HANFORD â With National Crime Victimsâ Rights Week coming to a close, the Kings County District Attorneyâs Office is preparing to unveil two new quilts of recognition to compensate for last yearâs cancellation.
According to Julia Patino, victim witness program coordinator for the DAâs office in Hanford, the week will culminate in a live showing of the previous yearsâ quilts at First Baptist Hanford from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. A virtual unveiling will then be held for the 2019 and 2020 quilts.
On each of these, there are patches created by the families of homicide victims from Kings County. For the 2019 quilt, there were nine patches, but last year, that number jumped to 15.