The non-profit is named after her grandparents: The Robert & Joan Isaacks Foundation.
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While working to solve her grandfather's murder case, Stephanie Holan uncovered a clue. She also recognized a great need for families in a similar situation -- and decided to do something about it.
"Today marks 15 days since my grandfather passed away."
At the same time Stephanie Holan learned her grandfather, Robert Isaacks, was murdered, she discovered more disturbing information.
"I ended up coming across case after case after case in Bandera especially, but the surrounding areas, and seeing that there are so many missing people who have yet to be found or recovered," Holan explained.
Holan is an attorney in criminal law and family law.
She realized the way she's
updating the public on her grandfather's case, not every family has the same resources or legal knowledge.
"There's no book on how to handle the loss of a person in a murder situation -- especially if somebody is missing or you have a loved one that's just missing and you don't know either way," Holan said.
Holan decided she'd put her whole heart into every missing persons case she finds. She says it's what her grandparents would have wanted.
"In the middle of all of this horrible, here's a positive. I started the
Robert & Joan Isaacks Foundation."
The non-profit launched three days ago with three goals:
- Serve the Texas public with the intention of going national
- Raise reward funds to find missing people or suspected criminals
- Work on legislation to make public safety alerts the same in all 50 states
"There's this whole group of individuals that are completely missed by the alert system," Holan explained. "A silver alert can only be issued if they're 65 or older and they have an active diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer's. My grandfather is 88, but he didn't have dementia or Alzheimer's."
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