The Silent Killer
Of Teens And Young Adults
Letters To The Publishers
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The letters that you are about to read were written to and hand delivered to the Magazine Publishers of America
(MPA) : www.magazine.org : MPA on April 5, 2004. The MPA represents more than 240 domestic publishing companies with approximately 1,400 titles, more than 80 international companies and more than 100 associate members. The Magazine Publishers of America is located at 810 Seventh Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NT 10019. The main phone number to the MPA is (212) 872-3700. The President of the MPA is Nina Link. On April 5, 2004 Phil Ellenbecker the director of the Dedicated Memorial Parents Group (DMPG) : www.dedicatedmemorial.org : DMPG and Pam Christman met with Michael Pashby former Executive Vice President/General Manager of the Magazine Publishers of America. At the time of this meeting the National Field Selling Association (NFSA) : www.nfsa.com : NFSA was listed on the MPA website as a member of the MPA. Also, the NFSA website listed being a member of the MPA. The NFSA is a trade group that represents the traveling door to door magazine and cleaner sales companies. Phil Ellenbecker and Pam Christman along with five other families lost their children in one of the most devastating vehicular accidents recorded in the history of the state of Wisconsin. The Accident occurred on March 25, 1999 near Janesville Wisconsin: Janesville Wisconsin Van Rollover March 25, 1999 and Memorials Jeremy Holmes an unlicensed "car handler/driver/recruiter" tried to switch seats with a front seat passenger while traveling at 81 mph. Mr. Holmes lost control of the van and it flipped over multiple times ejecting all but 2 of the 14 passengers. In the end seven kids lost their lives and five were permanently maimed for life. They were all selling magazines door to door. They were working for Youth Employment Services a traveling magazine sales crew operated by Choan lane. YES was owned by a magazine sales company by the name of Subscriptions Plus out of Oklahoma owned and operated by Karleen Hillery. Subscriptions Plus and Karleen Hillery were listed on the NFSA website as being members. The magazine subscriptions were cleared through two magazine clearing houses: National Magazine Exchange aka Special Data Processing Corporation: http://specialdata.com : National Magazine Exchange and Publishers Consulting Corporation http://www.mag-full.com : Publishers Consulting Corporation The meeting with Mr. Pashby lasted for two hours. During that time the letters displayed below were hand delivered to Mr. Pashby. Our concerns as parents who have lost children while selling magazines were brought to the attention of Mr. Pashby. Mr. Pashby assured us that our concerns would be shared with the MPA members and with Nina Link the president of the MPA. It was our original goal to meet with Nina Link but she was unavailable for the meeting. Along with the letters we also hand delivered Dedicated Memorial Parents Group posters and asked Mr. Pashby if he would be able to put our posters into some of the teen magazines so that both kids and parents could be alerted to the many dangers involved when employed by a traveling magazine sales crew. We also delivered information on other accidents that have killed magazine sales agents and articles documenting the hideous crimes that continue to plague the door to door sales industry. We also asked Mr. Pashby if he and the MPA could find some way to stop the distribution of their magazines through the clearinghouses to the itinerant traveling magazine sales companies and crews that continue to exploit and abuse children and young adults. Over the past three years since our meeting on April 5, 2004 with Mr. Pashby the Dedicated Memorial Parents Group has continued to supply the MPA with information on sales agent deaths, van accidents, and crimes against homeowners. The mechanism of this communications has for the most part been through emails sent to the MPA. We have also phoned Mr. Pashby and the MPA general counsel Chris Nolan regarding some of the more severe murder cases, rapes, and van accidents. Fact: As of the date of this web post (02/19/07) we the parents of the Janesville Wisconsin van rollover have never received a response from Nina Link or the MPA regarding the letters hand delivered to Mr. Pashby on April 5, 2004. Fact: As of the date of this web post (02/19/07) the Dedicated Memorial Parents Group has never received any positive communications from the MPA regarding our continued requests for the MPA to alert kids and parents of the dangers involved while employed by a traveling magazine sales company. Fact: As of the date of this web post (02/19/07) the Dedicated Memorial Parents Group has never received any positive feedback from the MPA regarding our continued requests to find some way to stop distribution of their magazines through the clearinghouses to the itinerant traveling magazine sales companies and crews that continue to exploit and abuse children and young adults. Fact: As of the date of our meeting with Mr. Pashby on April 5, 2004 the Dedicated Memorial Parents Group has continued to forward information to the MPA regarding van rollovers, van accidents, murdered sales agents, murdered homeowners, raped homeowners and sexually assaulted homeowners with the sincere hope that the MPA would step forward and finally do something to stop the continued loss of life and violence that is now embracing the underbelly of their industry. Fact: On February 17, 2007 Blair Jennifer Dimmick, age 22, a traveling magazine saleswoman was found dead in Marshall, Texas. Fact: On February 10, 2007 Steven Talley ,age 27, a traveling magazine salesman working for Urban Development Solutions was found murdered in the streets of Austin, Texas. Fact: On November 26, 2006 Tracy Onawa Jones age 19 a traveling magazine saleswoman working for Atlantic Circulations, Inc. was found beaten and stabbed to death in Memphis Tennessee. Fact: In the past two months the Dedicated Memorial Parents Group has documented two alleged rapes against homeowners and one alleged statutory rape against a minor. In all three cases traveling magazine salesmen were arrested. Murphy Letter To Nina Link Febuary 2007 Christman Letter To The MPA April 2004 Ellenbecker Letter To The MPA April 2004 Hanson Letter To The MPA April 2004 Lettman Letter To The MPA April 2004 McDaniel Letter To The MPA April 2004 Noffsinger Letter To The MPA April 2004 Roberts Letter To The MPA April 2004 Wisconsin Department of Justice Attorney General Jim Doyle Letter to the MPA 2000 Wisconsin Department of Justice Letter to the MPA To research the traveling door to door sales industry crime wave click on the links below: Door To Door Sales Crimes - Criminal Profiler DMPG Compiled Article Criminal Chronology July 2005 - December 2006 Chronology 2005 - 2006 DMPG Compiled Article Criminal Chronology 1982 - 2005 Chronology 1982 - 2005 Unsolved Rapes and Murders : Wanted Page Blame publishers, not young salespeople
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New York NY A Grim Tour on Magazine Crews Febuary 21, 2007 By IAN URBINA New York Times New York Times: Life on a Magazine Crew View This Video |
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You have reached the Traveling Sales Crews Information Web Site:
Traveling Sales Crews Home Page
This web site is sponsored by the Dedicated Memorial Parents Group
and as such is dedicated to presenting
the violent, destructive and greedy acts that have turned
the Traveling Sales Industry and the Door To Door Sales Industry
into a National Tragedy.
Dedicated Memorial
To understand why we have created these web sites please take a moment
to review our introduction. It will give you a brief but very good
overview of why all parents and kids must become aware of this extremely
dangerous and deadly industry and why all states and the federal government
must pass powerful legislation to stop the child exploitation,
abandonment, rape and murder that has continued to plague
this destructive industry, for decades.
Introduction
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or be abandoned or abused because they are selling magazines or cleaner products or candies door to door, BUT THEY ARE ! The Silent Killer of Teens and Young Adults  Traveling Sales Crews A National Tragedy Facts Manipulated - The Truth Hidden Child Abuse Abandonment Drugs Rape Traffic Deaths Murder The dirty business of sales by exploitation without legal entanglement. Forever Young |
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This website is dedicated to all of the children and families who have suffered at the hands of "traveling sales crews" throughout this country. The purpose of this site is to honor their memories and to aid in the transmission and discovery of recent events, media coverage, legislation and information related to this silent killer of young adults. It is also dedicated to justice and truth with the sincere hope that these virtues will one day overwhelm the illegal and immoral practices that many of the traveling sales crews and door to door companies have engaged in. The Traveling Sales Crews Information site was created to be used as a tool by legislators, law enforcement agencies at all levels, attorneys, and the media for purposes of researching and monitoring the door to door sales industry. Information on this site is also intended to be made available to the general public in an effort to warn parents, children and young adults of the many dangers involved when working for many of the door to door sales companies. |
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Parent Watch Parent Watch is a clearinghouse for information on child and youth labor abuse in the door-to-door-sales industry. Parent Watch Traveling Sales Crews Information A database site that archives news articles, tracks all known illegal activities of the sales crews, and logs criminal complaints and convictions. Traveling Sales Crews Info Magcrew Magcrew is dedicated to helping individuals who have or are currently selling magazines/soap for traveling crews. It is meant to share stories (good or bad) and hopefully help those who feel they were abused by the companies who hired them. It is also intended to help those who are currently selling to get home if they want to. MagCrew Dedicated Memorial Memorials dedicated to all of those who have suffered or perished because of the door to door sales industry. Dedicated Memorial Cagey Consumer Consumer Advocacy. Youth Field Sales Alert State of Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation White Collar Crimes Bureau. Traveling Sales Crews SafeSpaces For Expert Information On Safety in the Workplace. safespaces.com |
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