Hope Malcom Maltz

This week marks the 35th year since the day my brother, David Malcom, was murdered while managing the local American Red Cross emergency shelter. Last year, I wrote an open letter to you, the Ithaca community, to ask for your support in calling for renewed efforts by the authorities to achieve resolution in David's case. (Sister of murder victim seeks answers 34 years later | Guest Opinions | ithaca.com) I asked you to reach out and contact people in positions to act.

An Open Letter to the People of Ithaca, New York; Law Enforcement, the Justice System, and the American Red Cross: My brother, David Malcom, was murdered at the American Red Cross emergency shelter he managed in Ithaca, New York, 34 years ago this week, February 11, 1987. His sudden loss, and the sheer violence of it, was catastrophic for me. It was decades before I realized that I, too, was a victim of this crime.