Found murdered in Sonoma July 2005
A Number of Faked or Confusing Stories
She often shared the story on the loss of her grandfather in the Oakland fire. I shared how my friends barely escaped the buildings exploding behind him at the Condos by the Caldecott Tunnel.
Killed in Hit and Run-Oakland, CA (UPDATE) her friends were trying to redirect me, she died from an unknown overdose. Like many cases nothing happens, like Tony it was some elaborate unusual incident.
Through a mutual friend was able to speak to her mother. Story #1 was pushed at me at various open-mics in the East Day
Performed at Ray's Lounge and other open mic
Four months old, was beautiful baby
The Black Rose
A former law clerk at the McNamara Law Firm former assistant to the Harbor Master at the Martinez Marina, & former childcare worker for the City of Concord; she was studying to become a paralegal & longed to become an attorney. But her true passion was her new baby girl & her music. She was an amazing mother, writer, musician & poet, possessing a loving heart & flamboyant spirit. Her sense of humor, kindness & fierce devotion to her loved ones, will be greatly missed. She is predeceased by her grandfather, former Battalion Chief, James Riley, killed during the Oakland Fire in 1991, & grandmother, Marilyn Lawnicki of Louisiana, in 1988. She is survived by her 4 month old daughter, Persephone Walsh, soul mate John Walsh, mother Catherine Riley, father Rick Strand, beloved brother Andrew Strand, grandmother Christine Riley, & a host of uncles, aunts, cousins & friends. Services on Sat. May 25, 2013 at 11:00 a.m., at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 1601 Mary Dr, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the, Kaitlyn B. Strand Memorial Fund, for her daughter, Persephone. Donations can be mailed to Wells Fargo Bank, 1978 Contra Costa Blvd., Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/contracostatimes/obituary.aspx?pid=164831064#sthash.TExcNPdO.dpuf
