[tanglewoodmoms.com]Worthy Convos: Project Beloved

There isn’t a word in the English language that can describe the pain the Matheson family has endured since losing their Molly Jane in April of 2017. But determined to use her daughter’s story as a catalyst for change, Tracy Matheson found the strength to start Project Beloved: The Molly Jane Mission, a nonprofit devoted to changing the conversation about sexual assault and empowering survivors to find their voices.

[fox4news.com]New law inspired by Tarrant County case helps lead to rapist's capture

FORT WORTH, Texas - A Tarrant County judge sentenced a man to 25 years in prison for a 2019 sexual assault. Prosecutors say it was a new law that helped lead to the arrest.

Molly Jane’s Law was passed after the murder of a Fort Worth woman in 2017. Just months after the new law took effect, prosecutors say it was used to track down a sexual assault suspect who pleaded guilty Wednesday. The law was both inspired by a Tarrant County case and used to prosecute a Tarrant County case. It was on a trail at Arlington’s Canyon Park where a man, later identified as Jessie Dewayne Ray, attacked.

[lsu.edu]LSU POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRST IN THE SEC TO IMPLEMENT “SOFT INTERVIEW ROOM”

The LSU Police Department is the first in the SEC to implement a Project Beloved “soft interview room” for victims of trauma or sexual violence. The new room features comfortable lighting, furniture, weighted blankets and items that are intended to help survivors talk to police about what happened.

[abcactionnews.com]One mom’s mission to support sexual assault victims during investigations

Molly was more than a daughter to Tracy Matheson. The two were more like best friends.

“It’s like she’s my right hand. I could count on her for anything,” Matheson recalled.

Matheson remembers Molly’s humor and kindness and how she believed in the good in people. But it was evil that took her daughter’s life. At 22, Molly was assaulted and killed by a man who was accused of prior attacks and even left DNA evidence behind.

[fox4news.com]New documentary tells story of change after tragedy

TCU students debut a new documentary about protections for survivors of sexual assault that came after the rape and murder of a college student from Fort Worth, Molly Matheson. Molly's mother, Tracy, and TCU film instructor, Charity Robinson, joined Good Day to talk about the film "Beloved." Tracy also started a charity in Fort Worth to help survivors of sexual assault.

[star-telegram.com]Texas law named for Fort Worth woman Molly Jane leads to arrest in sexual assault case

Molly Jane Matheson made a difference.

This week, a year after a law was signed in her honor, a man wanted in a September 2019 sexual assault in an Arlington park has been arrested because of it.

Jessie D. Ray was arrested last month in Tyler during a narcotics investigation. After a search of his iPhone showed a video of a sexual assault, law enforcers put details about that attack into the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program database.

[wfaa.com] Allen detective linked to Reginald Kimbro investigation transferred to patrol

An Allen detective who has been accused of mishandling a rape investigation is being transferred, records show.

Detective Kevin Miller received DNA results in 2017 that linked a man named Reginald Kimbro to a 2014 sexual assault. Kimbro was not arrested in the assault until after he was accused of killing two women, police records show.

[dallasnews.com] Rape, murder and a positive DNA test that the cops sat on for weeks

Nothing we as a community can do or say will ever bring back Molly Jane Matheson, 22, or Megan Leigh Getrum, 36, the two vibrant and much-loved Dallas-Fort Worth-area women police say…