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Ten Year Celebration Of Life Fundraiser Celebrates Queena’s Journey

Ten Year Celebration Of Life Fundraiser Celebrates Queena’s Journey By: Osprey Observer Staff ReportApril 2, 2018 In April 2008, a young woman, formerly known as the Bloomingdale Library Attack Survivor, was brutally raped, beaten and left to die outside of the Bloomingdale Regional Library. Over the last 10 years, the community

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Golf Tourney Seeks Participants To Help Raise Money For Attack Survivor

MEDIA ADVISORY                            FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Anna Donato – sister, (813) 956-3822, avdonato1@gmail.comVanna Nguyen – mom, (813) 751-5745, vannablue9@yahoo.com Golf Tourney Seeks Participants To Help Raise Money For Attack SurvivorA local golf tournament fundraiser is seeking participants and sponsors for an upcoming event on August 6 for the Bloomingdale Library Attack Survivor WHAT:          The Second Annual Hope Classic, a

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Prayers for Queena ahead of attacker’s resentencing

 By: Kellie Cowan, FOX 13 NewsBRANDON (FOX 13) – In 2008, an East Bay High School senior was robbed of her ability to walk, talk, and even see after a brutal attack and rape.Kendrick Morris was just 16 when he attacked Queena. He was sentenced to 65 years in prison,

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Letters from Friends & Family

Queena’s Prayer Vigil

“I was held in Your arms, carried for a thousand miles to show, not for a moment did You forsake me.”  Slowly but surely the room filled with friends, family, and supporters. Soft music was being played by a local musician, Winston Culler, who kindly donated his time and talents to

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Judge to re-sentence Kendrick Morris

 About fifty people gathered at a church in Brandon on Sunday afternoon to pray for Queena.  She was sexually assaulted by Kendrick Morris in 2008 outside of a library.  An appeals court ruled recently that his sentence of sixty-five years was unconstitutional, because he was a juvenile when the crime

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FOX13NEWS VIDEO: Queena’s Prayer Vigil

A judge will decide if Kendrick Morris will get a new sentence this weekThis week Kendrick Morris could get a new sentence thanks to a Supreme Court ruling. His victim’s family hoping for life in prison instead of a reduced sentence. Follow link below to watch the video– http://www.fox13news.com/news/239743132-video

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Queena’s family invites community to prayer vigil

The family of Queena Vuong will host a public vigil for the Bloomingdale library attack survivor from 1:30-3 p.m. on Sunday at the Bell Shoals Baptist Church-Brandon Campus located at 2102 Bell Shoals Road. In 2008, Queena survived being raped and severely beaten outside of the Bloomingdale Library. With Kendrick

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The Re-sentencing of Queena’s Attacker

“Not many would ever wish to live in prison, but I have to wonder, if given the option to either live in prison or be crippled like his victim, would Kendrick trade places with Queena?” Queena (2nd from left), Anna (Center Left), and Me (Center Right)- Fall 2005  The significance

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