Family of woman strangled during overnight prison visit calls for suspending them
The family of a woman who was strangled last year on an overnight visit with her husband at a California prison said Wednesday that such visits should be suspended until officials can figure out how to prevent similar tragedies.
The family of a woman who was strangled last year on an overnight visit with her husband at a California prison said Wednesday that such visits should be suspended until officials can figure out how to prevent similar tragedies.
Tania Thomas, 47, was killed in July, four months before Stephanie Dowells, 62, was strangled while she was visiting her husband at the same facility, Mule Creek State Prison in Ione.
The Amador County Coroner’s Office recently ruled Dowells’ death a homicide, and Thomas’ husband, Anthony Curry, was charged a week ago with murder in connection with Thomas’ killing. He is scheduled to be arraigned next week.
Stephanie Dowells.Family photo“Something needs to be done, and it should have been done two homicides ago,” said the family’s designated spokesperson, Jeanine Rojo, Thomas’ cousin.
“I’m sick to my stomach that this happened to Tania, but then it happened again just months after her to Stephanie,” she added, “and it should have been prevented.”
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