HELP BRITTY'S VOICE BE HEARD!
TELL HER STORY TO ALL YOU KNOW!
TELL HER STORY TO ALL YOU KNOW!
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We will not stop until Brittany's killer is found and prosecuted!
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Do we want more mothers, daughters, sisters to be lost to sexual homicide?
I am a mother, a parent, who is desperate to use Brittany’s story to help change rape laws in OK but also across the
United States!!!
If we don't start changing the rape laws that affect those over 18 years old,more women (adult, young adult and children)
we love could be lost.
We also are trying to get national news coverage that could connect detectives who might recognize something familiar
and solve ours and their cases.
The Tulsa investigation, with the best detective, Jeff Felton, deals with mostly local TIPS and a few national hunches. If
this murder has gone unsolved for more than 3 years, even with DNA profile of both semen and blood and more than
1500 suspects ruled out with DNA, the individual most likely has moved on.
I am a mother, a parent, who is desperate to use Brittany’s story to help change rape laws in OK but also across the
United States!!!
If we don't start changing the rape laws that affect those over 18 years old,more women (adult, young adult and children)
we love could be lost.
We also are trying to get national news coverage that could connect detectives who might recognize something familiar
and solve ours and their cases.
The Tulsa investigation, with the best detective, Jeff Felton, deals with mostly local TIPS and a few national hunches. If
this murder has gone unsolved for more than 3 years, even with DNA profile of both semen and blood and more than
1500 suspects ruled out with DNA, the individual most likely has moved on.
Police Chiefs to call to ask if our case is familiar.
My daughter, Brittany Phillips was brutally raped and murdered (strangled, on September 28, 2004 in the middle of the
night in her apartment in Tulsa Oklahoma. We buried her on her 19th birthday. For two years I have tried to help the
Tulsa Police solve my daughter's murder. LAMAR Advertising has a billboard up for 3 years. Now my car is fully wrapped my MIDWEST WRAPS of Tulsa with pictures of Brit and facts about her murder. I pass out flyers near her old residence almost every weekend. I have tried
for 3 and 1/2 years to get national news coverage. I have driven two CARAVANS TO CATCH A KILLER ACROSS THE EASTERN US. The 2nd CARAVAN had 17 stories done across 9 states. 48 hours states they will do
the story when it is solved. While we still fight to solve the case I fear the prospect of other parents going through this
pain. I ask each government official I write, "Are you a parent?"
I ask.......Will all these new laws that focus only on those who are 18 years old or younger, protect your children as they
age?
I will come to speak with anyone at a minutes notice! Please consider these issues. It could happen to your family!
Can you image more daughters or mothers or sisters being buried on their 19th, 20th or 50th birthday?
Since Brittany's death I have confirmed my basic awareness of just how at risk females , especially those 18-24 years
old, are at becoming rape and sexual homicide victims. This expanded awareness only reinforced my belief that Rape,
classified as a Sexual Offense may increase the risk for the young adults. I live with fear and Angst that more daughters
will be lost if such classification isn't changed.The risk level for these young adults has been emphasized in some
reports. From 1992 through 1994 the occurrence of rapes/sexual assaults for individuals between the ages of 18 and 21
years old was reported by groups such as the Bureau of Justice Statistics as being two and a half times higher than that
for those between the ages of 25 and 29 years old. In a more recent report it was reported that from 1976 through 2004,
sex-related homicides for those between the ages of 16 and 39 years old made up 45% of the homicide victims and that
at least up until the 2004 study, females under age 25 years old made up 56% of the sexual assaults. Craig Perkins of the Bureau of Justice Statistics recognized these statistics in his report, "Age Patterns of Victims of Violent Crimes,” (July
1997) as did the reports that the Bureau of Justice Statistics Home page posted on 10/15/06. 2008 they are saying similar statistics. All reports note that victimization rates increase as individuals reach their teen years and then crest and decline around 20 to 24 years old.
Not only are youth between the ages of 17-24 years old at risk due to their age but also this age group is often victim to
offenders who have multiple victims. This is especially frightening when one notes that on February 13, 2007 the Oklahoma State Sexual Offender Registry noted that 909 Offenders who had been convicted and sentenced as sexual
offenders (with the requirement of registration) are currently "lost." This means their whereabouts are unknown. Studies
also show that Offenders without intervention tend to escalate in offenses and violence. Without Felony charges DNA is
not put into the national register CODIS that all police departments use to identify suspects. Looking at the Tulsa Sexual
Offender website, one sees the results of these plead downs; 1st degree rape with a 20 year sentence-15 on paper.
This means they are released back to the community theoretically in 5 years. But in that rape is considered a sexual
offense rather than a violent; they may only serve 1/3 of their 5 years.
Rape by definition, is a violent act. Sex is the tool of violence. It is battery, an attack whether emotional and or physical.
Yet unlike all other violent offenses, there is no mandatory sentencing for sexual offenses. For offenders charged with a
violent Offense they must serve 85 percent of their sentence. If Rape was classified as a violent Offense (which it is, we
would have many less unregistered sex offenders.
My daughter, Brittany Phillips was brutally raped and murdered (strangled, on September 28, 2004 in the middle of the
night in her apartment in Tulsa Oklahoma. We buried her on her 19th birthday. For two years I have tried to help the
Tulsa Police solve my daughter's murder. LAMAR Advertising has a billboard up for 3 years. Now my car is fully wrapped my MIDWEST WRAPS of Tulsa with pictures of Brit and facts about her murder. I pass out flyers near her old residence almost every weekend. I have tried
for 3 and 1/2 years to get national news coverage. I have driven two CARAVANS TO CATCH A KILLER ACROSS THE EASTERN US. The 2nd CARAVAN had 17 stories done across 9 states. 48 hours states they will do
the story when it is solved. While we still fight to solve the case I fear the prospect of other parents going through this
pain. I ask each government official I write, "Are you a parent?"
I ask.......Will all these new laws that focus only on those who are 18 years old or younger, protect your children as they
age?
I will come to speak with anyone at a minutes notice! Please consider these issues. It could happen to your family!
Can you image more daughters or mothers or sisters being buried on their 19th, 20th or 50th birthday?
Since Brittany's death I have confirmed my basic awareness of just how at risk females , especially those 18-24 years
old, are at becoming rape and sexual homicide victims. This expanded awareness only reinforced my belief that Rape,
classified as a Sexual Offense may increase the risk for the young adults. I live with fear and Angst that more daughters
will be lost if such classification isn't changed.The risk level for these young adults has been emphasized in some
reports. From 1992 through 1994 the occurrence of rapes/sexual assaults for individuals between the ages of 18 and 21
years old was reported by groups such as the Bureau of Justice Statistics as being two and a half times higher than that
for those between the ages of 25 and 29 years old. In a more recent report it was reported that from 1976 through 2004,
sex-related homicides for those between the ages of 16 and 39 years old made up 45% of the homicide victims and that
at least up until the 2004 study, females under age 25 years old made up 56% of the sexual assaults. Craig Perkins of the Bureau of Justice Statistics recognized these statistics in his report, "Age Patterns of Victims of Violent Crimes,” (July
1997) as did the reports that the Bureau of Justice Statistics Home page posted on 10/15/06. 2008 they are saying similar statistics. All reports note that victimization rates increase as individuals reach their teen years and then crest and decline around 20 to 24 years old.
Not only are youth between the ages of 17-24 years old at risk due to their age but also this age group is often victim to
offenders who have multiple victims. This is especially frightening when one notes that on February 13, 2007 the Oklahoma State Sexual Offender Registry noted that 909 Offenders who had been convicted and sentenced as sexual
offenders (with the requirement of registration) are currently "lost." This means their whereabouts are unknown. Studies
also show that Offenders without intervention tend to escalate in offenses and violence. Without Felony charges DNA is
not put into the national register CODIS that all police departments use to identify suspects. Looking at the Tulsa Sexual
Offender website, one sees the results of these plead downs; 1st degree rape with a 20 year sentence-15 on paper.
This means they are released back to the community theoretically in 5 years. But in that rape is considered a sexual
offense rather than a violent; they may only serve 1/3 of their 5 years.
Rape by definition, is a violent act. Sex is the tool of violence. It is battery, an attack whether emotional and or physical.
Yet unlike all other violent offenses, there is no mandatory sentencing for sexual offenses. For offenders charged with a
violent Offense they must serve 85 percent of their sentence. If Rape was classified as a violent Offense (which it is, we
would have many less unregistered sex offenders.