[wfaa.com] 'I can't sit here and be quiet' | Texas woman found her daughter raped, strangled 5 years ago. Now, she advocates for sexual assault survivors.

“When I kind of pieced all of that together, I was like ‘Wait, she could be alive had someone done their job, had someone believed,’” the mother said.

[dallasnews.com]Mother of murder victim brings soft interview room to Mesquite police department

When Tracy Matheson set up the soft interview room at the Mesquite Police Department on Aug. 27, she wished she didn’t have to. The Fort Worth resident wishes the other 30 rooms she has created around Texas and the nation weren’t needed to help sexual assault survivors as they recall one of the most traumatic moments of their lives for investigators.

[thegardenisland.com]‘Beloved Bundles’ celebrate forensic nurses

LIHU‘E — Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami confessed the dilemma he faced during the early days of the novel coronavirus when he contemplated the stay-at-home orders.

“They (potential victims) would be inside with each other,” Kawakami said Monday during a ceremony marking the start of National Forensic Nurses Week that is celebrated Nov. 9-13. “Sometimes, the only escape they have is to get out.”

[startelegram.com] Two years after her daughter was killed, mother works to help sexual assault survivors

Molly Matheson used wit to maneuver in her family of three brothers.

She offered advice on handling girls and cheered their achievements.

It seems at times to her relatives that the Fort Worth woman, who was 22 when she was raped and killed in April 2017, is still in their lives.

[fortworthbusiness.com] Bank of America Pledges $50K to Fort Worth-based Project Beloved

Fort Worth-based Project Beloved was selected as one of 13 nonprofits from around the world to receive a Bank of America Employee Grant.

Project Beloved received a $50,000 grant to serve local communities from Bank of America, which received more than 2,800 nominations.

[wbap.com] Bank of America Employees Donate $50 Thousand to Help Sex Assault Victims

Bank of America donated $50,000 Friday to the Fort Worth area non profit “Project Beloved”, which aims to help sex assault victims through the examination and law enforcement interviews they face following a complaint. The group’s goal is to change the conversation about sex assault and empower survivors.