The region’s largest utility workers’ union today joined Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley to make the holiday season a little brighter for the surviving family members of homicide victims.
Members of Utility Workers Union of America Local 369 deliver frozen turkeys to every family at Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley’s annual breakfast for homicide victims’ families.
Utility Workers Union of America Local 369 brought 30 frozen turkeys to Conley’s annual breakfast for homicide survivors this morning. The low-key event reunites survivors with prosecutors, victim advocates, investigators, and others who worked on their cases.
“Each year we host an informal gathering of parents, siblings, spouses and others affected by homicide,” Conley said. “These are folks we’ve built a relationship with over a period of many years. So when Local 369 reached out to see how they could help the families who need it most, we knew exactly who to connect them with.”
Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley greets the families of homicide victims at an annual survivors’ breakfast. Members of Utility Workers Union of America Local 369 donated 30 turkeys to families who attended.
Members of the DA’s Homicide Unit, Gang Unit, and Victim Witness Assistance Program were in attendance, as were members of the Boston Police Homicide Unit and Suffolk County State Police Detectives Unit, which investigates homicides in Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop.
Of 37 Suffolk County homicide cases resolved this year, 33 have ended with convictions, Conley said. Every case – solved or unsolved, with a conviction or an acquittal – is assigned a specially-trained victim-witness advocate to guide surviving family members through what can be a confusing, imposing journey through the investigation and prosecution.
“They’re at the heart of our mission to serve victims,” Conley said. “That’s what this office is all about.”
