Sgt. Rasul T. Freelain (Ret.)

I am grateful that SIU Press will be publishing my upcoming book on CPVA and the Sheila von Wiese-Mack tragedy next summer. Here is a recent post on the book from acquisitions editor Sylvia Frank Rodrigue:

Reports indicate daughter had previous written in her journal that she was angry and wanted to kill her mother #cpva

Daughter among 2 teens charged in mother's stabbing death at Utah vacation rental Police said the 16-year-old suspect, who reportedly has a history of violence, wrote in her diary that she hated her mother and wanted to kill her.

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Amazing work being done by Chief Stewart of the Evanston IL police department #publicsafety #communitypolicing
#womenleaders

Families - both victimized parents and aggressive & violent youth - desperately need our support and intervention. But we have to be honest about the reality of child-to-parent violence and abuse (CPVA) as it stares us directly in our collective face. #cpva

“The girls, ages 14, 15, and 16, reportedly grabbed kitchen knives and chased their mother through the house and into the street, attempting to stab her. Authorities say one of the teens struck the mother with a brick. Their grandmother was also knocked down while trying to protect the mother.”

3 teen sisters arrested for trying to kill their mom after she turned off Wi-Fi, Texas sheriff says Three teenage girls are in custody after allegedly planning to kill their mother because she turned off the Wi-Fi in their Texas home.

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“The teen grabbed his mom by her hair and dragged her inside the home…Later that night, the 17-year-old called 911 to say his mother…had fallen on [a knife].”

The jury’s decision to find the son innocent illustrates how misunderstood child-to-parent violence and abuse (CPVA) remains

HISTORY OF SAFETY CONCERNS

“Prosecutors and defense characterized the mother-son relationship as tumultuous, with law enforcement being called for domestic violence in November 2023, leading to the son’s arrest,” according to the Polk County Sheriff’s office

Teen found not guilty of killing mom in Florida 2 years after he’s accused of killing dad He wasn’t charged in his father’s death in Oklahoma, then he moved to Florida, deputies said.

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The teen “shot and killed his father in Oklahoma in 2023, arguing self-defense, then moved to Florida with his mother and was accused of killing her as well, Florida authorities said.”

Both killings, one year apart in separate states? More than Suspicious #cpva