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I AM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR I'LL NEVER EVER BE HIS VICTIM AGAIN I'LL NEVER EVER MISS THE STENCH OF ANGER RAGE VIOLENT OUTBURST THE SPITTING WHEN HE YELLED SCREAMED AMAZING I SURVIVED AFTER RETURNING FROM MY JOB AFTER GIVING BIRTH AGAIN HE BEGAN RANTING RAVING THE FBI RELOCATED OUR FAMILY AFTER MY WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS HE WAS STILL QUITE JUNK SICK EVEN AFTER I GAVE BIRTH THE INFANT WAS FLIGHTED OUT WITH SPINE AND BRAIN INJURY AT BIRTH I SLEPT IN THE NEO NATAL UNIT UNTIL SHE WAS RELEASED THAT'S WHEN I SPOKE WITH SPECIAL AGENT PAULA BRAND MY WEARING WIRES RESULTED IN THE CONVICTIONS OF OVER 30 DEALERS VIOLENT OFFENDERS AND 60 PERCENT OF ALL DRUGS SOLD THAT YEAR HAD CEASED PAULA BRAND WARNED ME HOW DANGEROUS IT WOULD BE FOR ME TO RETURN KILLERS JUNK SICK CORRUPT OFFICERS I FELT SAFE BEHIND THE DRAPES MY ABUSIVE HUSBAND BEGAN SLAPPING PUNCHING EVEN THREW A BABY GLASS BOTTLE SMASHED IT ON MY HEAD WHOLE I WAS BREAST FEEDING MY BABY MY OLDEST DAUGHTER SCREAMED IN HORROR HE WAS NOW OUT OF CONTROL I COULDN'T STOP HIS DRUG BINGES DRUG RANTS SEVERE BEATINGS WHEN I FOUND OUT I WAS EXPECTING ANOTHER CHILD IT WAS COLD VERY COLD JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS DAY I LAY SLEEPING IN A TOW TRUCK WHILE HE PLOTTED PLANNED TO BURN DOWN A BUILDING HE CLAIMED CIRO WOULD PAY HIM GOOD THIS TIME AND NOT IN DRUGS HE DID ODD JOBS FOR CIRO GARGANO MECHANIC WORK DRIVING TRUCKS DELIVERING VIDEO GAMES BUT AFTER THE JOB WAS DONE CIRO PAID ALL THE WORKERS IN DRUGS IN WHICH MY ABUSIVE HUSBAND WORK RUN OFF FOR DAYS LEAVING THE GIRLS AND I IN A TOW TRUCK DIRE NEED I WAS STRICKEN WITH PNUEMONIA HE FINALLY ARRIVE WITH TIMMY CANSLOR IT WAS SO COLD THEY DROVE US TO MICHEAL HENLY AND LIZ OFF GRAND AND SUNSET THEY ALLOWED THE GIRLS AND I TO STAY WARM THEY WERE VERY KIND TO MY KIDS THIS WAS EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING 1984 STILL QUIET COLD FROZEN TOWN MY KIDS AND I WERE ON THE SOFA I REMEMBER HIS KIDS OPENING A FEW GIFTS FINALLY SIRENS I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH BUT I REMEMBER HIM SAYING THIS WAS A BIG JOB FOR CIRO I REMEMBER THE PLANS IN PASSING GOING TO THE REST ROOM CIRO GATHER HIS WORKERS RATHER DYNAMITE HAND GRENADES OR GASOLINE IN GOLF BALLS OR POUR GAS ON DUST PANS POUR UNDER THE DOOR I DIDN'T KNOW WHY HE NEEDED TO BURN THIS PLACE OR WHERE IT WAS BLUE PRINTS OF THE HOTEL ON HIS DESK STUPID ME I THOUGHT HE WAS PLANNED TO BUY IT NOT BURN IT AT ANYRATE IT WAS DONE WHEN HE RETURNED HE WAS VERY DIRTY COVERED IN SOOT HIM ANGELO WHITE BOY DOUG FROM FERERRAS SCRAPYARD NEAR BUDS 22 THEY DROVE US TO THE EL RANCHO MOTEL RENTED THREE ROOMS TIMMY AND ANGELO WHITE BOY DOUG AND MY ABUSIVE HUSBAND AND I WITH TWO LITTLE GIRLS THE SMELL OF SMOKE SOOT CHARD WAS SO THICK IN THE AIR FILLED THE ROOM I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE POINT FAMILY RESTURANT WHAT WAS A FAMILY I AWAKEN EVERY NIGHT TO THSY SMELL SOOT COVERS THE WALL HE COULDN'T LOOK AT MY FACE I KNEW IT WAS BAD FINALLY THE FBI GAVE HIM A LIE DETECTOR TEST HE FAILED IT THE FBI TOLD ME HE TORCHED A BUILDING 8 PEOPLE DIED GOING UNDERCOVER WEARING WIRES FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FROM JUNK SICK COPS WOULD SAVE MY KIDS AND I SO HE TORTURED ME FOR YEARS KEEPING ME SILENT AFTER THE FBI RELOCATED MY FAMILY HE WOULD RUN OFF WITH THE BILL MONEY DOING MORE DRUGS HE FINALLY GOT INVOLVED WITH SOME KING PINS FROM FORT ROCKAWAY HE BRAGGED ABOUT HIS DRUG EXPERTISE THE DEALERS SUPPLIED HIM AND HE USED ALL THEIR DRUGS UNTIL WORD GOT BACK TO FORT ROCKAWAY CRIME BOSS SENT ORDERS THE DEALER WHO GAVE MY ABUSIVE EX HUSBAND THE DRUGS WAS NOW FACE DOOR HALF OF HIS BODY WAS TORCHED MY ABUSIVE EX HUSBAND MISSING FOR A FEW DAYS WHILE STACY LAY DIED I ALWAYS FELT HE WAS INVOLVED I COULD ALWAYS TELL WHEN HE RETURNED MORE BEATINGS IT WAS JUST LIKE AFTER THE ARSON MURDERS OF 8 CHRISTMAS DAY HE ABUSED ME THAT NIGHT AS WELL NOW THAT WE RELOCATED THIS WAS DIFFERENT HE ALLOWED THE DEALERS FROM FORT ROCKAWAY TO STORE HIS VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE WHILE THEY KILLED STACEY EVERYTHING WAS STRANGE HE THEN BROKE INTO THE DEALERS CAR TOOK THEIR DRUGS AND WAS GONE AGAIN THE DEALERS BANGED ON MY DOOR LOOKING FOR HIM I TOLD THEM HE WASN'T HOME WHEN HE ARRIVED I TOLD HIM POOPS STOPPED FROM FORT ROCKAWAY LOOKING FOR YOU HE EXPLODED I'D JUST GIVING BIRTH AGAIN IN OHIO HE THREW BURNING HOT COFFE GRINDS ON MY TORSO MY GOWN STUCK TO MY SKIN MY DAUGHTER HELPED ME PICK THE GRINDS FROM MELTED HOLES IN MY SKIN SWELLING BLISTERED SKIN HIS RAGE AT SOME POINT I FEKT LIKE IF I HADN'T WORE WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FROM JUNK SICK COPS PERHAPS I REALLY DON'T BUT HE WAS A VIOLENT BRUTAL DOMESTIC ABUSER LEAVING SCARS BROKEN BONES AS FAR BACK AS BEING KICKED OUT OF THE ARMY WITH A NOTHING TO LOSE ATTITUDE HIS ACTION BEFORE AND AFTER THE ARSON MURDERS OF 8 PERSONS NOW THE FBI RELOCATED THIS I CAN'T DESCRIBE WHAT HE REALLY WAS BUT IT WAS BRUTAL AND BODIES WERE LEFT BURING SCARY TIMES THE DEALERS IN OHIO AND FORT ROCKAWAY WERE OUT FOR BLOOD THAT'S WHEN HE CAME HOME HIDING UNDER THE BED WHILE DEALERS AND KILLERS BANG ON THE DOORS WHERE MY KIDS WERE SLEEPING I WAS AFRAID TO LEAVE BUT WHERE COULD I GO NOW SPECIAL AGENT PAULA BRAND TOLD ME IF I EVER RETURNED I'D BE KILLED FRAMED I BELIEVED HER BUT NOW MY ABUSIVE HUSBAND WAS INVOLVED WITH ANOTHER MURDER ARSON IN CLEVELAND I FEARED FOR MY LIFE AGAINST ALL ODDS RELOCATED TO BE NEAR THE FBI SUPERVISOR IT WASN'T LONG AFTER MY ABUSIVE HUSBAND RAN OFF WITH ANOTHER DEALERS DRUGS LARTY HAYES CIRO GARGANO PARTNER MANAGER OF THE ARCADE YES YES YES I WAS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM BUT I SURVIVED I'M A SURVIVOR I WAS HELD HOSTAGE BY A VERY DANGEROUS MAN HE TOOK MY DRESS LAID IT ON A LAWN POURED LIGHTER FLIUD TORCHED I COULDN'T THE WORD FIRE OR SPEAK OF THE ARSONS I THINK ABOUT STACEY HALF HIS BODY TORCHED IN CLEVELAND I BRAISINGLY FEEL THOSE COFFEE GRINDS INBEDDED INTO MY SIDE TODAY JAY TOWNSEND JOHNSON HENRY MY IMPESSONATOR IDENTITY THIEF WEAPONIZED MY ABUSIVE JUNK SICK EX HUSBAND TO TAUNT ME TODAY PLACING ME BACK INTO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 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