HOSTED BY THE PLATTE COUNTY PROSECUTOR
The public is invited to attend the 18th annual Victims’ Rights Luncheon hosted by the Platte County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
The free luncheon will be held at 12 noon on Tuesday, April 8, at the First Baptist Church of Platte City, 17385 Hwy. 371, Platte City, Mo.
The luncheon is part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, which runs from April 6 through April 12.
This year’s theme is “Kinship, Connecting, and Healing.”
Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd’s office has hosted an event as part of the national observance since 2006.
Zahnd said, “We hope people will join us as we support people who have survived being victimized by crime and as we recognize others in our community whose life work is to serve those crime victims.”
Kathryn Heald will speak at the luncheon. She is a survivor of child sexual abuse.
The luncheon will also feature the presentation of the 18th Annual Sara Andrasek Memorial Award, which recognizes particularly outstanding service to crime victims.
Andrasek was pregnant with her first child when she was raped and murdered. Zahnd’s office and the Kansas City Missouri Police Department were in the final stages of preparing a death penalty case against Wayne Dumond for his crimes when Dumond died while in custody.
