1. She survived Thirteen stab wounds, a broken neck
Jun 9, 2008 · Tracey Thurman came to represent the inadequacies of domestic violence laws and the absence of support networks for victims. Motuzick, 47, now ...
TORRINGTON – Twenty-five years later, Tracey Motuzick still remembers the twist of her estranged husband’s dirty buck knife in her neck, and tears wet her cheeks.
2. 'I am tired of hearing about it' A changed man, living a quiet ...
Jun 9, 2008 · Thurman, now 47, declined to comment on this grim silver anniversary of his assault, saying he wants to put the past behind him.
EASTHAMPTON, Mass. – Charles Thurman spent nearly eight years in jail after stabbing his wife nearly to death in an attack that led to changes in Connecticut’s domestic violence laws. His notoriety lives forever in a television movie about the brutal assault.
3. Landmark Domestic Violence Legislation: Tracey Thurman vs ...
Aug 13, 2018 · The court awarded Tracey Thurman $2.3 million in compensatory damages. Shortly after this court decision, the Connecticut legislature adopted a ...
Who would have thought that two Connecticut cities would be prominently known by the eyes of the world for horrific crime and subsequent landmark legislation? Virtually everyone has heard of the…
4. We've Come A Long Way, But Connecticut Holds A Historic Place ...
Sep 19, 2020 · June 10, 1983, Tracey Thurman received one last beating from her estranged husband, Charles “Buck” Thurman, as the Torrington police officer ...
June 10, 1983, Tracey Thurman received one last beating from her estranged husband, Charles “Buck” Thurman, as the Torrington police officer she’d summoned waited in his car across the street. Connecticut law has evolved in the decades since, nudged by events local and national, but there remains m
5. What happened to Tracey Thurman Buck Thurman and Charles ...
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She lives in Litchfield, Connecticut with her son, Charles Motusick. Her son was only two years old when Tracey's now ex-husband nearly killed her. The viscous stabbing occurred June 10, 1983 and left her partially paralyzed.Tracey Thurman was the inspiration of Thurman Law which called for mandatory arrests in wife-beating cases in Connecticut and several other states. She sued the city of Torrington and received $2.3 million in damages in 1985. Tracy Thurman's story was later made into a 1989 television movie, entitled "A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story."RESPONSE: It seems very unlikeyly that she is living in Connecticut WITH HER SON. According to the judicial website, Charles J Motusick has gotten into quite some trouble with the law and is currently serving a 15 year prison sentence, which won't be suspended for at least 7 years, and that was ordered in August of 2010.
6. Tracey Thurman Archives | Sheltering Wings
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7. TRACEY THURMAN MOTUZICK - Hartford Courant
Mar 15, 1992 · In his most brutal attack, on June 10, 1983, Charles “Buck” Thurman stabbed Tracey 13 times, stomped on her head, broke her neck, and left her ...
If a strange man had hit Tracey Thurman until she bled, or had run out of nowhere and broken her windshield, or had harassed her with threatening phone calls, police would have stopped him. But bec…
8. Thurman v. City of Torrington, 595 F. Supp. 1521 (D. Conn. 1984)
2021, 68 L. Ed. 2d 327 (1981); and Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. v ... Tracey Thurman, was issued in order to protect Charles Thurman, Jr. as well ...
Thurman v. City of Torrington, 595 F. Supp. 1521 (D. Conn. 1984) case opinion from the US District Court for the District of Connecticut
9. MAIMED WIFE STRIKES BLOW FOR JUSTICE - Chicago Tribune
May 18, 1986 · Before the stabbing, Tracey Thurman, now 24, was just another young wife stuck in a bad marriage, apparantly destined to live a private but ...
What I hate the most,” said Tracey Thurman, ”is when they tell me I`m not going to get all better.” From her kitchen window, you could see the rolling hills of northwestern Connec…
10. "I'm going to be scared for the rest of my life' - Tampa Bay Times
Mar 22, 1991 · Tracey Motuzick, then Tracey Thurman, was seeking a divorce when Thurman nearly killed her in 1983. He stabbed her 13 times in the face ...
After her husband beat her and slashed her throat eight years ago, Tracey Motuzick fought back, winning new legal protection for battered women and a landmark lawsuit against the police who...
