My father,Gerard Charron was brutally murdered on September 13 2001 by Marie Lyons.He was stabbed in the head multiple times while he was sleeping.No chance to fight for his life or defend himself.And he did not die instantly,he suffered.I was 17 years old when this happened and he was the person I was closest to in my family.

Eventually went to trial,the woman who did it received life with the possibility of parole.She had a parole hearing in February of 2019 and was denied.She is up again in February 2023.I am concerned she will get released as she has become a licensed cosmetologist,has a degree from BU,certificates in horticulture and law clerk and from what I read no trouble in prison the last three years.

She does have a long history of violence.I'm asking my mother (and all my family members) to write a victim impact statement as she is the only one who witnessed the abuse my father suffered from her before he was murdered.He confided in her shortly before he died.

I have been hit hardest by his death.I have not been able to put my life back together.When he died,a piece of my Soul,my heart and my brain died.I developed an eating disorder for over a decade that nearly killed me,struggled with substance abuse,was raped and beaten searching for a father figure in an older man,attempted suicide multiple times,diagnosed with multiple mental illnesses including: depression,anxiety,ptsd,insomnia and schizoaffective disorder.I often have flashbacks to the trial,images of my fathers dead body,the look of pain and anger on his face,bits of skull and brain matter scattered around him.His bloody denim jacket he always wore being rolled out as evidence.I can't hold a knife without seeing them reenact how she might have stabbed him.I am currently suffering a relapse in my eating disorder due to finding out about her parole hearing.I am in treatment,have tried everything under the Sun but nothing has helped me.

She took the one person I could have had a beautiful relationship with as an adult,as we have so much in common,particularly writing.I would have loved to share my poetry with him.But I can't. I can't even stand to look in the mirror because I am the only one in the family who looks just like him.

If she gets released I do not know how I would respond to it,I might have a psychotic breakdown,attempt suicide again,it would utterly destroy me.I don't believe murderers should walk free.I believe in a life for a life.

Why should she be given a second chance at life when my father never had the chance to fight for his own? He has missed out on so much,like meeting his grandson which he would have loved so much as he always wanted a son.There is not a day that goes by that I do not cry and think and pray for his Soul.Everyone is my family has struggled and misses him immensely.

I want her to continue serving her sentence,as she should.I was advised on Reddit to make a petition so here I am.Please help me in this fight.My father was a kind,loving,funny generous man who didn't deserve what happened to him.

Justice for Gerard Charron,the loving father we miss so much.Please help keep the murderer off the streets.

Sincerely

Astrid Charron