What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
My mom and I don't talk often and I found out tonight she was recently a victim of rape. The police took certain things, like blankets, a robe, even some jewelry!, etc., to comb for evidence, and the officer says to the victim she probably won't see it again, is there any way to get those things back later? The specific items hold very sentimental value. I'd have thought that once they got all the DNA and such off of it, they're supposed to return it. But she said the officer said she wouldn't see any of it again. Last thing a rape victim needs is to lose items that are very special to her. There is a court hearing Monday.
And what kind of evidence do they think they're going to get from my dead dad's jewelry that was in her jewelry box? Blankets from the bed, what she was wearing, that stuff I can understand.
(I know a lot of rape victims were really people regretting it, but in this case, she's got thick bruises around her neck and on other body parts consistent with assault. So please don't go asking how do I know she was really raped. The type of sex you consent to shouldn't leave bruises around the neck like this and spots where hair was ripped out.)
I don't know how to handle this, what to do or say. She won't come to my place because she's afraid of the two men coming here to try to get her and she's afraid of endangering me and my boyfriend, though my boyfriend would gladly administer a severe ass-beating to anyone who tried to hurt me or her, and he doesn't care if he were to go to jail for defending us.
Okay, I'll stop going off on a tangent. Please help me know if my mom will get her things back. I know getting them right this second won't happen, but her things aren't gone forever, are they? She's not rich and can't afford the permanent loss of most of her blankets, and money can't replace the sentimental value of a couple of them (heirlooms).
My mom and I don't talk often and I found out tonight she was recently a victim of rape. The police took certain things, like blankets, a robe, even some jewelry!, etc., to comb for evidence, and the officer says to the victim she probably won't see it again, is there any way to get those things back later? The specific items hold very sentimental value. I'd have thought that once they got all the DNA and such off of it, they're supposed to return it. But she said the officer said she wouldn't see any of it again. Last thing a rape victim needs is to lose items that are very special to her. There is a court hearing Monday.
And what kind of evidence do they think they're going to get from my dead dad's jewelry that was in her jewelry box? Blankets from the bed, what she was wearing, that stuff I can understand.
(I know a lot of rape victims were really people regretting it, but in this case, she's got thick bruises around her neck and on other body parts consistent with assault. So please don't go asking how do I know she was really raped. The type of sex you consent to shouldn't leave bruises around the neck like this and spots where hair was ripped out.)
I don't know how to handle this, what to do or say. She won't come to my place because she's afraid of the two men coming here to try to get her and she's afraid of endangering me and my boyfriend, though my boyfriend would gladly administer a severe ass-beating to anyone who tried to hurt me or her, and he doesn't care if he were to go to jail for defending us.
Okay, I'll stop going off on a tangent. Please help me know if my mom will get her things back. I know getting them right this second won't happen, but her things aren't gone forever, are they? She's not rich and can't afford the permanent loss of most of her blankets, and money can't replace the sentimental value of a couple of them (heirlooms).