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To understand Crystal’s Case

Investigations should follow a standard.

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Finding the right person to call can be one of the hardest parts of navigating an unexpected or disputed death. During my search for answers in Crystal's case, I connected with investigators, victim advocates, professionals, and others whose experience became invaluable.

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  • “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

    -Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail

  • “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

    — Desmond Tutu

  • “The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.”

    — Lois McMaster Bujold

  • “The truth will set you free.”

    — John 8:32

  • “Tell me a truth that destroys me once. Don't give me a lie that forces me to grieve the truth a thousand times.”

    J. Guyewski-Lautigar

  • “It is better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”

    — Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

  • “Every name on this wall was a life, not a case number. Every person was loved. Every family deserves an investigation worthy of the life behind the name.”

    -Jana Guyewski-Lautigar

  • “The standard is the standard.”

    — Mike Tomlin, NFL

  • “A standard without accountability is only a suggestion.”

    -J. Guyewski-Lautigar, Demand The Standard

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