Zero Tolerance Domestic Violence Walk
In honor of Maria Aguilar on the one-week anniversary of her death from Domestic Violence
Gather at Lake Worth City Hall, 6pm, Thursday, September 8, 2011. Walk begins at 6:30 pm.
LAKE WORTH: On Thursday, September 8, at 6:00pm, residents,elected officials and members of Maria Aguilar’s family will gather at Lake Worth City Hall to prepare to walk to the site where Maria Aguilar was shot and killed last week by her husband. The walk will be seven blocks. While Lake Worth residents grieve her loss, Ms. Aguilar lost her life to a world-wide epidemic: Domestic Violence. Vice Mayor Suzanne Mulvehill and former Commissioner Cara Jennings organized the walk to both respect and grieve Ms. Aguilar’s death and to acknowledge that Lake Worth has Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence. The Walk is set one week following Ms. Aguilar’s murder.
It is well documented that the most dangerous time for a victim of domestic violence is when he/she tries to leave the relationship. Ms. Aguilar was in the process of getting a restraining order when she was murdered.
Vice Mayor Suzanne Mulvehill commented, ” Each year I have been a commissioner, our community has experienced the death of residents due to domestic violence. We have Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence.” Vice Mayor Mulvehill established the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month in 2009, following a triple homicide in Lake Worth that stemmed from domestic violence. She will be preparing a Zero Tolerance Policy for the commission to consider and will be organizing the third annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month for October 2011. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office already has a Zero Tolerance Policy on Domestic Violence.
Mary E. Areson-Gardner
Executive Secretary to City Manager
City of Lake Worth
7 N. Dixie Highway, Lake Worth
561.586.1689