Victim is a statement ...
        Survivor is a state of mind.


Striving Towards Achieving Compassion, Intervention and Education
Stacie
Stacie on her 16th Birthday

In the aftermath of violent crime, the S.T.A.C.I.E. Foundation came to life.

On January 29, 1999, Stacie Lynn Reed was brutally murdered in her Manassas, Virginia home. After stalking her for weeks, an acquaintance of Stacie's entered the home with plans to kill the entire family. In an unsuccessful attempt to rape Stacie, he stabbed her to death.


Kristie in January 1999
Kristie, January 31, 1999
Kristie in 2010
Kristie, December 2010
The attacker then waited in the home for more than two hours for Stacie's younger sister Kristie to arrive home. After finding her sister dead in her bedroom, Kristie was forced to the basement, bound with her own shoelaces, raped, strangled, wrists cut, stabbed, and her throat severely slashed. She was left for dead. He went upstairs, called a cab, made himself a glass of iced tea, sat on the sofa, smoked a cigarette and waited, not having carried out his entire plan to kill all four family members. Read more...

The S.T.A.C.I.E. Foundation offers seminars on The Impact of Victimization to Law Enforcement Agencies and their entities, Victim Witness Agencies, Prosecuting Attorneys, Defense Attorneys, Victims, Universities (Political Science students), and offenders. For a list of topics covered, please see Seminar Details.


From Tragedy Comes Triumph!
Lorraine Whoberry
Lorraine Whoberry
In finding forgiveness for the offender, Heal My Wounds Leave My Scars Prison Ministry was founded in 2009. Heal My Wounds Ministry goes behind those walls to offer a message of HOPE to offenders. The message is a testimony of grief, transformed by the journey of forgiveness of the offender who murdered her daughter Stacie and brutally attacked her younger sister Kristie. Accountability and forgiveness are two main topics of discussion.

As servants of our Lord, Jesus Christ, we are His hands and feet, sharing the gospel that brings HOPE to break the chains of bondage and offers healing, for His glory and His honor!


Silent Witness Project
Silent Witness Project
The Tri-State Chapter of the Silent Witness Project was recently formed to bring awareness to Victims of Domestic Violence. We feel an urgency to do something that speaks out against Domestic Violence. The Silent Witness Project commemorates the lives of those whose lives ended violently at the hands of a husband, ex-husband, partner or acquaintance as a result of domestic violence. Their voices will not be silenced, their lives will not be forgotten, and their stories will be heard, through a free-standing, life-sized red wooden figure, each one bearing the name of a person who once lived. They were our family, children, friend, neighbor, and co-worker. An unnamed silent figure will represent those uncounted women whose murders have gone unsolved or were erroneously ruled accidental. These figures are the Silent Witnesses.

 
 
Equal Opportunity Statement:
It is the policy of The S.T.A.C.I.E. Foundation to provide equal opportunity to people of all backgrounds, race, creed, color, religion, gender, national origin, handicap, age, political affiliation or citizenship.

The Foundation includes people of all backgrounds. We find that by keeping an open mind and welcoming everyone we can affect change in a positive way. Violent crime knows no boundaries and places all of us in an equal oppportunity situation, whether you are a victim or an offender. Therefore, no one will be turned away based on any sort of prejudice.