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BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 07:02 PM Jul 2021

My 2-Year-Old Daughter Was Murdered by Her Father

( No words )


Warrior mom Jacqueline Franchetti is working to change the family court system and protect other children from the same fate

Jun 09, 2021

By Stephanie Thurrott


Jacqueline Franchetti remembers her 2-year-old daughter Kyra’s favorite things. Kyra liked to “go fast” down the slide, and she liked Mickey Mouse, bubbles and independence. “Everything was, ‘I do it, Mama,’” Franchetti says.

Franchetti doesn’t know what Kyra would like today. That’s because in 2016 Kyra was murdered by her father who shot her in the back twice, then doused his home in gasoline and set it on fire, killing himself in a murder-suicide.



Kyra would have turned 7 this year. “I miss her every single second of every day,” Franchetti says. “When I go to visit her grave, I don’t even know what to bring or leave behind. What do 7-year-old girls like?”

No Escape from Abuse

Franchetti did everything legally possible to keep Kyra safe from the day she was born. Franchetti had left the relationship with Kyra’s abusive father, but she allowed him to visit her and Kyra in the hospital. He was angry, and Jaqueline was so fearful for Kyra’s safety that she got out of bed with Kyra in her arms, even though she was recovering from a C-section.

Franchetti was served with papers when Kyra was a few weeks old, and her case continued in family court until Kyra was murdered. “The first time I entered Nassau County Family Court, I thought Kyra would be protected. I quickly learned our courts do not protect the children; they protect the abuser. Kyra’s entire life, we were in family court,” she says. “When you end up in family court, the abuse doesn’t stop.”

https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/true-survivor-stories/my-2-year-old-daughter-was-murdered-by-her-father

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My 2-Year-Old Daughter Was Murdered by Her Father (Original Post) BeckyDem Jul 2021 OP
RIP Kyra... abqtommy Jul 2021 #1
There are no words. niyad Jul 2021 #2
I think Jilly_in_VA Jul 2021 #3
Negligence can and has been deadly when it comes to the state deciding who receives BeckyDem Jul 2021 #4
I don't either Jilly_in_VA Jul 2021 #5
I am so glad you survived. These horrendous experiences and those ending in death, unimaginable. BeckyDem Jul 2021 #6

Jilly_in_VA

(9,854 posts)
3. I think
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 07:48 AM
Jul 2021

that in cases like these, where the judge, and particularly the forensic evaluator (whatever that is) are so clearly in the wrong, there should be some kind of criminal punishment for them. When there is a clear pattern of abuse, it is NOT a "sad and mad" case. That is pure stupidity.

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
4. Negligence can and has been deadly when it comes to the state deciding who receives
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 08:21 AM
Jul 2021

protection in families. Infuriating!

What is also disturbing to me about domestic violence, how can a human being do this? How is it possible to look at such a little angel and do her any harm? If I live to be a million years old, I will never understand this.

Jilly_in_VA

(9,854 posts)
5. I don't either
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 08:41 AM
Jul 2021

My friend's 4 year old granddaughter was murdered by her grandfather right in the home with her parents...in the basement. So yeah. And my daughter's best friend's boss was killed by her husband. And I am a domestic violence survivor. So yeah. I don't get it.

And the law is way behind. Orders of protection are not worth the paper they are printed on.

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
6. I am so glad you survived. These horrendous experiences and those ending in death, unimaginable.
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 08:47 AM
Jul 2021

But we must make protection a priority, and we have failed thus far.

I would like to think as a society we could become a much less violent society, we have to try.

In solidarity.

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