From: Platte County Prosecuting Attorney "Eric Zahnd"

Date: April 13 , 2010

Subject: Fifth Annual Victims' Rights Breakfast scheduled

The public is invited to attend the fifth annual Victims’ Rights Breakfast hosted by the Platte County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. The free breakfast will be held at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, April 23 at the First Baptist Church of Platte City.

Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd said, “This free breakfast is a great opportunity to demonstrate our community’s ongoing support for victims of crime. It also gives people the chance to honor and recognize those who work to see that justice is served on a daily basis. We hope as many people as possible will attend.”

April 18-24 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. This year’s theme is “Fairness. Dignity. Respect.”

Kris Wade, Executive Director of the Justice Project, will speak at the breakfast about the organization and share her story as a survivor of domestic violence, sexual assault and sexual exploitation.

The breakfast will also feature the presentation of the Fifth Annual Sara Andrasek Memorial Award. The award is given in the memory of the Platte County woman who was raped and murdered in 2001 while pregnant with her first child. Zahnd’s office and the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department were in the final stages of preparing a death penalty case against Wayne Dumond when Dumond died while in custody.

Previous recipients of the award include the team that investigated Andrasek’s murder, a detective who investigated a large burglary ring, a family who adopted a girl who had suffered sexual abuse, and a vehicle accident reconstruction expert.

The First Baptist Church of Platte City is located in Platte City at the intersection of Second and Ferrel Streets.

Eric G. Zahnd
Platte County Prosecuting Attorney
415 Third Street
Suite 60
Platte City, Missouri  64079
(816) 858-3476
(816) 858-3472 (fax)