That’s a 79 percent increase from 2019, and a 400 percent increase compared to 2018. The Sojourner Family Peace Center says in 2020, there were 50 domestic violence-related homicides in Milwaukee County. “I believe that can be the difference in life or death,” Taylor said. Taylor says it would also require notification to media statewide to broadcast that missing person’s picture and information. She says the Purple Alert would eliminate any waiting periods local police departments may have before launching an investigation. Supervisor Taylor wants the Wisconsin Legislature and Gov. The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors and Milwaukee’s Common Council have already offered unanimous support for the Purple Alert, but for it to make a difference, Taylor says it would have to become state law. However, with domestic violence, we had no such thing,” Supervisor Taylor told TMJ4 News.
“When we think about the AMBER Alert, the Silver Alert, these are alerts we put into the community as an emergency to let people know that something is wrong. Scott-Haney’s push hit home for Milwaukee County Supervisor Sequanna Taylor, a domestic violence survivor herself. “I think that the Purple Alert will help other families have their children or their loved ones returned to them alive,” she said. While Audrey’s former partner is now behind bars serving life in prison, Scott-Haney says she’s still seeking justice by trying to make sure more resources are dedicated to helping find missing domestic violence survivors. “I knew Audrey was missing and they tell me, ‘well, she’s an adult, she can leave, she can take a break,’” Scott-Haney said. Scott-Haney says she still wonders whether police could have done more. She was found dead a couple months after her disappearance. Her daughter, Audrey, went missing four years ago. MILWAUKEE - Wisconsinites have become familiar with Silver, Green and AMBER alerts, but there’s a push in Milwaukee for the state legislature to create a 'Purple Alert' to help find missing and endangered domestic violence survivors.Ĭarrie Scott-Haney knows the pain of losing a loved one to domestic violence.
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