Cleveland East 93rd Street Serial Murders anniversary rally and vigil to be held March 28, 2018 at Bessemer and East 93rd Street at 5 pm to remember murder victims Jazmine Trotter, 20, Ashley Leszyeski, 21, Christine Malone 45, Jameela Hasan, 37 and Alianna DeFreeze, 14, whose killer, other than that of Alianna, remains at large....."We have asked city officials to update us at the rally and vigil on these cold cases that continue to haunt the Black community and we need to be assured that city officials are doing everything possible to seek to eradicate violence against women and girls in this largely Black major American city, particularly Black and poor victims of heinous violence that are sometimes discounted " said Cleveland activist Kathy Wray Coleman, who leads the grassroots group Imperial Women Coalition....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

.Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- Activists, family members of the murdered victims, and the community in general, will remember Cleveland East 93rd Street area murder victims Jazmine Trotter, 20, Ashley Leszyeski, 21, Christine Malone, 45, Jameela Hasan, 37 and Alianna DeFreeze, 14 during a rally and vigil at 5 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at East 93rd Street and Bessemer Avenue in Cleveland, the day five years ago the dead body of Christine Malone was found at Bessemer and East 93rd Street in a vacant field. (For more information contact the Cleveland-based Imperialwomencoalition.com Tel: (216) 659-0473 Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com).

The aforementioned were murdered on the city's largely Black east side along a two mile strip from East 93rd Street and Bessemer Avenue up to Harvard Avenue.

All of the victims are Black, other than Leszyeski, a west side Cleveland resident who was found dead in a vacant field with a hand cut off. 

The bodies of Trotter and DeFreeze were discovered at abandoned homes.

Hasan was stabbed 17 times in an east side apartment. 

Cleveland teen murder victim Alianna DeFreeze, 14, and
her killer, Christopher Whitaker, who faces the death penalty

Their killer, aside from Alianna, whose killer, Christopher Whitaker, was convicted of her murder this year and will be sentenced March 26 before Judge Carolyn Friedland, remains at large. 

Community activists and the murder victims families want answers as to the city's assertiveness in finding the killer or killers and an update from city officials on cold cases regarding murdered and raped women and girls, Black and poor women and girls in particular. 

"We have asked city officials to update us at the rally and vigil on these cold cases that continue to haunt the Black community and we need to be assured that city officials are doing everything possible to seek to eradicate violence against women and girls in this largely Black major American city, particularly Black and poor victims of heinous violence that are sometimes discounted " said Cleveland activist Kathy Wray Coleman, a key organizer of the event who leads the grassroots group Imperialwomencoalition.com 

Speakers include three of Malone's eight surviving children, state Rep Bill Patmon, Cleveland Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin, and activists Kathy Wray Coleman, Genevieve Mitchell, Fatima Chui, Khalid Samad, Alana Garrett, Don Bryant, Gail Sparks, Dick Peery, Patrice Brown and Alfred Porter Jr.

Hasan was murdered in December of 2012, Malone and Trotter, both in March of 2013, Leszyeski in May of 2013, and DeFreeze, in January of 2017.

Affiliated activist groups include Imperial Women Coalition, Women's March Cleveland, International Women's Day March Cleveland,Clevelandurbannews.com, Black Man's Army, Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, National Council of Negro Women-Cuyahoga Coiunty Chapter Find Our Children-Missing- Ebony Alert, Rebuilding Our Village and Protecting Our Children's Safety, Peace in the Hood, Black on Black Crime Inc, Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, the People's Forun, the Task Force for Community Mobilization, Black Empowerment Makes a Difference (BEMAD), Carl Stokes Brigade.

.Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.