Homicide — In the News: Stories and Discussions about Trauma-Informed Journalism

Statement from the wife of Edwin Alvarado / Declaración de la familia de Edwin Alvarado

News ReleaseTamara CherryMay 1, 2024Family Statement, Homicide

Watch: Victims, Survivor & the Media: Pickup Communications founder discusses findings from study at national journalism conference

NewsTamara CherryJune 4, 2021Presentation, Research, Trauma-Informed Training, Trauma-Informed Journalism, Homicide, Mass, Self-Care

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mother appeals for witnesses to "have a heart" as she prepares to mark murdered son's birthday

News ReleaseTamara CherryOctober 7, 2020Family Appeal, News Release, Unsolved, Homicide, Birthday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mother appeals for son’s friends to “please say something” on first anniversary of murder

Mother of Toronto homicide victim Amir Naraine appeals for information on first anniversary of his murder.

News ReleaseTamara CherrySeptember 29, 2020Homicide, Family Appeal, Anniversary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Statement from Family of Walla Walla homicide victim Arcane "AJ" Wilkinson

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA — The following statement has been released by Aimee Wilkinson, the sister of Arcane “AJ” Wilkinson and representative of the Wilkinson family.

In the News, News ReleaseTamara CherryJune 23, 2020Homicide, Family Statement, News Release

Listen: Homicide survivor pleads for help to solve son's 2016 murder

Evelyn Fox and Tamara Cherry join host Alex Pierson to talk about grief, hope and the desperation of victims to propel their investigations forward. Evelyn’s son Kiesingar Gunn would have turned 30 this weekend, if not for a stray bullet outside a Toronto nightclub nearly four years ago. His homicide remains unsolved.

In the NewsTamara CherryApril 30, 2020Family Appeal, Media Coverage, Victims, Justice, Cold Case, Homicide, Gun Violence

Heartbroken mom pleads for help solving son's 2016 murder in Liberty Village

It has been several years since innocent bystander Kiesingar Gunn was killed by a stray bullet while rushing to help a friend when a fight erupted out front of a Liberty Village nightclub.

But his heartbroken mother, who is once again pleading for help finding the killer as she prepares to mark what would have been her son’s 30th birthday on Saturday, still vividly remembers wiping blood from her first-born’s face as he lay dying in hospital.

In the NewsTamara CherryApril 29, 2020Toronto, Homicide, Unsolved, Family Appeal, Media Coverage

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Toronto homicide victim Kiesingar Gunn would have turned 30 this week. It's time to find his killer.

CampaignTamara CherryApril 29, 2020Pickup CommunicationsHomicide, Cold Case, Gun Violence, Unsolved, Family Appeal, Video Appeal