she contacted you in the first place, but what do you expect when you contact those who are SUPPOSED TO HELP YOU?
certainly not this, but live and learn.

Thank you for not helping,

Leyona Goldman
Mother of the Late Heather-Renee' Skarina
who was murdered in Louisiana by cooperative efforts of the city of BALL, Rapides Parish Sheriff's office and the DA along with Michael D Skarina on September 18, 2005

Public Domain Videos, How do you get those?

2009-03-11T12:26:00.002-10:00

Someone, PLEASE HELP ME FIND THE VIDEOS!!!
I know they are out there...
GO to
The Justice for Heather-Renee Skarina Network

I am interested in how “they” obtained the video of the cop in Ball, La letting Richard McNair go.

See, my daughter was murder by a Rapides sheriff deputy and they claimed at the time there were no cameras in the cars. I need to find the videos of when my daughter was with that patrol officer. He put her into his patrol car and drove her to die.
Please help me find a way to get those videos, there should be at least 4

1. Sept 17, 2005@aprox: 0400 Fight at trailer with 2 off duty DEPUTIES and the on duty cop made her go with her "father" about 10 minutes later:
2: Sept 17, 2005 @ aprox: 0530 he (same cop) (Wayne Clark) found her FLAGGING TRAFFIC to get out of town, and the truck was in the ditch. My ex went running across the street and my daughter is still trying to get a ride away from these men.
3:The police officer placed my daughter in his PATROL CAR and takes her to my ex's home even after her telling him she did NOT WANT TO BE WITH HIM. ("She jerked the wheel sending them into the ditch")
*I have been told that routinely they turn the camera around when they have someone in the car... The officer admits to a conversation with HR while they drove, where is that VIDEO?
4: September 18, 2005: MY DAUGHTER WAS FOUND DEAD
at the foot of the bed between a dresser, fully clothed in what we believe to be the same clothes she was wearing on FRIDAY.. This was now Sunday morning at 10am ( Carl Bordelon was the responding officer to the house)

Footnote: a 10 year old went into this room on 3 dif occasions, around 0700, 0730 and again around 1000; claiming she wouldn't get up, yet her face and hands were covered in blood, she's in the floor.
The carpet even had blood on it & he thought nothing of it and walked away to watch cartoons beside his "sleeping" father...

This has been a cover up since the very beginning. So much more in my other blog above...
I will be posting this they too, sorry if you get it twice.

Much LOVE & warmest, brightest LIGHT,

Leyona

PLEASE HELP ME FIND THE VIDEOS!!! I know they are out there...

There will be Justice

2009-02-25T18:06:00.000-10:00

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Facebook Ads... real? or SCAM?

2009-02-18T10:46:00.008-10:00

After much consideration and reading of the new "terms of use", I have DELETED the ad, I had placed on FB. I can not afford to be taken advantage of by MORE people who are supposed to be HELPING ME!
What is it going to take to finally get a little help?

I had only about 5 people tell me they actually saw the ad running and clicked on it. So after being told ump tine times to take it down "you're wasting your money" but I was so hopeful it would work... Facebook is so big now.. like they said if they were a country it would be the 6Th LARGEST!
Like anything and everything else it gets wrapped up in GREED and Lust and just rakes in the money without a thought to the people they have trampled on to get there...so they take the big bucks from the very ones they "deem in violation" and still the little guy is ran over because they can't compete.
So is this real? or a REAL SCAM? I spent almost $300 on what? I can not even be sure the ad was shown the number of times they claim and the clicks have been suspected to be "ghost clicks" so in the "lifetime of the ad it was shown 2,649,908 times and 2141 clicks...
SO WHERE ARE THESE 2141 people? I want to know; If they clicked on my ad it was supposed to take them to my page, why did my counter did not pick them up?

As many of you know I am 100% perm disabled and on a very fixed income, if not for the grace of the gods have I had good fortune and have a man who takes care of me the way women were intended to be as partner and comakers in life and NOT property nor possession... he just loves me, thankfully.
It has taken many years to find this man and I am so thankful every day to have him to help me, to be here to guide me. Bring me back down when I tend to spin out of control, like the past few days have been a whirl wind of emotions and feelings and decisions and re decision and still I have no flipping idea what I am doing all this for some days... So I get away from the computer for a few days and then come back to just get myself all worked up again... ah, this thing we call life, vicious circle that it is.
I do know things are picking up the new network is gathering members and google has the network at about 6Th or 7Th in the search! That is awesome..
My neck is acting up and I am going back to the couch, I can type no more
Warmest Love & Light in this bitter cold world today..

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2009-02-03T10:53:00.008-10:00

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The LA Justice Department? Oh, what a joke

2009-01-30T10:30:00.005-10:00

Kimberly
January 29, 2009
Dear Leyona,

I am truly sorry for your loss. Your daughter is Beautiful....
I say is Beautiful, because her spirit and soul "LIVE ON " through you, and in everyone who was blessed to have her in their life.

"Wonderful Caring MOM"...YOU.
My heart is sad, and my eyes are tearful, after reading just a little bit of what happened. If there is anything I can do, to help you and your family, please contact me...in the meantime Love, I send you Angel Energy, my love, my positivity, my prayers, my thoughts, my compassion, and my love.

God Bless You.

Kimberly Dunn at 9:45pm January 29

Hi Leyona ,

It's Kimberly again,

Just talked to a personal friend who had some issues investigating the death of his son, in which there was no cooperation, and he suggested that you contact the State Attny general,and if that doesn't work, contact the United States Attny General,and they will launch your case with the F.B.I.
That's what he did, and he finally got hem to investigate his sons case, and then he was able to find out the truth, and with truth, comes some closure.

Kimberly

10:29am January 30

Thank you so much Kimberly, your words do offer untold amounts of strength for me. Thank you.

Unfortunately we have gone as far as the MS FBI but because we can not "PROVE" he took her against her will they can or will do nothing.
The Rapides Parish DA ran hiding behind the LA Justice Department Recused themselves so they could not be sued.. each one passed us off to the next and claimed they could do nothing "NOT EVEN IF HE CONFESSED" and still would not give us a GRAND JURY to hear our case, after they swore repeatedly that is what was going to happen.

had us write letters to the Grand Jury, for all we know they were never even read by anyone, let alone the police jury.

imagine that.. they told us they KNEW he did this but their hands were tied?????? I want to know by WHO?

WHO IS THIS MAN? that can for over 20 years manage to kill, mame and destroy one life after another and still people defend and help him?

My day will come and it will be a good one

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We are launching our own network... please join us at
Justice for HR

Still trying to get Media Attention

2009-01-29T13:42:00.003-10:00

Dear Oxygen Network and NBC investigates:

Please help us, we have been fighting for Someone to hear us, my daughter is dead and was found in the home of a Rapides Parish Sheriff Deputy and No investigation was ever fully conducted.. please help us make them investigate this as a crime as the chief of police told them to do but it never happened. We were promised a Grand Jury Hearing only to have it taken away and the DA ran hiding behind the Justice Department..... Read each story :
My blog has most everything and all links to police reports

I pray you take the time to either read the information or at least pass this along to the right person or persons,
I am pleading with you to help us. The newspaper in the town she was murdered refused to even print an obituary let alone the story of a Mississippi girl found dead in a Louisiana sheriff deputy's home. This is only one of many Rapides Parish Cover ups.
This newspaper has also in the past promised to do a story by one editor and within a few weeks he was fired and the new editor claimed no idea of any story to be done. I even contacted Gannette myself only to be told they do not get involved in individual paper story ideas. So many lies, can you or someone PLEASE HELP US.

Thank you in advance for your time, and patience and over all compassion.

Please for one moment think about how it would be
to have YOUR happy, healthy beautiful 22 year old daughter disappear and be found dead miles from her home in a home of a man she barely knew and owed her child support that she herself was pursuing; 2 months after contacting an attorney to get her money.. she was dead in his home.... after 2 other incidences involving this same department in the same night in which she asked REPEATEDLY to be AWAY from that man, yet the deputy put her in his car and drove her to her death...and within 24 hours my daughter was dead and they couldn't even tell me WHEN she died...? 4 person took pictures, yet only 14 were given to me. They lied to me over and over and dragged ting out to where I was even unable to file a wrongful death suit against the lot of them.
Yet Alexandria Town Talk felt this was not news worthy and for 3 years still feels it is not.

HR's father when he realised she was gone did not call me, he called the last number dialed in the cell phone she was using..and asked what did Heather want? then proceeded to tell the person she was dead and a bottle was beside the bed, that WAS A LIE, no bottles were ever in the same room with her.

I am sorry I can on and on with, please forgive me. We need some help here...

Leyona Goldman
808-000-0000
Natural Mother of the Late Heather-Renee' Skarina
Please include in all correspondence Carol Goldman

1.Justice for HR Group on myspace
2. Justice for Heather-Renee' Group on Facebook

3. Cover up in Rapides Parish?

4. Petition for Grand Jury Hearing in the Death of Heather-Renee' Skarina

5. The Strange Death of Heather-Renee Sarah

6. HR at Find a Grave

7. BUTTERFLY! MUCHLOVED

Why did he come for her?

2009-01-26T08:45:00.008-10:00

I wrote a note to one of the closest people to HR at the time she was murdered. It has taken me this long to find her again. Please take time to read both. Some of the things in her e mail I was unaware of. See how something to one person can be so insignificant but can mean the world of difference to another and shed light on dark areas...
I'm not sure what to think about the "Uncle" being mentioned but that is something I will have to look into, Hmmm?

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Vicky,

well we know who did it.. it's just making him be held accountable. He has connections through family that go all the way to the LA Justice Department, but it's all comming in time it will topple onto thier heads I just hope i am there to watch.

The Rapides SO is under investigation yet again.. but will it be really investigated. I think not. My only hope the media at this point. had it not be for the media that little girl would have never been missed for long let along found.

I also have other information that they don't know I have, when the day right i will drop that and all hell will break loose... i just have to prepare for the backlash..I still need to know about the "miscarriage" because Vickie she wasn't pregnant. I have her medical records and all the labs. So did she really "believe she was " and was devastated not to be, or was it her way of trying to get me to come running home?

You were there, you know what happened those last few days before she ended up with Mike.. Did you know she was there? Did she call you from LA?I talked to her the Sunday before and she told me she was in V'burg cleaning house because M was coming... I blew up and ask her why.. she said she needed a "hug" I told her to grab a tree and hung it for all the sympathy she'd get from tha piece of shit..
I went OFF... not knowing she was IN LA and he was right there recording every word... now why would he have her call me and record a message if he wasn't setting it up to prove she wasn't being held against her will or some crazy reason.. why would he feel the need to record the conversation?

That first conversation was over me coming home the next week on the 19, I told her after the ER visit on the 7th to come here. Give Grammy Raven have the neighbor watch Binx and get on a plane..
she wouldn't come, she was worried about taking the time from her job, i guess you guys were gonna lay off or something so she didn't want to be gone and loose her job and apartment.
so she disappears after all????

IT just doesn't make any kind of since.
She was also seeing the shrink and having hypno therapy over what happened at your house.
So this is someone who they say killed them self? when she was doing everything to get her self BETTER and feel BETTER!

I THINK NOT, but if there is something you know and are afraid to tell me please don't be. I need to know..

I HAVE to know so please tell me every detail of what you know about her "supposedly" calling Michael" to come get her because she couldn't drive" but why was she driving anywhere?
HR wasn't the type to take sleep meds and want to drive... face it she rather SLEEP so did he drug her to get her to LA then make her call me 2 days later? Knowing I'd be looking for her?
I still do not believe she ask him to come for her?
Did she say ANYTHING TO YOU ABOUT LEAVING FOR LA WITH THAT MAN??

Thanks i appreciate any and all information you may have. i do not care how insignificant it may seem I want to know.

Heather didn't even take her brush or blow dryer....it was still plugged in and the other bag was still in her trunk.. she didn't pack for herself, that is for sure. there was nothing packed but a plastic bin of 10 pair of shoes with 2 mates we found in the apt. a stack of sleep t's and 2 pair of PJs.. NO STREET CLOTHES no make up no toothbrush, no blow dryer, no HAIR BRUSH and he took the dog, and THE CAT ... (Binx) in a 2 seater truck for 3 hours... the clothes she had on was found i have to be the items she purchased at the Mall on Friday the 16 because no other clothes of hers where returned to us and they didn't return the clothes she was wearing nor her jewelry. They claim to have removed it at the scene. Her ruby ring and belly ring are gone..

I've ranted enough...
I think I'll use this on my blog..maybe.. we'll see thanks!
HUGS!

Leyona

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Ms. Leyona,

I can tell you what I know, as you know I had just went thru a ordeal with my husband, and my mind was still in a state of shock.. HR thought at one time she was possibly pregnant, but she stated to me that she lost it.. She did not tell me everything, I just told her, if she felt bad and was not sure , she needed to see a doctor...

And she has never told me anything about Micheal, except he was here sperm donor, she stated it had been about 15yrs, since she had seen him.

So I can not understand why ,she would go to him, I do not believe she would have on her on free will, and especially not take anything with her either. I did receive a call from her the night I guess she left with him, I had know idea if he was there, or if she was leaving with him, or I would have went and got her myself..
Then I believe 2 days later or 1 day later, I got a call from her, She did not sound herself, I asked if everything was OK, she had told me a everything was fine...

I asked her why she was there, after all these years, she never answered that question, or that I can remember. She did say something about her uncle , something had happened the night before, and the cops where there, she said she would have to tell me later.

But I never heard back from her, I tried calling, but got no answer, And the next day, was my Husbands Birthday, and I got that dredded phone call from a total stranger I did not know, and told me she was gone, I was speechless, and said give me a few minutes and call back, I had to get myself together, and tell my daughter, they where really ,really close...

I got a call back, Micheal stated my number was the last person she called, so he called me, that I do not understand, why he did not call family first...
I asked what the hell happened, only thing he said, was her step-brother, went in to wake her up, to see if she was going to church, and she was un-covered and cold, so he covered her up, and she would never get up, so he went to ck. on her, and that's when he realized she was gone, he stated there was a empty bottle of pills beside the bed side table, he stated she must of overdosed on ellavil..

I said she would never do that... I was just screaming and crying at him, not sure what else I said or he said, I told him I had to go, but thanks for calling me.... I have un-answered questions, of why she was there to began with, and what the hell did she do to my friend... and at the funeral, why did she have all those damn bruises on her, that did not make sense...
But I only knew HR, by what she told me about herself, I did not know everything, My youngest daughter, looked up to her as her big sister, they did alot of things together all the time, after work and on weekends, if she was not busy..

I hoped this has helped some, I have tried to remember everything that has happened to make sure I have not missed anything, But there is still alot I do not remember, from the shock of my husband, killing himself, a month before this happen with HR... The one person I could talk to when know one else would listen...

I will always remember her big smile, and I will remember her last voice message she put on her cell phone, " This is HR, I have made some changes in my life, If you recieve a call bk. your my friend if not , you are the reason I moved on. something to that affect.... She was trying to make changes in her life, with boyfriends I guess...

I just wish I could understand why, she went to him, instead of to some of her friends , or why he came and got her, if that's what happened... I do not understand why her neighbors, next door did not know anything or hear anything... That makes know sense to me either..

She visited with them quite often....I hope justice's comes soon.... If you have anymore question's I will try and help the best I can, or try and get the answers for you...
Hugs back 2 you,
Vickie

I still Miss you...

2009-01-24T13:40:00.005-10:00

FMKC

More WC

MKC

.Justice for HR Group on myspace
2. Justice for Heather-Renee' Group on Facebook
3. Cover up in Rapides Parish?
4. Petition for Grand Jury Hearing in the Death of Heather-Renee' Skarina
5. The Strange Death of Heather-Renee Sarah
6. HR at Find a Grave
7. BUTTERFLY! MUCHLOVED
8. Leyona’s Ranting & Raving!

MKC

Time for a Drive

2009-01-24T11:26:00.005-10:00

Later....

Does anyone know How do you contact Facebook?

2009-01-15T11:09:00.021-10:00

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Now this is my last email to FACEBOOK:

HI ELI!

I set this page up 3 years ago she had been dead over a year and there were 1000's of other dead kids with pages too. There was no violation of "terms of service"
AGAIN at that time there were NO GROUPS>>>>
When that became option I then DID create a GROUP!
Justice for Heather-Renee'
then along came fan pages.. and Causes!

I did everything right, in order in which I was able!

So your TERMS OF SERVICE at the TIME THE PAGE WAS CREATED said nothing about this..
I was never IMPERSONATING ANYONE

so again.. the page was a way for me to connect with her friends that were unable to be notified of HER DEATH! and the STRUGGLE That we are going through. It has taken me 3 years now to finally start finding some of these very people and you do this

My mother, Carol Goldman, has sent you a release stating that I am able to DO THIS. If NEED BE I CAN AND WILL GET A COURT ORDER!

Those photos on that page belong to ME and the estate
I need be able to get into the account and be IN CONTROL OF THIS ACCOUNT
WHY AGAIN DO YOU HAVE CONTROL and I DO NOT?

This makes absolutely NO sense.

I have the password and the e mail I want back into this account in order to remove some things that YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER!
YOU ARE VIOLATING MY RIGHTS and the rights of COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL THAT IS MINE AND I HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER. LET ME BACK INTO THIS ACCOUNT

I want to SPEAK TO SOMEONE
808-XXX-XXXX
or provide me with a phone number in which to speak to someone of AUTHORITY

Leyona Goldman
natural MOTHER of Heather-Renee' Skarina

Any and all text and photographs included are © Copyright 2000-2005, 2005-2008 Estate of Heather-Renee' Skarina and next of kin or the respective photographers photographs, They may not be legally reproduced without prior written permission. The text and photos are not in the public domain and are not freeware.This message should be considered confidential and is intended for the recipient only. If received in error, please advise by return email.

NOW THIS IS WHAT HE WROTE ME BACK:

I WANT TO SCREAM!!!

Hi Leyona,

We understand your issue and are sorry for the inconvenience it has caused. However, the account in question was not created by Heather-Renee. Out Terms of Use do not allow users to impersonate other individuals, regardless of the circumstance. We understand that this is a very difficult situation but unfortunately we will not be able to provide you access to this account. We strongly recommend that you set up a group in memory of your daughter. If you would like assistance with creating a group, please let me know. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this issue has caused.

Thanks,

Eli
User Operations
Facebook

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I just want to cry, How can he have read my email and answered it in this manner? I don't understand why they will just continue to add people to her page but not let me have control over who is her friend now?

WHO AGAIN ARE THEY PROTECTING? I am the only one who had access to begin with, no one else.

I am adding as many of her friends and moving them all to the Group pages as i can. If I can... they will only let me move a 100 a day and it's time consuming she has over 500 friends now..

This is so wrong...

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My Ranting and Raving: HR has FANS!

2009-01-13T10:37:00.000-10:00

Official Fan Page of Heather-Renee'Skarina

HR has FANS!

2009-01-13T09:28:00.005-10:00

Butterfly MySpace Comments

Boy oh boy would she have loved this!

I have to say after all Facebook has put me through the past few weeks they are fixing things. Keeping it all to them selves, but they do seem to be fixing things. Why they won't tell me what it is they are doing I have NO Flipping clue... but as long as it gets fixed and the links are no longer broken
I don't care as long as it gets FIXED!
So as angry as I was and still am over them taking her page away. This will work out. The regular page is unsearchable outside of facebook but the others are there. I just want to move out some photos off that page.
BUT!!!

Now when you google Heather Renee Skarina the link from FB was originally "page not found" now it goes to the 'Official Fan page" woohoo!

I can see her jumping up and down so happy & thrilled!

She wanted the world to know her name

Well, sweetheart, mama's working on it!

I even went out on a limb an added Nancy Grace to ask for her help, but the fact she works for CNN and CNN is owned by Gannette... and guess who owns Alexandria Town Talk??? yes you guessed it... Gannette corp.. so the idea that they will help us is not a likely one but what can it hurt?
We've even emailed the Managing Publishing editor of Gannette only to be told they let the individual papers handle thier stories and they don't get involved... ?really now?

I seem to step on a few toes occasionally but hell they got 9 more...
I'll keep trying, someone must listen to us soon.

BESIDES! She needs a new story to dig into anyway... this will keep her busy for months if not years... keep your fingers crossed that this works.
Oh any anyone else is more than welcome to email her too and ask for them to the story...

Email Nancy Grace Here

the more the merrier....

Happy New Year, oh I hope so

MySpace Butterfly Comments

Dear Facebook,

2009-01-01T09:01:00.005-10:00

DECMBER 31, 2008

Dear Sir(s) or Madam(s):

I am writing this in the hope that someone will respond back and assist us. Should this letter need to be forwarded to someone else at "facebook" please forward it and copy both my daughter and myself, so we know who the correct individual(s) are we need to be communicating with.

My granddaughter was taken from us tragically and unexpectantly 9/18/05. The events leading up to her untimely death and subsequent happenings has brought her family unimaginable pain and grief.

Her name is "Heather Renee Skarina".

In searching for the truth and the hope of finding friends who may have been in contact with her prior to her untimely death, my daughter, (Heather's natural mother) Leyona R. Goldman created a "facebook page" in Heathers name. Leyona is Heather's immediate next of kin, she is the owner of the page and responsible for all entries on the page.
Leyona is the only person who has the password for the site.

Not a day goes by that we are not in hopes that someone will see the "facebook page" and reach out to us. Leyona has been relentless and dedicated to getting the message out of Heathers death in the hopes that new connections will provide us with some answers.
Leyona worked endlessly ensuring if Heathers name was "googled" there would be links to all the sites. I cannot begin to describe the horrible pain and agony when on Christmas eve, Leyona discovered Heathers "facebook page" had disappeared. For some unknown reason the site was removed to "protect the owner"? Leyona is the owner of the page, she is the next of kin, she created the account, Heather is deceased. How awful for our family that for some reason someone at "facebook" took it upon theirselves to remove the site and lock out the creator of the site. We simply do not understand your reasoning for this action.
There was absolutely no notification that the action was going to take place.

Finding someone to actually talk to at "facebook" is impossible, emails from "facebook" are vague and make no sense in explaining the action that was taken. We are left with feelings of total confusion and devastation.

I am Heather's maternal grandmother and Administratrix of her estate.

I am not the computer guru that Leyona is.

If my being Heathers Administratrix and I give my permission for this site to be created will you put everything back as it was? I am more than willing to provide you with a notarized copy of the court order naming me as Heather's Administratrix and a notarized letter authorizing my daughter Leyona Goldman to create and maintain the "facebook page". Any other documents you may want to support the fact that Leyona is Heather's natural mother will also be provided (birth certificate etc..) upon your request.

Please help us. The actions "facebook" has taken is so emotionally devastating to us and we are begging you to undo them. "Facebook" has been an answer to our prayers and we cannot lose this thread of hope. I am begging someone, anyone at "facebook" to help.
I am including all contact information for both Leyona and myself and anxiously await someone replying back that this issue can be resolved and fixed.
I will be eternally grateful for your assistance. Please do not have someone just write a short note and say "it cannot be done". Please provide us with information to fix this issue.

With greatest sincere "thanks for your help",

Carol Goldman (maternal grandmother of Heather Renee Skarina)

Leyona Goldman (natural mother of Heather Renee Skarina)

Has anyone else seen something like this?!

2008-12-31T17:54:00.004-10:00

Facebook Login

Account Inaccessible
This account is in a special memorial state. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact privacy@facebook.com.

Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life.

Yeah right they have denied access to the people who knew her and loved her

Will everyone else please write Facebook and ask them to give me back my account for

Heather-Renee' Skarina

July 8, 1983 - September18,2005

Her email was GroovyButterfly83@yahoo.com

This was my account and they took it away and I have no idea why?

Now Facebook, how much more am I supposed to take?

2008-12-31T16:52:00.003-10:00

Facebook has taken away Heather's regular page away from me even though I have told them REPEATEDLY that if they would get thier dates straight
SHE WAS ALREADY DEAD... I am the author of that page.
They removed all the links to the pages and all my work..
3 flipping years of working onthis... her pages were on YAHOO! I still have them in my favorites but those pages..
they stay JUST THE WAY THEY ARE! the way she left them..
This was my way of contacting people who may not have heard or known she was gone.
I finally start to weed through and was finding people she worked with and had been with her in the last few days before she disapeared... I have been look ing for 3 years now... I find them and they shut down the fucking page!
on

CHRISTMAS EVE! not that I care but is't it the flipping holidays when people tend to MISS THOSE THAT ARE GONE THE MOST>>>>>>
WTF could they have been thinking?

I Miss You Comments &Graphics

This is my last letter of about 4 in the same amount of days with no response back so I hope they never sleep and I will be thinking moving this all to another venue somehow someway... or just fuck it... doesn't seem to be doing anything other than make me crazier that most of you already think I am... FINE... so I'm crazy, I love it , I relish it... I have a doctors note... so there!

But crazy people are remembered and well behaved women never make history and of course there was that squeeky wheel.....

I may just put it all here, every picture, every police report... eveything...
maybe I just get my own domaine.... hmmm

I try to tell myself (daily) and others, that out of all bad there is SOME good... you just have to look for it..or twist it to suit your need...
this is bad, but there is some good in here somewhere...... I'm detirmined and have plenty of time on my hands

again with the patience.... it grows thin today

all I can do is cry..

Why can't they just leave well enough alone?

I Miss You Comments & Graphics

PS: Does GANNETT CORP Own FACEBOOK or part it??? I'm just asking...

Gothic Comments & Graphics

We finally got the files back today.. BUT

2008-12-17T10:45:00.004-10:00

Mama, received the files back today, finally after 4 months or so of stalling this is what she found.... my earlier e mail was my response to his reply to this letter... what nerve! After everything they have told us, we have ALL the e mails from them, he has the nerve to say this... I'm angry and I'm tired of being lied to continuously. THIS HAS TO END...
48 hours did a few stories this past week about families who took investigations into their own hands, I felt so validated.. I know I will never give up and that just helped me enforce my belief that this will someday come to light and we will have answers. Someone will listen and someone will help us, I just have to be patient.

Now enjoy this crap from the Trash talk....

Mr. Carty,
I received my files back just minutes ago via Fed-Ex.
I appreciate the return of them. I cannot express my overwhelming feelings of total frustration when I reviewed them. The files were sent so "the Town Talk"could have access to the evidence relating to the my granddaughters deathand all the inconsistencies surrounding the absolutely total unprofessionalism and lies relating to the so called investigation into her death by various departments of law enforcement in LA.
A major portion of the files were multiple pages "stapled together". Anyonewith a ounce of intelligence knows when you remove a staple to make copies,you must then re-staple the pages. When it is re-staple you can see the holes made by the original staple.
There are "ABSOLUTELY NO INDICATIONS THE PAGESWERE EVER SEPARATED FOR COPING PURPOSES AND RE-STAPLE".
Additionally there are "absolutely no fold edges"on any of the pages to indicate the pages where folded back to allow for coping without removing the staples.

How can anyone at the Town Talk declare they are totally committed to revealing truth and uncovering corruption when they have the opportunity toreview first hand evidence to support allegations and they do nothing? I amappalled at this action by the Town Talk.

My files were kept for months, and I continued to receive messages they are being reviewed, follow-ups are being made to verify the validity of documents received and "copies of my files were being made", when in truth "NOTHING WAS BEING DONE".

Shame on all of you.
My sincerest hope is that no one at the Town Talk ever has to suffer and experience the pain and agonizing grief of losing a loved one and have everyone feed you false hope and lead you to believe they will help, while in fact they are just pacifying you.
Does no one at the Town Talk know the definitions of the words "Truth, Integrity, Compassion, Honor,or Moral obligation"?

I can only assume they do not. The very actions of the handling of my files and all the overwhelming support I have provided for the Town Talk's review, support my feeling and assumptions totally.

Perhaps someone at the Town Talk can explain to me why this has happened. Why has everyone at the Town talk elected and chosen to turn their backs, ignore and disregard over 600 pages of documented evidence (sent in goodfaith) for them to review, and continually lied saying they were being copied and investigations on-going?

I would hope that some form of explanation will be sent to me.

This is emotional torture and devastating to our family.

Carol Goldman
Maternal grandmother of Heather-Renee Skarina 7/8/1983-9/18/2005

The Alexandria TRASH talk

2008-12-17T09:55:00.003-10:00

I am so angry this morning I want to spit nails.... this damn paper IF you want to call it a paper... is still giving us crap over this...
This RAG... is a joke my next petition will be to shut this good for nothing pieced of shit paper down... if they are so Short staffed then maybe they should just shut down......
if I say much more I will probably regret it.... so on to my response to another Bullshit letter from the
Alexandria Trash Talk......

This is another LIE!

This paper told us IN WRITING that they would do this story....

LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES I am so SICK OF ALL OF YOUR LIES!

YOU should all be ASHAMED of yourselves and I hope you never sleep at night!
If ever something so HORRIBLE happens to someone YOU LOVE you would feel differently.

This a paper is a joke and if it's the last thing I do I will make sure your FEW readers KNOW what a piece of shit paper this is!

LEYONA GOLDMAN
MOTHER OF HEATHER-RENEE" SKARINA WHO WAS KILLED... NO MURDERED IN YOUR TOWN!!!!!!!!
THE BALL POLICE ARE ALL CRIMINALS!!!!
YOU ARE HELPING TO COVER UP A MURDER!
SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!!!!

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Carty, Paul <pcarty@thetowntalk.com> wrote:
Thank you for your response and for confirming the receipt of the files.
We made copies of what we believe we need. We also have done some reporting related to your many allegations.
For the record, no one here said anything simply to give you "false hope and lead you to believe they will help, while in fact they are just pacifying you." You believe someone did, however, so I will apologize for that.
Regards,
Paul Carty
Executive Editor The Town Talk

This is such bull, WHY on earth would we send OVER 600 pages of documents to someone who wasn't going to HELP US!

World Wide Candle Lighting for Children who have died

2008-12-07T12:27:00.002-10:00

Worldwide Candle Lighting

The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting®, held annually the second Sunday in December, this year December 14, unites family and friends around the globe as they light candles for one hour to honor and remember children who have died at any age from any cause. As candles are lit at 7 p.m. local time, creating a virtual wave of light, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor the memories of children in a way that transcends all ethnic, cultural, religious, and political boundaries.
Now believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, the Worldwide Candle Lighting, a gift from TCF to the bereavement community, creates a virtual 24-hour wave of light as it moves from time zone to time zone. Hundreds of formal candle lighting events are held and thousands of informal candle lightings are conducted in homes as families gather in quiet remembrance of children who have died, but will never be forgotten.
The Worldwide Candle Lighting started in the United States in 1997 as a small Internet observance but has since swelled in numbers as word has spread throughout the world of the remembrance.
The 2007 Worldwide Candle Lighting saw information on services received from 21 countries outside the United States. Joining TCF last year were chapters of several bereavement organizations including MISS, Twinless Twins, MADD, Parents of Murdered Children, and BPUSA and services were held in all 50 states plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico.
A Remembrance Book is available during the event at TCF's USA national website. In that short one day span, thousands of messages are received and posted each year from every U.S. state and Washington D.C., every territory, as well as dozens of other countries. Some are in foreign languages.
Here in the United States, publicity about the event is widespread, being featured over the years in Dear Abby, Parade Magazine, Ann Landers column, Guideposts magazine, Annie’s Mailbox, and literally hundreds of U.S. newspapers, dozens of television stations, and numerous websites and personal blogs.
Please help spread the word about this tremendous event and invite anyone who is unable to attend a service to light a candle at 7 p.m. for one hour wherever they may be.
If no Worldwide Candle Lighting service was held near you in 2007, please feel free to plan one open to the public this year. As an aid in planning the service, you are welcome to use TCF's "Suggestions to Help Plan Memorial Services in Conjunction with The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting©." All allied bereavement organizations, churches, funeral homes, hospices and formal and informal bereavement groups are invited to join in the remembrance.

Why did they have to lie?

2008-12-05T16:00:00.005-10:00

Hey,
Thanks for the email...

Everything in his email are the very QUESTIONS we have been asking all along. The main reason I have not released what i was given is because it isn't an autopsy.. it was some kind of outline... It wasn't even complete none of the test results were included and the RAPE KIT wReport wasn't there. No mention of it actually other than Ribado's report. Even the 2nd pathologist told us what we were given was not a formal autopsy report.
We do know from the report that:
1. There was no sign of vomiting.. No pills found in her stomach or intestinal tract.. more drugs in her system than she had access too. she also had metabolites, which means she had been given this drug for several days, it was NOT a one time DOSE.. otherwise why would she have 3 days worth of drug breakdown..?.
2. The ONLY THING FOUND was The UNEXPLAINED "puncture type" wound on the inside of the left elbow with purple bruising, nothing else mentioned and no photo to my knowledge. There was mention of drawings i requested them but was NEVER given them.
3. Heather had NO alcohol in her system not even bi-products so it was a LIE that she was drinking I still see no evidence she was ever in that bar, it was Michael's "story" to the police.
4. Blood on her hands and mouth: a 10 year old came in, tried to wake her and walked out, Not once, but[ 3] THREE times then claims to have covered her with a "light blanket" because she felt funny... yet I see no 'blanket" in the photos and he thought NOTHING of the BLOOD on the floor and her face.... for over 3 hours he supposedly sat an watched TV next to his Dad asleep in the living room.

We have NEVER been given the actual autopsy documents or the drawings or photos. I was told by Keith T in Lafayette Coroner's office in writing that NO PHOTOS were taken. This all goes back to Dr Collie Trant's accusations of mishandling in 2005.. Heather was one of those cases!

I have sent FOI letters to everyone requesting this information and was told lie after lie after lie...just like the video, I know in my heart that there is video out there some where I just don't know where to find it.
The coroner's office sent me one page and it was from Lafayette. I was given nothing from them. Everything were were given was from the Justice Department and it was only parts of the file.ONLY WHAT THEY WANTED US TO HAVE...
To my knowledge the "re interviews" never took place.. they never gave us proof of any interviews. I specifically asked for Christopher's audio, i was told it didn't exist. yet several notations are made that audio recordings were made by Lt Carl Bordelon and Ribaldo.
And 3 people took only 14 pictures.... yeah right...

LIE LIE LIE they were protecting each other for WHAT?

I have no idea why but they ignored this girl and now she is dead and they are to blame. Had Patrolman Wayne Clark taken her to the Police Department Where she could call someone, she'd be alive today. He was supposed to PROTECT HER and he had 2 CHANCES not one TWO

Questions and MORE questions...

I will keep right on asking until they answer..

BTW The Town Talk STILL has my mother documents, now claiming they have split them up and need to "gather them" in order to return them...

& I fell off a turnip truck last week....

See, Other's have questions too..

2008-12-05T14:55:00.005-10:00

----- Original Message -----
From: WeSawThat
To: "Kurtispaulk"
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 08:49 PM
Subject: Re: heather-renee

hi - thanks for your emails - sorry to take so long to reply -
last year when i posted about heather renee her mother told me that she had the autopsy report but didnt want to release it online. i didnt and dont have any reason to be suspicious of her not wanting to release it as i was interested in having something unusual to post about. plus i found the whole story, as presented, to be very haunting. not like a ghost or anything like that, but just wondering and trying to imagine what transpired in her final hours. i am still at a loss as to what really happened.
i still hear from her mother from time-to-time and maybe in time she will release the autopsy report. if i ever do get it i will send it on to you.

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Kurtispaulk wrote:
I would like to read the toxicology report to see what they found.
That is if they did one.
From Wikipedia:
Overdose on Elavil
Tricyclic antidepressant overdose is a significant cause of fatal drug poisoning. The severe morbidity and mortality associated with these
drugs is well documented due to their cardiovascular and neurological toxicity. Additionally, it is a serious problem in the pediatric population due to their inherent toxicity[18] and the availability of these in the home
when prescribed for bed wetting and depression.
Symptoms
The central nervous system and heart are the two main systems that are affected. Initial or mild symptoms include drowsiness, a dry mouth,
nausea, and vomiting. More severe complications include hypotension, cardiac rhythm disturbances, hallucinations, and seizures. Electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities are frequent and a wide variety of cardiac dysrhythmias can occur, the most common being sinus tachycardia and intraventricular conduction delay (QRS prolongation).[19] Seizures and cardiac dysrhythmias are the most important life threatening complications.
Toxicity
Tricyclics have a narrow therapeutic index, i.e. the therapeutic dose is close to the toxic dose. In the medical literature the lowest reported
toxic dose is 6.7 mg per kg body weight, ingestions of 10 to 20 mg per
kilogram of body weight are a risk for moderate to severe poisoning, although doses ranging from 1.5 to 5 mg/kg may even present a risk. Most poison control centers refer any case of TCA poisoning (especially in children) to a hospital for monitoring.[20] Factors that increase the risk of toxicity include advancing age, cardiac status, and concomitant use of other drugs.[21] However, serum drug levels are not useful for evaluating risk
of arrhythmia or seizure in tricyclic overdose.[22]
Toxic mechanism
Most of the toxic effects of TCAs are caused by four major pharmacological effects. TCAs have anticholinergic effects, cause excessive blockade of norepinephrine reuptake at the postganglionic synapse, direct alpha adrenergic blockade, and importantly they block sodium membrane channels with slowing of membrane depolarization, thus having quinidine like effects on the myocardium.[23]
Treatment
Initial treatment of an acute overdose includes gastric decontamination
of the patient. This is achieved by administering activated charcoal which adsorbs the drug in the gastrointestinal tract either orally or via a nasogastric tube. Other decontamination methods such as stomach pumps, ipecac induced emesis, or whole bowel irrigation are not recommended in
TCA poisoning.[24][25] Symptomatic patients are usually monitored in an intensive care unit for minimum of 12 hours, with close attention paid to maintenance of the airways, along with monitoring of blood pressure, arterial pH, and continuous ECG monitoring.[23] Supportive therapy is given if necessary, including respiratory assistance, maintenance of body temperature, and administration of sodium bicarbonate as an antidote.
Sodium bicarbonate is given intravenously and it has been shown to be an effective treatment for resolving the metabolic acidosis and cardiovascular complications of TCA poisoning. If sodium bicarbonate therapy fails to improve cardiac symptoms, conventional antidysrhythmic drugs such as phenytoin and magnesium can be used to reverse any cardiac abnormalities. However, no benefit has been shown from lidocaine or other class 1a and 1c antiarrhythmic drugs; it appears they worsen the sodium channel blockade, slow conduction velocity, and depress contractility and should be avoided in TCA poisoning.[26]
Hypotension is initially treated with fluids along with bicarbonate to reverse metabolic acidosis (if present), if the patient remains
hypotensive despite fluids then further measures such as the administration of epinephrine, norepinephrine, or dopamine can be used to increase blood pressure.[26]
Another potentially severe symptom is seizures; often seizures resolve without treatment but administration of a benzodiazepine or other anticonvulsive may be required for persistent muscular overactivity.
There is no role for physostigmine in the treatment of tricyclic toxicity as it may increase cardiac toxicity and cause seizures.[23]
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Tricyclic antidepressants are highly protein bound and have a large volume of distribution; therefore removal of these compounds from the blood with hemodialysis, hemoperfusion or other techniques are unlikely to be of any significant benefit.[25]

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1. If she took a Overdose of Elavil 12 hours before it was discovered she
had died, surely someone one that saw her at the 10:00 PM letting the dog out time would have noticed she did not feel well and maybe even was walking funny and or in the bath room vomiting sometime during that night.
2. The report seems to lead the reader into beliving she took 15-30, 25mg tabs of Elavil; a 750 MG one time dose. I think I would be vomiting if I took that many at one time. No mention of vomitus on the floor, or in the bathroom, or in the bedding, or on her clothes in the reports posted. No mention of the smell of vomitus.
3. She was found in her bedroom wearing pants with a belt that appearred to be buckeled, and a t shirt with no undershirt. I can't tell if she is wearing any underpants.
4. She was not wearing going to bed clothes. Her clothes on her in the picture appear to be very clean and neat for someone that may have overdosed on multiple pills.
5. No signs of trauma found. Read the seizure and heart effects again listed above. *She had to have had a very hard seizure and her heart stopped from overdose and she had no signs of trauma?
6. Who does the blood on the floor belong to if she had
no injuries?
7. Both Ball Police reports make no mention as to the condition
of the people they were talking to. If they had the smell of alchol, if
they looked drunk, or drugged.
8. Heather rode home in a police car. Many Agencies SOP is to turn the camera around so they can record the back seat occupant for court latter. All Public record.
This would have shown if she looked still drunk/drugged from the night before at Baileys or if she got drugged and more drunk at the guys house she went home with.

The Autopsy,
if one was performmed, would show what was left of pills/food if any taken in the GI tract and the bowel and since the Police already suspected Elavil should have been a major drug to screen for post mortum. They should have done a Alcohol blood test as well as other blood test for street drugs and if they were thinking it may be a Suicide, they should have worked it up for all drugs through Toxicology.
The Autopsy should be avalable to the family as well as all the lab work and what they found in her body since it appears they are calling it a suicide and not a Homicide.
8. Was she tested for Heavy metal Poisioning? Like Arsenic. Cyanide, Copper, Ethylene Glycol, etc.
People that work on a Military instilation have Access to items the civilian population do not.

I see why the State Police said to re question the witnessess as suspects.

Where's Big Brother when you need him?

2008-11-14T11:19:00.010-10:00

That famous video of Carl letting McNair go

Today I find myself with millions of thoughts running through my mind. Information seems to be coming from all directions and I'm not too sure how to deal with some of it.
The biggest thing on my mind are the videos... or the lack of videos. In this day and age there are cameras everywhere. When I was in highschool we had required reading, well I was the kid who was a grade ahead of my classmates and took extra English for fun.. back to my point... We had to read a book called 1984, most of you know the book I am talking about and those of you who don't. You know who BIG BROTHER is regardless.

So, when this all started I immediately asked for the videos, I even called Baily's (the night club,Michael claimed they went to on Friday night)and the Apostele' store myself to request the videos, I was told neither one had cameras installed. The Alexandria Mall office told me, I had to have the police request their surveilence videos from Sept 16, 2005 when Heather purchased clothing on that Friday night. Because we know she didn't have any street clothes with her from what was returned to us(I have a store reciept in a bag with some tops with the tags attached)
Even though I begged them not to give anything back to Michael they returned her purse and cell phone to him, I was devastated. At least Carl had the decency to call me himself and tell me they had to give it back to him.
Why exactly I do not know, when I am her next of kin, not him.
When I got her cell phone back it was empty, deleted everything was gone except her phonebook, no outgoing calls, no text messages, nothing. I took the phone to Nextel and they told me that it had to have been purposefully deleted and they were not able to retrieve anything. I know she had texts on there to me, I still have my copy 3 YEARS later.

The RPSD ignored my continued pleas to look at the cell phone Heather was using{she had used his)and Michael's computers, they refused. I asked about the in car video, I was told repeatedly every time that the cars were not equipped with video nor audio, yet 7 months later up pops a video from a Ball patrol car and not just any patrol car.

So now it has me wondering, are there cameras along the highway?
Maybe in the intersection where Ball PD Wayne Clark found Heather flagging traffic? Trust me I have google Earthed it so many times I feel like I live there again. If anyone knows of cameras in that area I sure would like to know about it and who to call.
Big Brother, where are you?

As for the other stuff swirling around in my head will just have to swirl a little longer. This is enough for one day

Petition for a Grand Jury Hearing in the Death of Heather-Renee' Skarina

2008-10-25T08:39:00.000-10:00

Petition for a Grand Jury Hearing in the Death of Heather-Renee' Skarina

The Town Talk is still avoiding us!

2008-10-19T07:54:00.003-10:00

So here we go AGAIN! This *&%$! Paper has been giving us the run around now for OVER 3 years. They ask us to do something we do it but then we are ignored. I just do not understand. You see stories on cats in trees, they blow a story about kids celebrating Homecoming and turn it into a racial mess that got National coverage. But this was a young girl who was taken from her home, taken from her family and the people who LOVED her to die.
This man has caused more terror in this family for the last 25 years that you can imagine. It only continues because the paper along with the police and city officials are ALL Criminals themselves. Watching each others back telling us lies and then covering it up with more. He was a SHERIFF'S DEPUTY when they rolled up they PROTECTED THIER OWN and they are still doing it.

Now they have my mothers documents and will not return them. It's been over 2 months and all we get are EXCUSES. Now for my mother's latest letter to the paper:

********************************************
Ms. Goodnight:

It has been almost two (2) months since I mailed my files to Mr. McCory. You have had them for over a month. To date other than the message below written to me, by you on September 18, I have not heard one word from you or anyone else. I can only assume you have decided not to pursue any story or do any investigation in to our "validated concerns and issues". I have reservations you have even read any of documents or pursued getting any answers to our numerous inquiries. If you had, you most certainly would have discovered the validity of concerns and know there is definitely a real story to be told and hundreds of questions which need answers to.

Your paper writes a story and headlines it on trivial matters, but refuses to address the death of a young girl in the home of her estranged father who has a history of mental, physical and abusive behavior. The fact he is on the payroll of the RSD who handled the investigation, still does not pique your interest. Just how politically connected is the newspaper? Why are you all so reluctant to investigate or cover this story?

I sent my files in good faith believing your paper would do the right thing, and allow our voices to be heard. Your lack of actions leads me to believe you only requested them to quiet us. You just wanted us to shut up and go away and requesting the files was your method of finding out just what evidence we had and use it appropriately.

I want my files returned to me "IMMEDIATELY". I want them in the same order as I sent them, and "I WANT ALL OF THEM RETURNED". I also want them sent "Priority Mail with signature confirmation" just as I mailed them to the paper. I know exactly what I sent, the total number of pages and the order in which they were sent.

Once again "the Town Talk" has proven beyond a doubt to us you are not the "tellers of truth" nor the "dependable revelers of corruption" which you advocate you are.

Please respond and advise me of your immediate plans to return my property to me.

Carol Goldman

The strange Death of Heather-Renee'

Allegations of mismanagement in the Coroner's Office

2008-08-25T16:42:00.004-10:00

I can not believe I found this today...

time to find an attorney....

http://www.theind.com/components/com_magazine/layouts/css/independent.css

Pulling the Sheet Down

An Independent Weekly investigative report on the Lafayette Parish Coroner's office uncovers disturbing allegations of mismanagement and a questionable autopsy contract.
By Leslie Turk
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
It was the topic of political conversations in 2003, one that left some Lafayette Parish residents wondering why a 73-year-old would run again for coroner after a decade in the position and 13 additional years as deputy coroner. It certainly didn't appear to be about money. Funded by tax dollars from Lafayette Consolidated Government, Dr. Charles Boustany Sr. gets $16,591 a year, another $50 from funeral homes for each cremation he signs and is paid a fee by mental health facilities to determine whether patients committed involuntarily need to stay at the facility for further treatment.
Rarely visible during the campaign — his high-profile wife Madlyn sometimes appeared on his behalf at public events — the well-liked coroner's ability to serve out another term began to fuel speculation that voters would favor the only other candidate in the race, Dr. Ed Day, a heart surgeon in his late 50s.
But on Oct. 3, 2003, it was Democrat-turned-Republican Boustany who came out on top, besting his Democratic opponent by a little more than 5,000 votes.
Less than four years later, however, serious questions about his competence and how the office is being run have emerged.
Dr. Collie Trant, a forensic pathologist who worked as a deputy coroner for the office for about 18 months, leaving his $130,000-a-year job in December, claims Boustany has not been in control of the office he was elected to hold for some time due to health reasons. He says Boustany once told him he went to the gas station but had to ask for assistance because he could not remember how to work the pump. During the time Trant was with the office, the pathologist contends he had no more than a handful of conversations with the coroner, maintaining that Boustany rarely inquired about his work; when the coroner did have a question, Trant says he had to repeat himself several times.
Trant further claims every decision was made or dictated to Boustany by Roy Provost, whom Trant describes as ambitious but prone to shortcuts. Trant alleges a pattern of ineptitude on the part of the seven-year employee. "I left because of the incompetence and the fact that we had a high school graduate running the office," Trant says. "A forensic pathologist should be running the autopsy part of an office when they're doing autopsies. Because Boustany wasn't running anything and wasn't competent to supervise these people, Provost was getting away with anything he wanted."
Trant says he was hired in 2005 to perform approximately 225 autopsies per year but ended up doing almost 300, often without basic information from investigator reports that were required to be compiled by Provost and another investigator, Keith Talamo. The pathologist says he was willing to accept the unexpected increase in volume after the 2005 hurricanes but claims Provost actively recruited more than 100 cases from Rapides Parish in an effort to generate additional fees for the office and make himself look good in the eyes of the Lafayette City-Parish Council.
Provost regularly attended meetings on Boustany's behalf. Says Trant, "[Provost] made the comment one time that 'there were a lot of smiles at the council meeting when I presented our budget to them this month because we're making a lot of money now.'"
According to Trant, Provost exercised undue influence over the coroner, routinely discouraging him from pursuing autopsies in Lafayette Parish to avoid having to help on them (investigators are required to assist the pathologist during autopsies of their cases) and because those local cases would not add to the office's bottom line. Trant claims a dangerous pattern of routinely excluding certain cases from the autopsy table emerged. "They didn't autopsy car accidents; they didn't autopsy overdoses," Trant continues. "You miss homicides. You miss opportunities to answer questions in court. And if you don't perform an autopsy and sign off letting the family cremate the body, there goes the evidence."
According to Lafayette attorney Glenn Armentor, the coroner's office potentially compromised untold criminal and civil cases. "There are criminal cases, where murders are concerned, that have to be duly investigated so that cause of death can be accurate," Armentor says. "From my standpoint, there are civil cases where people die where autopsies have to be accurate so the cause of death can be pinpointed to determine whether or not I should sue somebody."
Says Trant, "Basically, I should [have been] working for [Boustany], but he wasn't asking me should he do an autopsy." Instead, Trant says the ailing coroner put all of his faith in his chief investigator, Provost.
Roy Provost says he left the coroner's office in June. By June 19, the Lafayette City-Parish Council had passed an ordinance that essentially put Provost's new company in business. The council authorized the elimination of the forensic pathologist's position in order to hire Provost's Louisiana Forensic Center to provide all autopsy services in the parish on a contractual basis that began July 1 and ends June 30, 2008 — with automatic, successive 12-month renewals.
Because this is defined as a "professional services" contract, in much the same way the parish does business with attorneys, architects and engineers, the contract did not go out for bid. Because its value exceeds $5,000, it had to be approved by the professional services committee, even though the council had already approved it.
Though it is still awaiting City-Parish President Joey Durel's signature, the contract was executed July 3, less than two months after Boustany penned a letter (addressed to no one in particular) explaining that Trant's departure left him with no alternative but to outsource autopsy services, which were being handled temporarily by a pathologist from New Orleans. "After careful review, it was discovered to be more economically feasible to eliminate the position of pathologist and continue to contract autopsies as well as transportation for our parish," Boustany wrote May 15.
Provost is now renting 1,000 square feet of the Lafayette Parish Coroner's office, a deep-red brick structure on Bertrand Drive between University Medical Center and Delhomme Funeral Home. He pays $1,250 a month, a price LCG says was determined by appraisal. The leased space includes the morgue, two separate "executive" offices, a decontamination room, lab area, utility closet, and all furniture and equipment of the city-parish-owned building he worked in for seven years. According to the lease agreement, he can exercise an option to purchase "all autopsy stations, trays and related equipment ... for $2,000." Trant, who recently priced new equipment for the facility he plans to set up in Rapides Parish, contends that price is ridiculously low. He says an autopsy carrier and tray are $2,500 each. The Lafayette coroner's office has approximately eight.
Provost, who describes himself as one of only 14 "board registered medicolegal death investigators" in the state, had apparently been building his business and lobbying to take over the autopsy services in Lafayette Parish long before his departure. Trant contends that in 2005 Provost asked him to be part of a venture like LFC, but nothing ever came of it. Louisiana Forensic Center LLC filed with the Louisiana Secretary of State's Office on Dec. 29, 2006, two days before Trant's official departure date. Roy B. Provost Jr. is listed as the registered agent and member, along with members Amy Doerle Provost, his wife, and David E. Doerle — all of Youngsville.
"There's a desperate need for autopsies in Louisiana," maintains Provost, who says he has already amassed a large client list, including Lafayette, Iberia, St. Martin, St. Landry, Allen, Vermilion, Rapides, East Baton Rouge and Winn parishes — all of whom Provost maintains can vouch for the quality of his company's autopsy services. All of the autopsies are being performed by Dr. Joel Carney, a Lafayette forensic pathologist. "He's very proficient," Provost says.
According to state ethics law, a person cannot perform a government service, leave that office and contract to perform the same service for a period of at least two years, which is why the contract specifically prohibits LFC and Provost from conducting crime scene investigations for LCG.
It's unclear just how many cases Provost's LFC will handle annually or how much he'll be paid, but in Lafayette Parish, he'll get $1,550 per autopsy. For the next year, according to LCG's budget, he'll collect about $46,500 for performing 30 autopsies on city cases and $26,350 for 17 cases in the rest of the parish. The flat rate includes toxicology, microbiology, histology and radiology tests and analyses ("if applicable," according to the contract), delivery of a preliminary cause of death report and a final autopsy report. For what's described in the contract as "special testing" that will require prior approval of the coroner's office, LFC can bill LCG up to $2,000 more per case. The contract does not define this special testing.
In the year before he left, Provost says he does not know how many deaths were handled by the Lafayette Parish Coroner's office, nor the number of autopsies performed, information that presumably would have been used in his negotiations with officials in all of the parishes he serves. "I wouldn't have those numbers," he says.
Trant was taken aback by local government's agreement to pay Provost's company $1,550 per autopsy. On the average, he says the coroner's office had been billing about $965 per case, adding other costs only when the additional services were necessary. Based on his calculations and recent experiences as a contract pathologist for the Rapides Parish Coroner's office, the $1,550 exceeds that average by about $450 per case.
According to the contract, either LCG or LFC can terminate the agreement with a 60-day written notice.
Provost would only discuss his new business venture, LFC, with The Independent Weekly. He declined to comment on Trant's assertions of how he ran the office, nor would he say who has been in charge since his June departure. "That's a question for the coroner's office," he said. "I'm not going to address that."
On the issue of whether he played a role in recommending cases for autopsy, Provost said the ultimate decision rests with the coroner, not the chief investigator. "It's always the coroner's decision, or the deputy coroner's," he says.
Trant, who was also a deputy coroner, says Provost stopped asking him whether cases should be autopsied soon after his arrival; pathologist Trant claims Boustany is incapable of making such important determinations.
Dr. Kenneth Odinet, who volunteers as chief deputy coroner and has been involved with the office for about two years, says it would be "inappropriate to discuss Dr. Boustany's mental health." A local plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Odinet acknowledges having limited direct interaction with the office, saying he provides services like signing death certificates.
"There have been no complaints to my knowledge ... no lawsuits," Odinet says. "I don't know anything about that stuff. I think it's well run. I think Collie Trant has an axe to grind," Odinet says, declining to elaborate.
Trant acknowledges he would have liked to work for Lafayette Parish government (ethics laws would prevent him from contracting directly with LCG) — and appears to be highly qualified. A Shreveport native and retired Army Medical Corps colonel, Trant completed his internship and residency (in anatomic and clinical pathology) at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, followed by a fellowship in forensic pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C. He was board certified in forensic and anatomic pathology in 1984, and his impressive resume spans 12 pages — including a 1994 to 1997 stint as a quality management consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General. From 2003 to 2005, he worked at the Franklin County Coroner's office in Columbus, Ohio.
Provost and Talamo both attended a 40-hour death investigator training in St. Louis, Mo., and on March 17, 2006, passed a test to become registered diplomates of the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators. That's the first of two levels of certification for death investigators, who assist pathologists and are deemed critical to helping coroners make an accurate cause of death determination.
Trant claims Provost rarely assisted him, directing Talamo to help on almost all of the cases.
ABMDI spokeswoman Kristin Miserocchi says the course and curriculum are based on national guidelines, and directed The Independent Weekly to a 78-page guide that includes equipment investigators need, along with an extensive list of what their reports should contain. Vital information includes identifying the first responder, documenting time of call and arrival, checking body temperature, obtaining initial incident accounts and confirming location of evidence. The guide states that investigators should always take photographs at the scene. Miserocchi says while the guidelines should generally be followed by registered investigators, it's not uncommon for coroners' office to have their own specific set of guidelines.
Trant says Provost and Talamo rarely turned in investigator's reports, and when they did, the reports were missing important information. "It's basic stuff," he says. "Any high school student who watches TV would know that."
Trant produces a sample of a report done by a college student who worked at the office for a while after being displaced from New Orleans. "He did a couple for me, and [that report's] wonderful," Trant says, adding that Acadian Ambulance medics who moonlighted when Provost and Talamo were out and investigators from other parishes got the reports in as well. "All the other coroners' investigators got their reports in immediately; Provost kept saying, 'You can look 'em up in the file,' but every time I'd go look in the file there wasn't one there."
Provost, however, says he did turn in reports for all of the cases he investigated and maintains he followed ABMDI's guidelines.
So his reports would contain the information the guide stipulates should be in each report? "I guess, yeah," Provost says. "All the proper procedures were followed."
Asked if he could provide reports to support his position, Provost says, "The Lafayette Parish Coroner's office has all my investigative reports."
Trant, however, was able to quickly produce a list of 24 cases of suspicious deaths that he never got a report on: blunt force head injuries; found dead in hotel with mistress; gunshot wound to the head; operating room death; prisoner death; multiple gunshot wounds; young person found dead in bathtub; found dead on floor; drowning; possible child abuse; 2-month-old found dead. He says nine of those 24 cases were subsequently determined to be homicides.
It was another case from 2005, however, that recently raised concerns for attorney Glenn Armentor when he was representing the family of a 3-month-old whose death at a local day care center was ruled a "sudden unexpected infant death" by Trant. When Trant was called in for a deposition about the findings, Armentor was stunned that no investigator's report existed. Armentor had to piece together the scene for his case. "The investigator didn't do what he asked him to do, wouldn't get the police report, wouldn't get the fireman's report, wouldn't get the hospital report, wouldn't get the doctor's report, wouldn't get the state day care center reports, so Trant couldn't get the facts of what had happened, who was there, what was seen, heard and said," Armentor says. "We nearly walked away from the case when we got his results."
In Trant's opinion, the baby died from SIDS, but the pathologist Armentor hired as his expert witness, Dr. Emil Laga, determined that it was a choking, and the case was settled for $325,000 in June.
Armentor interviewed Provost as part of the discovery process in May. When The Independent Weekly asked him about the case, Provost couldn't recall the death of 3-month-old Nora Qamhiyeh, even after being reminded that she died in a local day care center. "Unfortunately, we have a lot of babies coming through the office," he says.
"That's amazing to me that he can't remember," Armentor says. "I went over this with him in great detail. We met for one and a half hours."
The only official Trant has shared his allegations with is Chief Administrative Officer Dee Stanley, whom Armentor introduced him to in January. "The allegations made by Dr. Trant are serious in nature and involve not only the performance of individual employees, which cannot be discussed publicly, but also the operation of an office supervised by an elected official," Stanley says. "Dr. Trant's concerns, along with his suggestions to improve operations, were forwarded to the coroner, chief deputy coroner, and the attorney for the coroner's office for proper attention the very day they were submitted to [LCG]." The issues were also discussed verbally with the council liaison to the coroner's office, Randy Menard, and council chair, Rob Stevenson, according to Stanley.
At press time, Menard's office said he was on vacation and Stevenson could not be reached.
CAO Stanley says Trant's resignation left the coroner's office with no choice but to outsource pathology services. "This contract is service-driven, and the pathologist providing this service is also an expert in this field," he says. "LCG expects nothing less than the same quality of service from this firm that it has received from Dr. Trant and his predecessor, Dr. [Cameron] Snider. Appropriate safeguards, including a right to terminate, were incorporated into the contract in order to protect the public interest."
Councilman Bruce Conque says he was never made aware of Trant's problems with the coroner's office. "Certainly, there is cause for concern if there is validity to the allegations," he says. When the contract issue with LFC arose, however, Conque asked that the coroner's office's organizational chart, employees' responsibilities and an accounting of all its finances be studied during the upcoming budget hearings, which begin in August. "While I acknowledge that the coroner is responsible for the administration of his office, it is the charge of the council to be a good steward of the public dollars that fund his operations," Conque says. "I expect to have the response at the Aug. 15 budget hearing for the coroner's office."
Had Boustany's investigators been more cooperative, Trant says he could have handled a workload as high as 400 cases annually. He maintains that the existing work environment also causes problems for families, who can't get benefits until a death certificate is signed. "The coroner is waiting on my autopsy report in order to sign the death certificates," Trant says, "unless he wants to risk changing it later."
If 77-year-old Boustany was no longer able to fulfill the duties of his tax-funded job, what no investigation is likely to answer is the question of why family members, including his son Charles Jr., a retired heart surgeon who was elected to the U.S. Congress in 2004, did not encourage him to step down. The congressman did not return a call for comment before press time.
In declining to comment on Boustany and how the office is being run, both Provost and Odinet said those specific questions should be addressed to the office itself.
The Independent Weekly began requesting an interview with Boustany last Wednesday, July 25, and called again Thursday and Friday to check the status of the request. Boustany's administrative assistant, Carolyn Bouillion, said she had given him the messages and also said that he and his family had not yet decided whether he would seek re-election.
The next day, Saturday, July 28, Boustany announced his retirement, effective this Thursday, Aug. 2.
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Leslie Turk

"We are looking into it"

2008-07-17T13:13:00.003-10:00

This is my response to yet another e mail from the Alexandria Town Talk, telling us to sit back and wait we're looking into it.

Dear Mr Carty,
Good morning, I appreciate the email and explanations of the deleted ones.

Although, I have spoke to Mr Sean McCrory and was told 6 months ago that the very things you are saying would be done. Now 6 months later you are telling me it is now just being looked into?

I spoke with him at great length at the end of January and was assured a reporter would contact me.

I am still waiting.

Also I believe I also sent the original e mail to you along with the others, and received no response.

So, what you are telling us is that you will or have contacted the other parties, to get their story but you have yet to hear ours in full. You have gotten bits and pieces. Why exactly is no one talking to us? Are the political connections so tight that we are the after thought? Just the ones stirring up the dust?

Forgive me if I seem a bit unconvinced that this email means anything more than putting us off, just a bit longer. This has been done so many times I find it hard to be hopeful that anyone will truly help us. We have been told to sit tight we are investigating, more times than I can count only to find NOTHING has been done or resolved.

It has been almost 3 years since my daughter was found dead in another state in the home of a man who she hated and owed her over $70,000 in child support. The LA DA let him go over & over year after year. LA DHS nor MS DHS did nothing to help. For years I have fought and then when she decided to try to talk to him he killed her to get out of paying and it worked.The child support has disappeared and no one seems to be able to tell me WHY>

The coroners office, what a joke, they sent her body to Lafayette. They took no photographs? No dictation? I believe this to be a LIE, I have worked in the industry and not a body comes in that doesn't get photographed. And to sign off on the death certificate BEFORE the CASE was even partially finished being investigated. Your official state form has a box "UNDER INVESTIGATION" this was the case so why did they certify it so quickly? and according to what we have been told the Coroner answers to the sheriff's Department. hmmm?

We have been lied to by every official that we have talked too. Not one of them has been sympathetic to my daughter's death, they only wanted us to stop asking questions and go away.
They never investigated the "story" that they went out drinking in Marksville. Heather didn't even have bi-products of alcohol in her system, so she hadn't drank in over 3 days, hmmm (another lie, by Michael) I myself called Bailey's and sent pictures to the club and no one claimed to see any of them that night.

It is my belief that He was out looking for her because she wanted to go home, she called a friend to come get her but he couldn't because he was on his way to TX (he's a marine) This was on Thursday or Friday before she died.

She went shopping at your MALL on that Friday night around 6pm. She purchased some clothes at Apostle' they unfortunately do not have in store video. I asked the Mall but the police were SUPPOSED to have requested it but I was never told if they did or did not. Who was she with? what was her demeanor? I believe these are things the police should have been asking.

Her apartment was left a shambles and if she went on her own why wouldn't she take her make-up, hair brush, personal things? Her bathroom was intact. This is a girl who took a blow dryer to the beach for the weekend.

Her car, full of gas sitting in the driveway in VICKSBURG, MS where she lived and worked.

I begged them to check his computers and the cell phone, she had his, she called me and left a message and had this phone for several days. They ignored me.

I got her cell phone back from Michael, it's been erased, everything is gone. I took it to nextel and they told me it was purposely deleted. There isn't even a call in any of the logs. He wiped her phone out. WHY? There were text messages on there to me, I know because I have my copy. I have an old phone that I tried just to see if the stuff went away nope still there after 3 years, call logs everything. Now why would he erase her phone?

So if you are indeed investigating, why not ask us what is missing? why hasn't anyone spoken to us?

I believe there is much more to this story and others are involved. This man is dangerous and persuasive, He himself has yet to tell me how our daughter died in his home.

Good luck, my freedom of information request did nothing for me, hopefully you will be able to get the videos from the patrol cars Initially I was told by Det Stephans that the cars in Ball were NOT EQUIPPED with video or audio. Yet just a few months later one of the very patrol cars caught video of an escaped convict.... now where did that camera come from???

3 persons took crime scene photos at the apartment yet only 14 are available, I suppose they all used the same camera or they each took 4 pictures?

The apt was littered with drugs in the kitchen. living area, but NONE in the room she was in or the bathroom.(The drugs from bottle in the bathroom was not found in her system)

If he was so worried about her taking her life(his words to officers) why have a quart size bottle of percocet on your fridge? Even though this is not what killed her. A massive over dose of Amytriptylin, more than she had access too. Where did the rest of the drugs come from & where did the puncture wound on the inside of her left elbow come from?

Questions, question and more questions, hell they can't even tell WHEN SHE DIED, now come on, if she had only been there a few hours why couldn't they determine time of death.

Again, I greatly appreciate any and ALL help we can get in this matter. I am praying someone will finally listen that isn't connected in someway to this case.

The truth is all we ever wanted, the grand Jury hearing was our only hope and they took it away from us. I have over 130 signatures on a petition for that very hearing. I haven't quite decided when to send a copy to the DA. but soon.

I apologize if I was curt or antagonistic in this email but as you can imagine, in consideration of what I have been through in the last 2 1/2 years, I have no reason to believe anyone at this point in time. I pray this time is different. Thank you for taking time to answer, at least we now know someone is listening.

Respectfully, Leyona Goldman
Natural mother of the Late Heather-Renee' Skarina

Letter to the OWNER of The Alexandria Town Talk

2008-07-15T09:32:00.002-10:00

After many months of being told they would do a story we are now being ignored by the paper, It seems letters to the editor didn't or haven't worked. So now a letter to the owner of the paper, Gannett Company Inc. I think I may also post this to Ireport.com as a comment...
Although they have been digging around, On July 1, 7, 8, 14 on her birthday they were on for over 13 hours.... now why again won't they call me or return an e mail?
Here's my mother's letter;

Dear Sir /Madam,
This is very lengthy but my hope is that you or someone will take the time to read it through to the end before making a rash decision to delete it or forget it.
For over two years my daughter and I have tried very unsuccessfully to have the Alexandria Town Talk do a story. We have received emails and phone calls telling us a story will be done, then nothing happens. Emails are deleted without being read (we have the notifications from the computer). I personally have written numerous time to all the top executives at "The Town Talk" and requested a simple acknowledgement of our correspondence and receive nothing in response from anyone. Strangely enough the "Town Talk staff" has spent numerous hours on various days visiting the web-sites which relate to the story we have requested they profile. Just recently they accessed the site for 13 hrs in one day. We can verify this.

Why isn't our story being heard and why isn't the Town Talk" responding??

POLITICS, AND REPERCUSSIONS THAT WILL RESULT FROM OPENLY REVEALING THE MISHANDLING OF A INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF A YOUNG GIRL AND COVER UP TO PROTECT A BROTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. THE CASE BEING HANDED UPSTREAM AFTER EACH LOWER LEVEL OF AUTHORITY FAILED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS ON THE MISHANDLING OF THE LOWER LEVEL AND SUBSEQUENTLY EACH LEVEL RECLUSING THEMSELVES. THE ULTIMATE RESULTS WERE TO CRY "LACK OF EVIDENCE" AS A EXCUSE AND BURY THE CASE IN THE HOPES WE WOULD DISAPPEAR AND GO AWAY.

We have strongly supported our claims that the above is truth, we have offered piles of evidence, emails, photos, statements, police reports, doctors statements, letters from family and friends and yet the "Alexandria Town Talk" prefers to sit quietly and ignore us.

Background:September 18, 2005, A young girls life is unexpectantly ended. Heather Renee Skarina (age 22) was taken from her apartment in Vicksburg MS by her estranged natural father Michael David Skarina. He had found out she had retained an attorney to proceed with collection of over $70K in back child support. Michael Skarina had spent 21 years avoiding payment of his child support. Heather both feared and hated him. She referred to him as "my sperm donor". Michael Skarina has/had a history of physical, mental, and emotional abuse towards others. At the age of 18 and drunk he stole a hauling truck, and jack-knifed it across two lanes of traffic. A elderly man was killed and his passenger seriously injured "no charges were filed. He beat his wife (my daughter) hospitalizing her several times (once rupturing her stomach when kicking her) the military choose to send him for Phyc evaluations, then not proceed with further actions. He plead depression and left the military when a garnishment was placed on his income for child support. Then he re-applied to the military via the Army N/G reserves. When my daughter fled home (at our expense and urging) Michael. Skarina came after her and stole tiny infant Heather Renee. After several trips to Colorado to court and a Judge threatening to throw Michael Skarina in jail Heather was returned to her mother. This then led to a lifetime of further mental and emotional abuse for our entire family. The ultimate abuse was taking Heather Renee's life.

On the nights of September 16/17 there were three (3) police reports of domestic violence which evolved Heather Renee and Michael Skarina. On September 18, SUPPOSEDLY, Michaels son Christopher age (10) found his half sister laying on the floor in a pool of blood and covered her with a blanket (he thought she was sleeping), how ludicrous is that? He stated he had looked in on her (3)times and she had not moved. The first officer to arrive was a personal friend and co-worker of Michael Skarina. It was not revealed to us that Michael Skarina was a "Rapides Parish deputy Sheriff until we confronted the authorities. The responding officer was also the man involved in a auto accident which Heather Renee's mother was a passenger and was seriously injured when he was 17 years old. Our insurance company sued his family and he has never forgiven us or forgotten this issue. This also was not revealed to us until I confronted the officer myself.

The case was handled over from the Ball Police Dept. to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's office. We were told Heather Renee was being taken to the coroners office in Lafayette where they had a forensic pathologist who would perform a through autopsy. Remember Katrina had reeked havoc, the coroners office in New Orleans was shut down, Lafayette was handling everything for the state. We were told the coroners office would not and could not issue a death certificate while a investigation into the case was being conducted. Well, a death certificate was issued, with time of death being noted as "found" and cause being noted "suicide". That's because Michael Skarina told the officers "she was despondent and spoke of taking her life". Why if she had only been dead a few hours could not a forensic pathologist take a near approximate time of death? Why were puncture wounds found on her arm not thoroughly tested and investigated? Heather never did drugs, had a horrible fear of needles and doctors letters submitted support this. Why would the authorities completely ignore three letters from private physicians of Heathers who stated in writing "she as not suicidal nor homicidal and would never consider taking her own life"? I asked for received and emailed these letters to the authorities myself. Not once did anyone in law enforcement in LA ever contact anyone to verify the statements made by Michael Skarina? "He was one of their own" that's why.

Oh, I missed a "big fact". Remember I stated the Rapides Sheriff office told us (in a email) the death certificate could not be issued while the case was "open", and the coroners office had to receive notice from the sheriffs office "the case was closed"? Well the corners office as I stated did issue the death certificate and we complained bitterly,loudly and adamantly to every level of authority. Well lo and behold, after numerous calls and investigation on my part, I discovered the "coroners office reports to the Rapides Sheriffs office and follows their directions for issuing a death certificate. How about that for lies and a strong indication something is not right with this.

Why would a officer who responded twice to two of the three incidents the night before her death, fail to take her somewhere safe when she requested him too? Why are we being told no video footage is available for any of the incidents. There is video footage of this same officer stopping and releasing a known escaped convict which made headlines across many states, (we have that link as well).

All the drugs found in Heather belonged to Michael Skarina none to Heather. If she was so despondent why were the drugs not secure? Why did Michael Skarina fail to check on her when he stated she had been in her room for over 28 hours without coming out? Why were there no drinking glasses nor drugs found in the room where she was? They were all in Michael Skarina's living room and his possession. Why would a 22 year old female leave home for a "visit" without her car, no clothes, no makeup, no money, fail to notify any immediate family, leave her job, and go to another state with a man she feared and hated?

After numerous complains about all the lies, inconsistencies, blotched investigations, Rapides Parish Sheriffs office recluse themselves and handed the case over to the District Attorneys office. We were then told to write letters to the grand jury requesting a indictment. We were continuingly receiving emails encouraging us to remain positive and authorities would complete their investigation and we would get a Grand Jury to review the evidence and get a hearing.

Well none of this happened. The case was then given to the Attorney Generals office. I personally drove to LA for a meeting and my daughter was telephone conference in. To our utter astonishment we were informed " there is a lack of evidence so we will be closing the case". Investigative reports were not done by anyone, there were no notes, memo's reports, absolutely nothing but words given to us to support their decision. What happen??? They led us to believe they were reinvestigating the lack of professional investigation and actions made by the lower levels of authority and the inconsistencies of each office to follow up a verify evidence submitted. When in fact what they did was just buy time and keep us quite while we held on to a hope of something that would never take place. The case had been so mishandled by each level that the next higher level had no option but to hand it upstream in the hope that somewhere along the line of chain of command the case would simply disappear and we would go away.

This is not going to happen as long as either myself or my daughter is alive. Heather is not here to tell us exactly what happen, we may never know exactly what happen. But!! We must be her voice and get someone to look at the chain of events, examine the evidence, hear the testimony and investigate the facts so the "truth is revealed". This young girl did not take her own life and authorities in LA know it as well as we do. Their failure to support this fact is based on their embarrassment of each levels unprofessional handling the case.

Covering up their errors is the only option they feel they had available to them. Cover-ups regarding the fact Michael Skarina was one of their own, his employment in the Camp for abused and troubled youths (how scary is that?), and the mishandling of the case by each level is sure is create a massive windfall of kayos and havoc that the newspaper is skeptical and leery of touching this story. Why would the authorities not question the word of a man (Michael Skarina) on the amount of drugs found in his possession for depression and anxcitity who was overseeing troubled abused youth? Who is watching the people who are watching our children?

Is not the purpose of a well know newspaper to report the news no matter the consequences of the parties involved? Is that not the purpose of Gannett Company Inc.? Why would " The Town Talk" not even acknowledge our repeated emails for someone to contact us. Let us show them our emails from these authorities which support lies told us, inconsistencies in statements-facts-issues, cover up of knowledge by law enforcement that this man was "one of their own", the three incidents of domestic violence in one night, finally the report of her death and not find this "News worthy"?

I am requesting, no begging you, "Please intercede" and request "The Town Talk" to do the right thing. One thing is for certain, we are not going to stop pleading for someone to listen to us. We can prove our allegations. We can support all our statements above and more. Maybe if we lived in LA instead of out of state our voices would be listened too. But why should geographies matter? The truth is what is important and should be heard. Please help us.

Here is our contact information:
Carol Goldman (maternal grandmother-Heather Renee Skarina)cgoldman1@comcast.net
Leyona Goldman (natural mother of Heather Renee Skarina)leyona@hawaii.rr.com
Please acknowledge receipt of this correspondence. It is a simple request. We need your help. If it was your loved one we would help you if it were in our power to do so. Yes we are grieve stricken and will remain so until the truth is revealed, but we also are seeking justice for Heather.

Sincerely, Carol Goldman

The Petition site is back

2008-07-14T16:21:00.003-10:00

Ok, so call me paranoid... the site is back up.

Must just be one of those days

where my computer seems possessed..

I am getting off of here, my back hurts and my neck is killing me. I think a hot bath is in my near future.

So 131 signatures on the petition and great comments too.

I am mailing a copy too the DA's office soon.

I was just hoping for more signatures.

Well, I have 10 jury's worth and working on 11...

If you've been trying to sign the past day or so, please go try again.

Now, time for that bath...

Love & Light

Leyona

Strange how things happen

2008-07-14T11:19:00.005-10:00

So, this morning I get around to my e mail and I find that the Town talk has again been "googleing" HR and the story and the petition page!
Oh how excited I was. Now they can see that others too think this needs to be heard. So I do my daily check out of the websites and guess what?

I can get to the Petition page.... not a thing it keeps saying the web site is incurring problems or I'm not connected to the internet.. yeah right.
So is it just a coincidence OR ....
I did download a copy on the 8th but unfortunately I didn't realize it didn't get the last 10 signatures on my copy. This copy only has 120 signatures arrrrg! HOPEFULLY this is a glich and I am reading WAY more into it.
just odd that the site would be down, it's NEVER happened before that I am aware of. And now my blogger is acting up..
very strange if I get booted off the internet, well I guess i stepped on toes..
Well, toes are just the begining, because until I get answers, I am going to keep right on stepping.

Now let's see if I can post this.
Love & Light

Happy Birthday Heather-Renee'

2008-07-08T09:41:00.002-10:00

Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

The Alexandria Town Talk spent over 13 hours on the We Saw That! website going over the information. Now why wouldn't they just answer my email? Interesting to say the least.

Been a long day and it's only 9:45am.

Myspace Happy Birthday Comments & Graphics

I know, it's been awhile

2008-07-01T10:34:00.005-10:00

The past few months have really been stressful, in May I was very sick and came very close to dying. BUT, I'm all better now and ready to get things moving.

In late January I was contacted by the Alexandria Daily Town Talk, it's the local newspaper in Alexandria, LA a town outside of Ball, where HR died. It's also the town I went to High school in.

Anyway, I got a call from the Managing Editor of the paper to do a story. I spoke with this guy at some length. I was told a reporter would be in contact. Well, its been 5 months and I am still waiting for that call.
So, you know me, we start e mailing the paper. nothing
then a response
then nothing
Then mom sent a letter to the PUBLISHER, hehehe, well that got someone to respond on a Saturday afternoon, no less!
well then, I get a return e mail saying "DELETED without being read" oh, boy was I angry. Well as of now mom has written yet another e mail to the publisher and today I find out that the paper has been "google-ing" HR's name. Hmm. they spent well over 30 mins looking at the information.
Keep your fingers crossed!
I let them have it because I have been asking for over 2 years to do a story. I told them they were basically covering up just like the rest of them by ignoring us. If I get no response, I'll post my mother's letter to the publisher. It's a freaking novel and wealth of information.

Take a look at http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-37523
Cover up in Rapides Parish LA?

So have a wonderful week and stay tuned to the next chapter. Will they or Won't they UnCover the cover up in Rapides Parish?

I have to have some humor in all this or I'll go crazy from the insanity of it all.

The Muchloved Site is up

2008-01-24T13:49:00.000-10:00

Yes! The memorial site is up and running. I know it affected the story on WeSawThat
but not much I can do about it now.
The petition had about 80 signatures today! I am so thankful for everyone that has signed.

I haven't updated the memorial site of course because it has been down and had server problems. Thanksfully it is all fixed. I will take sometime in the next few weeks to get a few more things posted. I will of course let you know.

Love you guys time for a walk!

The MuchLoved is still down

2008-01-11T11:32:00.000-10:00

Dear Leyona,

I am writing to update you on progress following the serious server problem
that happened at the weekend by our hosting partner. I also want to
apologise again for the continuing downtime for which I am deeply sorry.

The initial problem was a misconfiguration of our server by our hosting
partner, however it is taking considerable time to resolve and we have had
unacceptably slow service by our host in carrying out their necessary
maintenance work.

In conjunction with our technical team I have therefore taken the decision
to move our hosting partner as soon as possible to Server Intellect
(www.serverintellect.com), a company we already have a relationship with and
who are also a Microsoft Gold Certified partner.

This does mean that the downtime will be considerably longer than hoped as
this transfer requires considerable work and we will have a message on our
homepage www.muchloved.com later today giving more details on this. I am
afraid that my technical team can only commit to a date of Friday 25th
January at this moment in time to complete this transfer. We fully
appreciate that the downtime will already have caused a loss of confidence
in our service and, however disappointing this news, we do not want to
announce any revised date that we can not keep to.

The alternative was to resume service on our current host (which we have
used without problem or concern for the last year) by early next week. Due
to the serious nature of the problem that incurred last weekend however,
which has highlighted problems in their systems and service response, I just
felt that before we went live again we had to be totally sure that we could
not suffer a repeat problem. I ask for your patience as a result of making
this decision which I am sure is in the long term interests of all our
users.

I will email you again mid next week with progress and I have asked my
technical team to also update the homepage message with details of progress
with the hosting transfer every few days,

With sincere apologies once more,
Jon

[Leyona - I'm particularly sorry as I know your tribute is linked to your
online story and so these further delays will be very frustrating for you.
Our current host has been reliable for the last year but the server problem
has really concerned me as to their processes and systems and I can't risk
any future problems as your tributes are so important to you. I hope you can
bear with us whilst we make the change and massive apologies again - jon]

Information Highway?

2008-01-09T10:37:00.000-10:00

Well, today finds me disappointed in some. I just don't understand when I open my e mail to a bunch of bullshit forwards but nothing that is important. Occasionally I will get something that touches me. Or makes me laugh. Then I will share it.

When you get something important, something that could change the course of the future What do you do?

It's so amazing that I get crap that tells me if I don't repost this I will be forever cursed from having good sex or a boyfriend for the next 12 years...

But something so important that, it could change LIVES, that gets blown off and discarded.
I understand this is not something anyone else would do. Most people would just give up and go on. BUT I am not most people and I know in my heart I am right.

Heather did NOTHING TO HARM HERSELF. Face it she was way too conceeded. She loved herself too too much. And anyone who knew her knows this.

I guess I figured if close to 5000 people joined a stupid group where he will "change his name" if so many join then WHAT THE HELL Heather's group should be HUGE!

What if this were your daughter, your son or a Parent, wouldn't you want to know the truth?
That's all I want is the TRUTH, they lied to me from the very beginging and are still lying today.

All I am asking for is a little help here.

MuchLoved, update

2008-01-06T13:54:00.000-10:00

Leyona - I've just spoken to the technical team for an update and I'm afraid
it is likely to be another 24 hours before we can bring the site up live
again. Can I apologise again for this and I will contact you Monday
afternoon (our time) with news.
Thank you for your patience whilst we sort out the technical problem.
I appreciate it is really annoying and we will be back up as soon as
possible,
regards, jon

----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:12 PM
Subject: Unable to access page

> Good morning Jonathan,
>
> Hope your new year was wonderful.
>
> I have gotten a few people telling me the site is not working. Today, I am
> also unable to get to the page.
>
> It gives a HTTP Bad Request message.
>
> Let me know if there is a problem. The memorial page is linked to the
> online story.
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Leyona
>

I have a new FACEBOOK GROUP

2008-01-06T12:36:00.000-10:00

I made a new Group on FACEBOOK! Please join and ask others to join also!
GO SIGN THE PETITION!

Justice for Heather-Renee'

<3Leyona

MuchLoved Site is not working

2008-01-06T11:35:00.000-10:00

Today the link to the memorial site is not working, sent an e mail to the admin.
We'll see what happens..

Damn I hope the site isn't gone.. I uploaded sooooo much information and it is linked to the story online at WeSawThat

**My horoscope warned me of electronical problems this month..... damn computers can't live without them and I manage to KILL THEM constantly or at least mame them

I'll keep trying & let you know

http://butterfly.muchloved.com/

The petition is on the feature page!

2008-01-05T10:11:00.000-10:00

Good morning all, not really sure if anyone really is reading this but

I want to thank everyone who has taken time to go and place thier name on the petition. It really means alot to me. Thanks.

Please continue to pass along the petition links, we are getting signatures from as faraway as Canada! It is now on the feature page so MAYBE it will get more exposure.

Soon we should have the report from the Forensic pathologist in Florida. It has been several weeks and we should be hearing something soon.
We already know that the amount of drugs in her system were far more than she had access too. This is just one concern they have addressed.

All of the officials involved are running for re election. I have to use this to my advantage no one wants a messy "cover up" hanging over thier head during an election year. Right?

I also "google" Heather's name most every day just to see if there is anything new... Guess what I found yesturday???
a link to the petition on DIGG.com posted by my friend at We saw that...

http://www.digg.com/world_news/The_Strange_Death_of_Heather_
Renee_Skarina_Skeen/who

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Well, I am having computer problems again, I updated my Pavillion and it screwed up my BIOS, now I have to send in the computer to be fixed... I am now on disk 12 of a back up...arg! using my old computer. This one is a bit contrary.
So much for the update..
I have to finish putting away Christmas crap, eh decorations
today.
Love you guys!

Another video for Heather-Renee'

2007-12-24T19:33:00.000-10:00

Check out this video: Heather-Renee

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Heather-Renee'

2007-12-24T19:21:00.000-10:00

Check out this video: For Heather-Renee

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Petition for a Grand Jury Hearing in the Death of Heather-Renee' Skarina

2007-12-24T11:58:00.000-10:00

Petition for a Grand Jury Hearing in the Death of Heather-Renee' Skarina

Petition Congress to pass Single-Payer HR 676 – National Health Insurance

2007-12-24T11:04:00.000-10:00

Petition Congress to pass Single-Payer HR 676 – National Health Insurance

we saw that...: the strange death of heather-renee' sarah skarina skeen

2007-12-19T09:24:00.000-10:00

we saw that...: the strange death of heather-renee' sarah skarina skeen