European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Magazine Sta Velotis b guitarist with the Punk group sex pistols wat charged with the 1978 murder of his Girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Four months utter tha murder vicious died of a drug overdose. Reaching out to the parents of murder victims by George Esper associated Crossw Hen her 20-year-old daughter was round Slabbed to death in a Manhattan hotel room eight years ago apparently by her Lover Punk Rock Star Sid vicious. Deborah Spungen thought the Only Way to end her own pain was to kill herself instead in Lime she fans armed her Grid into the therapeutic drive so help other parents of murder victims. First she started a Philadelphia chapter of parents of murdered children 1o bring them together of share their a i needed to be in the group to find out How people survived we scarfed in our House with five she a former Philadelphia District attorney attending one of the meetings fold her. It s not enough of sit in shia Oom a Ruwim other parents jus to share your pain you Vegol to gel out there and do something of make this system different last january she opened a victim advocacy office As an offshoot of parents of murdered children providing volunteers to go Mlo court with families to co Lorl them keep them posted on proceedings and help them Wilh other problems. And his fall at age 49. She is Back in school studying at Bryn mawr College for master s degrees in social work and in social policy Law Wilh plans to one Day help shape legislation and lobby for families of murder victims recently she said her pain Over Nancy s death was revived with the release of the movie Sid s Nancy Sid vicious a guitarist wish a Punk group named the sex pistols was charged Wilh Iho ocl. 12.197b, murder but died four months later of a heroin overdose. Spungen who wrote a Book about life with her daughter and Don t want to live this life published in 19b3. Has no plans to s c the movie. Whal s extremely upsetting is people Are congratulating me that i sold my Book As a movie. Ii s not my movie. We voted As a family not to sell the movie because we would have Little contral. But nobody in the business said to us if you Don t sell your movie somebody else is going to make it. Would have sold it under those i cannot even by rain to describe How it Tirls Lovd her alone and leave us alone they Only doing Illo Sensoli Onanzo " Lori Long a spokeswoman for the Samuel gof Irwyn company the dim s distributor said the focus of the movie was Iho deep love Between Sid and Nancy our Iho years. Spungon has saved Lici pain ill inc Reward of helping other parents Evoy wednesday and thursday Voun leers Picc the Hall outside Philadelphia municipal Coli i recmg70. Seeking Oul families of victims to Olff a it preliminary hearing 3 Gnu cell Day a Ivy pc 7 i. I n had but ii killed embraced in til Iho s to Iii. Incl i i. Who Tad Sal evil Herat the Hvarim. Len i d to Hilj arrange psychological cjun.,. I ice a . One of Tho orral services Oll if a /. ? a Hen i saw her reach Culi i of jims around Jonn and Ive had isl Hap pc to me i got the or said Spungen a Lin i i can a Nan a Cuylor Cnoc and change someone s a . That hip i me " Spungen opened \r,.-. / inti an Ini Lul cily Council Grani of $10" Coli cub e Telephone in tic a trial attorney s Ortico n r.,- id program decl or of Rost andafooiit20vo i i Only the pro it received an add.lioni0,-",5 j 1 ice said the advocacy Ollie , n,-.-j, in More than 150 cases from going Mlo cd irl families to helping them fill Oul crime Vicl. c Ilion forms thai help pay for burial Charles Gallagher chief of lir dlr.-. At Tunny s Hom cide ii nil. Said the advocacy c Luid proved invaluable to his Slaff of Ihn i 1. Omptiimis spare the time Loop Kim. � . Ivy it lakes six to nine months for n n-.u to no Loinal i think it s a real gone a i right now we have 280 Alwo homicide ens Inal our main concern is convictions sorrow cities we arc not ahle to give the support and Core no cried to help victims families gel through the her nolo it s hard Lor people to under stand tin delays flip parents of murdered children have Rrjlly Hel Fiory in trying to explain the vagaries of Iho Yoni " some people helped by Iii Vailur Lur is Hrtko i i Nitro volunteers themselves lil Ali juju Lohn Xin 29 year old Daug Hlor Vao Kilk m to p 1. Inti in Rescue Sci from a kidnapper ,. 11 ,.". I Insl accompanying her to court a s hard to describe Yum if. Nol knowing someone also is inure. Someone understands Somoano sort of explaining things Johnson said she now Calls up to 20 people a week to let them know they Are not alone. Spungen said her Nightmare with Ncncy began cars before her death. Nancy threw violent tantrums and mistreated her parents Sisler and brother 5pungr ii a a d she shouted obscenities Al her parents and onco he her Mother with a Hammer. She was sent to a mental institution at Arje 11 by 16, she was a drug add Jill Lalif. She worked in times Square bars As a Topie a. 9.3
