By Jessica Taloney Reporter
Published: Mon, March 31, 2008 - 5:59 pm
Last Updated: Thu, April 03, 2008 - 9:04 pm
Last Updated: Thu, April 03, 2008 - 9:04 pm
Jessica Taloney
"She must have been in her late 60s or early 70s," said Simpson. "She just poured her heart out and told me about Becca."
The woman claimed to be 11-year-old Rebecca McEvoy step-grandmother. McEvoy, who in 2006 told family and friends she was raped by her step-father, died in a car accident earlier this year, while waiting for the rape case to go before a grand jury.
Since her death, McEvoy family has fought to have the evidence heard by a judge.
"I thought this might be the one good thing that God would bring from this," said Simpson, who gave the woman $20. "I wanted to do so much more."
After the woman left her house, Simpson, who has a daughter of her own that was brutally raped two years ago, searched the Internet hoping to find Rebecca's family and offer more help. But, instead she learned the woman at her door was running a scam.
"That's no one we even know," said Rhonda Wheelus, Rebecca's cousin, who says her family first learned about the scam Sunday when a church member told them they donated!
Wheelus says a fund for Rebecca's family is set up at Compass Bank in Rebecca McEvoy name. The family has also created an online petition to lobby lawmakers to create some kind of legislation so sexual assault causes don't risk being dropped if the victim dies.
Rebecca's family will be in court April 2nd when a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence to send her case to a grand jury.
Rebecca's stepfather, who at the time was also a Chickasaw police officer, is charged with raping the eleven year old.
Family members say Rebecca gave statements to investigators and to counselors before she died.
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