Speak My Name
Each year we speak the names of those killed by current or former intimate partners in Kentucky. We speak their names to remember lives taken, call for an end to the abuse, and recommit ourselves to the mission.
Please join us in speaking these names aloud in memorial.
Crystal Rogers, age 35
Mary Thomas, age 77
Isabella Mae Walsh, age 20
Arica Brown, age 53
Kadesha Burch, age 31
Evelyn Vega-Belton, age 43
Heather Baldwin, age 30
Isabella Verbaere, age 15
Cicara James, age 31
Jessica Campbell-Hyde, age 44
Dixieana Brainard, age 20
Kimberly Letner, age 50
Bryant Johnson, age 35
Katherine Gomez, age 33
Elmer Eldridge, age 24
Lapriest Maddox, age 51
Latasha White, age 49
Hayley Davidson, age 28
SonTia Simmons, age 26
Tristan Smith, age 15
Estelle Shackleford, age 54
Nineteen of these victims were killed by gun violence. The youngest victim this year was only a teenager, and the oldest was age 77. We hold the victims’ children, family, and friends who loved them in our hearts.
Speak My Name is an annual project of ZeroV, Kentucky’s state coalition of domestic violence programs.
Speak My Name includes the names of those killed by current or former intimate partners between September of the previous year and August of the current year. ZeroV attempts to track domestic violence-related homicides in Kentucky through various sources such as reports from our member programs and news articles. The method is far from perfect. Please be aware that most reports come at the beginning of the law enforcement/court process, at which point an individual has been charged with homicide. We make no representation of the outcome of these cases or whether the charged individual is found guilty of criminal activity.
