Her convicted murderer, Brian McCarthy, plead guilty on Thursday, August 13, 1987 and was convicted to 23 years to life for her murder. He was denied parole at his first hearing in 2009. New York State law allows for subsequent parole hearings every 24 months. Every two years, my brother, mother, sister and I meet with the Victim Impact Unit of NYS Corrections Dept to make formal statements to ask for his parole to continue to be denied. Every 24 months we recount the horrific details for her murder and the lack of remorse and repeated offenses that her killer has shown while in prison. Every 24 months, we remind them that in one of his parole hearings, he didn’t even know Katy’s name when asked about his victim. We remind them of the beautiful life that he took and how we miss her every day.

Every 24 months we present our ongoing online petition to the board as a way to remind them that she is not forgotten, and we demand justice for the life he took. Justice demands that he be made to spend every day of his life in prison for taking the life of an innocent victim.

His new wife has two kids from a previous marriage and he brings his son Cleveland Jr. with him. He starts his life over with new friends which include two talking bears, male and female, a British family living as if it was still colonial England and some rednecks. This has Family Guy all over it. The show is a copy of both Family Guy and American Dad. All three shows are about families and there is nothing differant about The Cleveland Show that will set it apart from the other two.

A spinoff about Meg would work better. It would feature Meg as sets off to college with other characters from Family Guy she would interact with. They include Neil Goldman, Connie DiMico, her small clique of friends and even Hayley Smith from American Dad. There would also be new students and professors she would also interact with. This would work because it involves a teenage girl trying to make it on her own in college and the triumphs and difficulties she faces and the people around her. It would be a refreshing change and it would be better than The Cleveland Show which is a black version of Family Guy. Meg would have the spotlight and there would be writers who know how to write for teenage girls.

The Meg bashing would be eliminated and Meg would be a great character. She would get a new look and would have the chance to show off her talents that weren't used or not used enough on the show like bird calling, swimming and playing the drums.

There is no stopping it. It slowly destroys the veterans' muscle cells until the muscles in legs and arms are so horribly wasted away or atrophied the veteran is catastrophically disabled and totally dependent upon constant daily care from others. It can cause dysphagia (the inability to swallow), and in its advanced stages may cause diaphragmatic dysfunction (failure of the diaphragm muscle) resulting in pulmonary failure and the inability to breathe.

Government and academic resources have estimated there are only 15 cases of IBM per million people among the general public. Among U.S. Military veterans, that number increases to 189 cases per million people. Clearly, this is a “service connected” disease.

The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) has regularly refused to recognize IBM and the veterans that suffer from it. As such, a veteran submitting a disability claim is regularly denied any disability benefits.