Susan Murphy-Milano...

A judge has ruled and allowed a murderer to go ahead and sell financial assets for his defense.  He killed his ex-wife plain and simple.  Tina Curran's mother (the deceased )was asking that proceeds from the sale of personal items and real estate go to the support of the children.  Instead, the Judge ruled in favor of the former cop in order to pay for his legal defense.  This is an outrage! 

 

Prosecutors have already indicated that they will seek the death penalty if Former Police Chief, Mr. Curran is convicted of first-degree murder in the Aug. 24 killing of his ex-wife, Tina Curran, who was shot to death outside Shamokin Area Community Hospital.

 

Tina Curran's mother, Bonnie K. Smith, of Mount Carmel, is the guardian of the Currans' two daughters, Caitlyn, 8, and Alexia, 4, and she had asked the judge to prevent Mr. Curran from using the proceeds from the sale of his property, so that any money from such a sale could provide support for the girls.

 

In a ruling released last week, Judge Charles Saylor said that because courts recognize a constitutional right to hire a defense attorney, he would not stop the defense attorney from selling Mr. Curran's possessions. But Mr. Rominger had indicated in court that the $2,448 in back child-support payments would be covered when those possessions are sold, and the judge ruled that those payments should be "the first obligation paid."  -Hello- Why should he be allowed to use money that should go to the kids for a legal defense???

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Overview---

In August of 2005, Former Police Chief Richard Curran, of Millerstown, PA, shot his ex-wife, Tina Curran to death just outside the community hospital where she was employed as an emergency nurse.

In the aftermath, two young children ages 8 and 4, are left behind for the rest of their lives without their mother. And, will forever question, why their “Daddy” a man sworn as a public servant and a Police Chief, to serve and protect, gunned down only mother. In an instant, their whole safe world as they once knew it is gone.

On Friday, November 4, 2005, Tina Curran’s mother, Bonnie Smith, who has custody of the two young motherless children went to court asking the judge to prohibit the sale of the marital home and other assets in order to provide much needed support for the kids.

Prohibiting the liquidation of assets will prevent Richard Curran from using funds to pay for a much needed legal defense. This was a good legal maneuver on the part of the murder victim’s mother. And I applaud her for doing this under such tragic circumstances.

In my opinion, pressure needs to be placed on the court system in order for the money to go to the children. If you are a parent, grandparent, please think about how you would feel if this happened in your family.

Throughout my own childhood, by the grace of God, my mother was sparred from death until we were older. In January 1989, my father a Chicago Violent Crimes Detective murdered my mother at the age of 47, before taking his own life. The memory of his words from my childhood still plays like a bad recording in my mind. As a child, I often heard my father say, “If you leave, I will find you, if I find you, I will kill you.”

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