The Platte County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office is tackling the issue of Victims’ Rights with a breakfast.

The Prosecuting Attorney’s office said the public is invited to attend the free breakfast that will be held at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, April 24, 2015 at the Platte City United Methodist Church located at 14040 Highway N.

The breakfast is part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, which is April 19th-25th. This year’s theme is “Engaging Communities: Empowering Victims.”

“People who have survived being victimized by crime deserve our support. This breakfast is simple way to empower victims and thank those who work to hold offenders responsible for their crimes,” said Eric Zahnd, Platte County Prosecuting Attorney.

The speaker for the breakfast this year will be NaToyia Wilson. Wilson is a crime victim who was a vocal proponent of Constitutional Amendment 2, which allows evidence prior sex crimes to be admitted in child sex abuse trials. Amendment 2 was enacted after garnering support from about 80% of Missouri voters in November 2014.

The breakfast will also feature the presentation of the Tenth Annual Sara Andrasek Memorial Award, which recognizes an individual or entity that has provided particularly outstanding service to crime victims.

Andrasek was pregnant with her first child when she was raped and murdered. Zahnd’s office and the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department were in the final stages of preparing a death penalty case against Wayne Dumond for that when Dumond died while in custody.