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Reggie's story has been kept quiet for too long. It's time for exposure, It's time for questions, It's time for answers, it's time for Justice.
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Getting Away With Murder&amp;nbsp;

by Tymme Mitchell


Tymme tells her chilling story of the events that lead up to Reggie's death.




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Last week I received an interesting message on my Facebook messenger. It was from our next door neighbor on New Street in Champaign, Illinois, and it was in regards to that horrible day I and my 4 siblings were viciously attacked on our property. 

Remarkably the message was from the youngest member of the family who had to be 5 or 6 when it all happened.  
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 Reggie at Edison Jr. High School Champaign, Il

 One of his last photos

Read the account leading up to the murder of Reggie Sankey&amp;nbsp;

written by Tymme Mitchell, our mother.

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Prettiest Baby Ever&amp;nbsp;







Classic Reggie





Brothers Larry &amp;amp; Reggie in line to see Santa.






All 5 of us!

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Panhandler supplements disability income with students' spare change

Photo by: Vernon Jones/University of Illinois 

Champaign-Urbana's David Sankey sits on the sidewalk outside a Daniel Street restaurant in February. He says he has panhandled from that Campustown location for years.

Sun, 04/11/2010 - 8:50am 
The News-Gazette

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I am Valorie Sankey of Wichita Falls, TX, a mother of three grown boys. On Sept. 27, 2009, I got the kind of call every mother dreads. My son's girlfriend called from California to tell me that my son had gone missing for several days and was finally found in a park. He was naked and nearly blinded by his own hand. I was stunned, unable to accept what I was</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GNDI_4sQ-19ZuW7a30L9b1HQgIND9UJYgh6z5Ei7bJcnT1rh43jVhd3Get_beza5HRn379nQ0KBCLxAYaLFsERKdES6qetj4mKnVVg4a48G11q_GE9U5sBto5QMh_DdHE3flFg/s72-c/MeAndDaBoyz1.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>info@selahpromotions.com (Selah Promotions )</author></item><item><title/><link>http://valsank.blogspot.com/2009/05/beware-laughter-is-contagious-i-love-to.html</link><category>laugh</category><category>laughing</category><category>laughter</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 02:25:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200037.post-8775279545859584397</guid><description>Beware!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LAUGHTER IS CONTAGIOUS!I love to laugh. I am always laughing about something. O but today!, I learned the meaning of "Split my side laughing, or "die laughing".I laughed so hard, I literally could not breathe, my stomach hurt so bad and I could not stop.I was out shopping with my mom, my sister and a friend of ours. We were getting in the car after a full day, </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><author>info@selahpromotions.com (Selah Promotions )</author></item><item><title/><link>http://valsank.blogspot.com/2009/05/lupus-lupus-go-away-to-all-who-fight.html</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 12:37:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200037.post-5777530838494919660</guid><description>Lupus Lupus Go Away!To all who fight lupus (the wolf)Lupus Lupus Go Away,Leave my body right away.My cells obey my commands, My life is in my God's hand.No longer will you lurk here,No longer are you my fear.My cells are strong and wellLook at me, can't you tell?It's time to say goodbye to you,It is time to bid you adue.Never ever to see you again, Remember, my life is in my Gods hand.Valorie </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>info@selahpromotions.com (Selah Promotions )</author></item></channel></rss>