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Yesterday, I was nervous as much as my family was when the defendant that showed up for his sentencing for stalking. However, it was not the first time I have had to deliver a victim impact statement in a court of law. The last time that happened Bill Clinton was President of the United States, Evan Bayh was Indiana Governor, Paul Helmke was mayor of Fort Wayne, and I was recently promoted to the 7th grade at R. J. Baskett Middle School living in Van Buren, Indiana. That was on July 27, 1995, when I faced Olivia Rozlyn Walker in the Grant County Courthouse when she was sentenced to life in prison for arson to my childhood home. Last August, Olivia Walker died in the Indiana Women’s Prison.
Twenty-eight years and four months (or 10,350 days) later, I was in the same position when I faced a different defendant who stalked me. I compared the actions to what Robert John Bardo did to Rebecca Schaefer on July 18, 1989, and Kevin James Loibil to Christina Grimmie on June 10, 2016.
I delivered some of what I said in my victim impact statement to the Honorable Judge David Zent on Monday, November 27, 2023, and from the moment I was called to deliver the victim impact statement, I already had the feeling compared to being dis-enrolled from Indiana Wesleyan University on Thursday, September 27, 2001. However, I knew from what the defendant’s statement before being sentenced on November 27, 2023 was no different than what Olivia Walker said before sentencing on July 27, 1995.
Nonetheless, here is my full Victim Impact Statement I wrote as part of what I delivered in the Allen Superior Court on November 27, 2023. It was never more powerful yet chilling. Note what was spoken is in bold.
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Your honor:
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In the interest of the court, I want to state the effects that the criminal actions of the defendant, Caleb Dahlkamp, has had on me.
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First off is what do Rebecca Schaefer, Christina Grimmie, and yours truly (Ava Zinn) have in common? Prior to the crime in question, one will say they had nothing in common aside from the fact they are celebrities of some kind (Rebecca Schaefer was an aspiring actress, Christina Grimmie was an aspiring pop singer, and yours truly a broadcast journalist/MMJ and film/television producer/director as well as a retired webmaster). As of 2019, yours truly (Ms. Zinn), Ms. Schaefer, and Ms. Grimmie, were victims of stalking by crazed fans with yours truly left standing while Ms. Schaeffer and Ms. Grimmie are no longer with us.
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Since the crime, as much as I would love the luxury of enjoying my home, I go there with a certain amount of fear. In addition to the already $25,000 and 10 years spent preparing for the move from Marion to Fort Wayne from 2008 to 2018, I have spent a large amount of time and sum of money safeguarding my home with as many as six on-duty security guards, five Blink indoor cameras, two Blink outdoor security cameras (which have caught the defendant in the act), and a Ring doorbell (that also caught not only the defendant in the act, but also an unrelated a rude property manager and a bullying maintenance guy), all of which have become quite successful until October 27, 2023 when my current landlord asked me to take the outdoor security cameras down just as I was starting to recover from the incident even though I have reason to believe similar crimes to what I have already experienced are going to happen again.
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From the moment the defendant committed the crime until October 27, 2023, I was feeling that I had a sense of security and safety with the security cameras and without the outdoor security cameras—the same security cameras that caught the defendant in the act and the same security cameras that I had to take down at my current home, I now feel very little security and little safety in addition to the preexisting security precautions that I have put in place since at least 2002, such as leaving the lights on 24/7 (among other security measures that I won’t go into further details) (I often leave the exhaust fans in my bathroom and kitchen on as well as leaving my big television on mostly to Spotify for my cat Caprice and my dog Gabriella “Ella”). When I am at my home [with my family] (with my cat and dog and to an extent my wife and two children), I try to enjoy myself with the things I enjoy prior to the incident, but most of the time, I find myself constantly on alert, if not an extreme terror level red (the same Terror Alert Color Codes the United States Homeland Security used after 9/11). When I am away to go to visit my wife, at the grocery store, attending college (currently IvyTech Fort Wayne and pending admission to Purdue Fort Wayne), a restaurant, attending a meeting with my employees or consultants, or fulfilling my duties as a film/TV producer/director and broadcast journalist, I am also on high alert to the point where I am now considering obtaining a body cam that my security team and many FWPD officers wear as well as a bulletproof vests just to feel as safe and secure as possible.
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Aside from the emotional trauma the defendant has caused, there is a significant unrelated financial and physical health impact to yours truly such as the fact I have since been diagnosed with type II diabetes and high blood pressure. Along with the aforementioned security measures I mentioned, I haven’t been to live the life that I wanted to live as I had intended to when I relocated from Marion, Indiana to Fort Wayne on the afternoon of May 14, 2018, under the law, I must divulge any criminal acts occurring in my home or around my home—whether it is disclosed by yours truly or one of my security guards.
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As of today, I’m currently in the process of finding another place to live that allows the existing security measures I already implemented and finding a home that allows outdoor security monitoring of which my current landlord should’ve been aware of and finding another place to live that meets or exceeds my needs have been difficult because this is not the first time that vandalism have occurred in my presence.
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The actions of the defendant have added to already catastrophic cost that I have dealt with emotionally, mentally, physically, and financially. This has deeply affected my family, the people that love me, my children (past and present), my grandchildren, my extended family, my friends in Grant County and Fort Wayne, my consultants and employees of my company because they are afraid that I could’ve been shot, stabbed, strangled, raped, molested, or beaten to death when the defendant committed the horrible act of stalking—the same stalking act that took the lives of Christina Grimmie on June 10, 2016 and Rebecca Schaeffer on July 18, 1989.
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Due to the defendant’s actions and without the right support that I still need, I no longer feel anywhere as much safe anymore without assistance, whether it is that of one of my security guards, security monitoring—the latter of which is without regard to what my current lease states or even if security monitoring inside and out is prohibited by such a lease.
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I already have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder due to being in five unrelated abusive relationships in 1997, 2010, 2011, 2018, and 2020; being a victim of three unrelated three rapes/sexual assaults in 2002, 2010, and 2015, two vandalisms in 1998 and 2001, and an arson in 1994. At any likelihood, I will probably remain in treatment, counseling, and therapy for the rest of my life or the next 20-25 years in addition to my own gender transition that began in 2004 as well as unrelated injuries I sustained in a bicycle accident in 2020 and a major back spasm in 2022.
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The actions of the defendant have greatly impacted my life since I was dis-enrolled from Indiana Wesleyan University on September 27, 2001 in Marion because I was unable to adapt to the college life at that time and I have gone through the hardships that I went through for 16 years, losing a major scholarship, dealing with a s***-load of trauma due to the death of my mother and suicide of my brother plus 16 years of abuse I went through.
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Since the incident, I have had moderate nightmares and flashbacks to the point where on most nights I am unable to sleep and take naps during the day. I will always be afraid that someone will break into my home to cause catastrophic harm to not only myself, my family, even my cat Caprice, or even my dog Ella. I have no faith or trust in some people like I did compared to nearly 25 years ago yet what the defendant did not take is my faith and my sanity. My children [Samantha (1993-2020), Thomas (1997-2006), Tiffani (1999-2021), Sheryl (1999-2009), Tabitha (2003-2018), Kenneth (2015-2018), Sierra, and Lyssa], my nieces (Leeanna, Shayla, and Renee), my nephew (Michael I “Weasel”), my grandchildren (Alisan, Michael II, Leah, Pia, and Christina), my grand-nieces (Clarissa, Siobhan, Elsie, Vanniza, Matilda “Tilly”, and Cara), my grand-nephews (Bradley “Bender” and Yancy), and my six cousins (Sharon Sprinkle, Patricia Purvis, Linda Renbarger, Ragina Purvis, Sarah Zickgraf) are also afraid because they are all I have left. My children and my grandchildren do not want to go out to play when they visit me because they fear that the defendant or someone will try to hurt or even molest them. Additionally, my dog is afraid to go outside to use the restroom because she fears that the defendant or someone will try to hurt them with their hands or by using an automobile.
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The horribly heinous crimes committed by the defendant also had an overall deep impact on my family who between the day of the crime to today is the fact two of my daughters—Samantha and Tiffani—passed away from unrelated diabetes complications as the stress of the crime caused by the defendant gravely impacted their health to deteriorate.
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The defendant should be very damn lucky in 2023 compared to Robert Bardo in 1989 and Kevin Loibil in 2016 were as I have lived through far worse than stalking and have not been the same since the incident. Prior to the crime, I only drank an alcoholic beverage once every one to three months—today that amount has increased to a drink or two almost every week as well as the occasional drinking binges in addition to smoking cigarettes since 1997. Additionally, prior to the crime I was 140 pounds and today I am closer to 300 as I use food to cope as much as I do by smoking cigarettes outside/vaping nicotine inside and drinking beer, vodka, and Long Island Iced Tea as well as using CBD oil/marijuana as of 2021. The healing process will take me at least 30 years to fully recover.
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However, despite the help that I received from the FWPD Victim Assistance and renter’s insurance, the incident caused me to lose even more than the sense of security, safety, and welfare. What the defendant stole is even worse than when a crazed fan ruins a major event. It is even worse because this is someone that I thought was a fan who appreciated my work turned out to be another Robert John Bardo or Kevin James Loibil.
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I lost a few deals, yet I still managed to do well as a student about to graduate from IvyTech Fort Wayne and continuing my education to Purdue Fort Wayne without the 21st Century Scholarship I already lost in 2009.
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People should not be able to commit crimes like this and get away with it. The emotional and financial impact will be felt for years to come. I believe Mr. Dahlkamp needs to spend at least three years in prison and the $10,000 fine for this crime. I know this because back in 1994, my brother was a victim of stalking, and it’s time that he be held accountable for his actions.
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I would ask the court to consider granting me an extended restraining order against Mr. Caleb Dahlkamp for at least 25 years to life upon his release from prison. I am afraid of him and what he might try to do to me or my home in the future. Additionally, I respectfully add to the record that, as a favor, a court order stating that I am allowed to put outdoor security cameras regardless of whether or not my current and future leases allow such cameras.
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Thanks for understanding,
<cite>Aeverine Frathleen “Ava” (Zinn) Nieves (November 27, 2023 Official Victim Impact Statement)</cite></blockquote>
Then it was the defendant’s turn to give his statement and I knew nothing he said in 2023 made any difference as I heard a similar statement from Olivia Walker in 1995, but I remember hearing something about the “Golden Rule” but by then I knew it was already too late when Judge Zent announced the sentence of one year–I realized I already made the right decision.
I had only learned just 18 hours before I left to catch the Fort Wayne CitiLink for the Allen County Courthouse that the mother of one of my good friends unexpectedly passed away–Mrs. Paulette Battishill. It was the third such individual with ties to the Mississinewa Consolidated Schools after my high school guidance counselor and my middle school librarian, the sixth influential person of mine after Jerry Springer (one of my broadcasting idols that got me into broadcast journalism), Bob Barker (who inspired me to become a vegetarian in 2014), and Bob Knight as well as the ninth overall in 2023 alone (after my fellow Vote for the Girls Purple Team North teammate Kendra Ray, my security guard Hank Cash, and my father-in-law Phil Sorensen). I had a heavy, heavy heart going in. I had not been feeling like myself from a month earlier (on the same afternoon Hank Cash passed and a month before on 10/27/2023, everything stopped where it was and another security guard of mine, George Williamston, alerted me of a fateful letter that would eventually have all of the ingredients of what came to be…. Fort Wayne’s Version of 9/27.
I do sincerely thank my security guards of Hank Cash (posthumously), George Williamston, and Rachelle Walters for making the move from Marion to Fort Wayne in 2018 and I knew they were the right security guards when my late mother hired Hank and George in 1999 as well as hiring Rachelle in 2009. Additionally, with my cat Caprice and dog Ella on alert, I knew Caprice and Ella were going to be heroes.
That being said, moving forward from this point on, I have made a decision not to renew my lease at my current home after June 1, 2024 despite my best efforts to get things resolved and with the fact that what I know what my best interests are for my family, my family, my employees, and my consultants, the environment in my current neighborhood on the northeast side of Fort Wayne on Saint Joe Road is no longer living up to my expectations.
I have simply run out of options and have no quick options to improve things at my current home at the moment until I find a home that is willing to work with me without issues or problems. I am planning to begin the process to find a new place for Caprice, Ella, and myself (as well as to a lesser extent my wife Breeanna and my twin daughters Lyssa and Sierra on a part-time basis as Breeanna has her own place and is currently not on my lease as Caprice and Ella are on my lease) to live that does meet the needs with the Section 8 Voucher, but that will take four to six months at most.
In the end, I feel that I know I have made the right decisions after November 27, 2023–a day that will forever live in Fort Wayne infamy as much as September 27, 2001 was when I lived in Marion.
NOTE: In the fall of 2021, I incorporated this story into a three-part season two episode of Caprice & Ella.
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<description><![CDATA[As the retired webmaster of Aeverine Zinn Holdings, I am proud to announce the release of the newly-remodeled AvaZinn.com. It is currently live as of 5:00 AM Eastern Time on March 17, 2023, and is located at the same address: http://www.avazinn.com/. To get to the main site via AvaZinn.com, you will have to click on […]]]></description>
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As the retired webmaster of Aeverine Zinn Holdings, I am proud to announce the release of the newly-remodeled AvaZinn.com. It is currently live as of 5:00 AM Eastern Time on March 17, 2023, and is located at the same address: http://www.avazinn.com/. To get to the main site via AvaZinn.com, you will have to click on the Official Website (there are also options for other Aeverine Zinn Digital Media and Aeverine Zinn Retail Venues sites to enter) or type http://main.avazinn.com and update bookmarks accordingly. The new AvaZinn.com has been crafted to be faster than ever, easier to navigate, and more user-friendly. While keeping the design consistent with the former, we moved to a more client-centric layout. We welcome visitors with featured content focused on our mission to provide excellence. As the previous version of AvaZinn.com, consistently ongoing spam attacks over the last two years, causing the site to crash on five occasions and having to rebuild the site to where it is now. More and more of Ava’s fans read about yours truly on mobile devices, therefore I did everything to improve mobile usability further in order to offer them an even better user experience. I also launched the AZ blog with the site at this address: http://main.avazinn.com/. The blog will provide the most accurate and up-to-date news and information, as well as knowledge and expertise in the field. This includes Press Releases, Breaking News Alerts, etc. The Aeverine Zinn Digital Media Group web team of Karly Jameson, Malitia “Thia” Tola and Kendra Ray worked collaboratively with yours truly to put together a new website rich in information to be used as a resource just for you. The website will feature new types of rich content and will be updated on a regular basis, with news of events as well as new interesting content.
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<description><![CDATA[MARION (AVA ZINN) – No resident of a local school district, let alone a parent of a middle school student, wants to have the daunting task of having to post on one of their own. On May 6, 2013, I find myself in that position. It was an incredibly difficult Monday afternoon for the Marion […]]]></description>
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MARION (AVA ZINN) – No resident of a local school district, let alone a parent of a middle school student, wants to have the daunting task of having to post on one of their own. On May 6, 2013, I find myself in that position. It was an incredibly difficult Monday afternoon for the Marion community after school officials say a seventh-grade girl hanged herself at the junior high school. The parents of the other students were baffled at how this could happen during the school day.
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Braylee Rice (COURTESY WRTV)
Marion Police along with Marion Community Schools are investigating the death of a 7th-grade student at McCulloch Junior High School, 3528 South Washington.
Grant County Coroner Stephen Dorsey reported that Rice used a necktie she frequently wore. The preliminary cause of death is being ruled as suicide by hanging, and an autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday).
Superintendent Steve Edwards says the likes of this case are something he’s never seen before in his experience in education.
At a news conference Monday afternoon, the Grant County coroner said Braylee Rice, 14,  hanged herself by the track bleachers at the middle school. Dorsey said the girl used her own tie she was wearing to hang herself from the bleachers.
School officials said there was “no indication at this point it was a bullying situation” but police are investigating the circumstances.
Grief counselors will be made available to students for the rest of the week.
“This is a tragic situation,” said Marion Community Schools superintendent Stephen Edwards.
According to the school district, the Grant County coroner’s office has been in contact with Braylee’s family.
Students were kept in their classrooms for the day, instead of moving from class to class or being released early, but school officials stressed that the building was not on lockdown, and many parents opted to pick up their children. “In light of the tragic circumstances, we decided, after consulting with the State Department of Education, to keep the school in session today on a modified schedule. Out of concern for the safety of those children who may have gone home to empty houses, we opted to keep the school open and in session,” the district said in a statement. School officials said counseling was provided to students during school hours and on the bus that Rice rode.
Marion Deputy Police Chief Cliff Sessoms is urging anyone who may have any information regarding the apparent suicide death of Braylee Rice to call Marion Police detectives at 662-9981.
This is a developing story that will be updated. This story reflects information that has been confirmed to Ava Zinn at this time. Stay with Ava Zinn (in person and online) for a full report, or refresh this page.
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My family is deeply saddened by the terrible tragedy of today’s events at McCullogh Middle School. Rags, Tabby, and Ashli are also saddened by the deep shock and sorrow of Braylee’s death. My thoughts and prayers are with the family of Miss Rice.
<h3 class="wp-block-heading">What friends are saying:</h3>
A few of the status updates from Facebook, I wanted to post on AvaZinn.com…. Tiara (Shepperd) Stapleton: My heart goes out to the family of Braylee Rice. Its a sad world that kids get bullied then thinking the only way out is to kill themselves. As a parent we worry about so many things now we have to worry about our kids taking their own lives because of mean a** kids. This is a dark time we live in more n more horrible things keep getting worse and trying to find the beauty in life is being covered up by so much negativity. Its time to turn this around and start blighting up all the positives there are in this world. Prayers being sent out to this little girl and hope that this is a major wake up call for bullies, parents, children go talk to your loved ones or a trusted adult for help.
Tasha J. (Mangold) Simon: OK I’m gonna say this… but I Hope I don’t upset anyone. This poor little girl hasn’t even been gone for 12 hours and They r already having a candlelight vigil for her??? Is something wrong with this picture or is it just me??
Elicia Bockover: My lil cousin @ 14 yrs old took her own life.What a tragic day it has been.PLZ KEEP HER N UR THOUGHTS.PRAY FOR HER MOM,DAD,BROTHERS AND SISTERS.HER GMA,AUNTS,UNCLES,FRIENDS,ECT.KEEP THEM ALL N UR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.R.I.H.BRAYLEE RICE.U WILL B MISSED BABY GIRL
Jenn Ricks: Prayers go out to the loved ones of the little girl from McCullough Middle School…my daughter is only a few years younger then she was…I cant even imagine wat the family is going through right now…so sad
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I will never forget April 3, 2009. It was kind of a late April Fool’s joke that will be featured on the series finale of “Amanda and Elisa.”
On that series finale–Amanda and Elisa will finally do something for the first time ever. The hint: the last time I did this was over 24 years ago in Van Buren, Indiana. The date was November 23, 1985. 
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 November 23, 1985 was the last time I watched a WRTV late newscast with Clyde Lee and Howard Caldwell. Eight thousand five hundred and thirty-one days later, it is from WXIN’s morning newscast, with Scott Jones (formerly of WANE-TV) and Gene Cox filling in…. It was two men anchoring.
I imagine a lot of people will say, “Thank you for confronting your fear, Ava” or even something better.
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<title>Still Looking for First Home to Buy</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After finding out I wouldn’t be able to purchase my first home due to not having enough funding, I found out from a mortgage company in Marion about the home I planned to purchase, after finding out the home actually violated a county code stating that fuse boxes are actually illegal.   After taking the […]]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[After finding out I wouldn’t be able to purchase my first home due to not having enough funding, I found out from a mortgage company in Marion about the home I planned to purchase, after finding out the home actually violated a county code stating that fuse boxes are actually illegal.
 
After taking the fuse box into consideration, I told the realtor(s) that are selling the home at 415 W 10th “NO DEAL!”
 
However, it turns out from the mortgage company that I spoke to states that the home price must be at least $15,000 (I am now looking at a home priced between $16,000 to $24,000.)
 
UPDATE (12/15/08): If I play my cards right, the only costs I would have to pay are at least $450 but not more than $600. The home that I would be moving to will (90 percent) most likely result in receiving Fort Wayne and Indianapolis stations. There are two other homes that I do plan on looking at.
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<title>Franky Zinn announces gender transition</title>
<link>http://avazinn.com/2003/12/15/franky-zinn-announces-gender-transition/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A divorce and marriage announcement that is shocking for the Mississinewa High School Class of 2001 Alumni. The 20-year relationship between yours truly and living as a male is over. Instead, yours truly will be hitching up with the female gender identity named “Ava.” The decision to come out as a transgender woman and identify […]]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A divorce and marriage announcement that is shocking for the Mississinewa High School Class of 2001 Alumni. The 20-year relationship between yours truly and living as a male is over. Instead, yours truly will be hitching up with the female gender identity named “Ava.” The decision to come out as a transgender woman and identify as a lesbian is over a Zinn family fulfillment.
 
If you have been in the family of the late Margaret Zinn, you’ve seen her as a longtime employee of NoSirGifts, the mother of the late Albert Zinn, an Eastbrook High School Class of 1996 graduate and an automotive mechanic. The late Margaret Zinn had two sons, Albert and Frank. But within ten years, Margaret’s youngest son will be undergoing a gender transition from male to female and the late Albert Zinn will be the only son of the late Margaret Zinn. What does that mean for you–a loyal friend and fan of Franky Zinn?
 
“As a woman, I will still pursue a typical relationship with females. I’m still going to be a father. I’m still going to continue the typical male chores. I will not be wearing male underclothes and I will not be wearing any male clothes like a suit, dress shirt, and tie,” commented Zinn.
 
Zinn says that living as a woman and becoming a lesbian is more contemporary, and it is what people want to see.
 
“As a male, I am not attracting the young female demographics, and I am not attracting the new generation, the new generation of socialism.”
 
Franky Zinn is part of a developing group of biological males that are part of a new Indiana law that prohibits discrimination against someone’s sexual orientation and gender identity. In return for leaving the male gender and joining up with the female gender, INTRAA, or the Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy and Alliance, plans on seeing Zinn as a major coup.
 
And the marriage between Frank and Angela, a biological male and female, will be biologically straight, but Ava and Angela will be lesbians.
 
“More people say to me since high school, ‘I know you like women a little bit older than you, and you have a hard time pursuing a relationship, I just can’t see you as a gay guy.’ So, I think, I will be able to convert future relationships with women in the event should Angela and I divorce to lesbians,” added Zinn.
 
Aeverine “Ava” Zinn’s decision to live her life authentically represents an important step forward, both for her personally and for all who are committed to advancing discussions about fairness and equality for transgender people. Coming out as a transgender woman and lesbian is an extremely personal decision and one that is never made lightly. We look forward to hearing Ava’s story in her own words in the future. We do encourage media outlets to cover this story accurately, as we do with all other public figures, and to avoid speculation about the details of Ava’s story before she is ready to tell it in her own words. The Associated Press Stylebook calls on media to use the name and pronoun preferred by the transgender person – in this case, referring to her as Ava and using female pronouns.
 
The changes are scheduled to be taking place next year.
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<title>My thoughts about the deaths of my mother and brother</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2002 19:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The outpouring of support following my mother’s death in May 2002 overwhelmed the family that she left behind. Of course, there was no autopsy done on my mother. So I obtained a report from Ball Memorial Hospital, and after I read the medical reports, which became a shocker!   On April 4, 2002, she left […]]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The outpouring of support following my mother’s death in May 2002 overwhelmed the family that she left behind. Of course, there was no autopsy done on my mother. So I obtained a report from Ball Memorial Hospital, and after I read the medical reports, which became a shocker!
 
On April 4, 2002, she left the hospital AGAINST THE ADVICE AND RECOMMENDATION of the physician and Ball Memorial Hospital. That meant there was a “warning sign” that I missed until AFTER HER DEATH! Sylvia O’Brien, my mother’s nurse, and I found my mother in a pool of dark red blood consistent with melena. That was on April 23, 2002. Days later, Dr. Nicki Turner found her esophagus that showed varicose with red wheal markings and a clot shown on the varix.
 
My mother was admitted to the Marion hospital in a comatose. Twenty-four hours later, she was admitted to the Ball Memorial Hospital. Her abdomen was distensed and tense. A therapeutic and diagnostic paracentus was completed. She continued to have focal seizures and did very poorly. The hospital adjusted her fluid, but she accumulated multiple liters of ascitic fluid. Despite three separate drainages, my mother re-accumulated the ascities. The hospital had several discussions with Albert and myself, Albert chose to “remove the ventilator” and I DID NOT choose to “remove the ventilator.” Since Albert was next of kin, the hospital went with Albert’s decision. On May 10, 2002, the hospital made her a NO CODE and she passed away.
 
The reason why my mother died is that she did NOT get her way with many things. So that is what I believe what happened to my mother. I will believe this—no one else will ever know! But according to my case coordinator at Cornerstone, Steve Cooper, there was nothing that I missed. I was told AFTER MAY 10, 2002, because my mother did NOT tell me the deciding factor to leave the hospital because she was going to die anyway! She was later cremated on May 28, 2002.
 
My brother’s death—that is a whole different story. Albert died shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday at Pine Lake, Berne. According to the Adams County Sheriff’s Department, Albert had been sliding down a zip line that ran from a tower into the water. Ruth Shoop told Albert not to go into the swimmers’ area, and he did so anyway. Upon reaching the water, Albert did not resurface at all. The paramedics began CPR on Albert after lifeguards recovered his body from the lake at 6:23 p.m., Adams County Coroner Leslie L. Cook said, adding that an autopsy revealed Albert died of asphyxiation. Ms. Cook said that I had told authorities that Albert was not a very good swimmer. Funeral arrangements were still pending as of August 13, 2002, she said.
 
Albert was a mechanic at Leroy’s Automotive Service. My grand-godmother (Elanor Nieves,) my cousins, Sharon, Linda, Patty, and I are the only family members that are left in the Zinn family. His funeral was held on August 17, 2002, at 10 a.m. at Bethel Worship Center, 1715 East 38th Street (across from the VA Hospital), with the Reverend Gary Dalton officiating. Burial was at Grant Memorial Park.
 
40.54132898500723, -85.67840629162181 is the area where Albert is buried.
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<title>Albert Zinn (1977-2002)</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2002 23:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Frank Zinn (August 10, 2002 7:56 PM) –There is another death in the Zinn family. 24-year-old Albert Zinn died at Pine Lake in Berne, Indiana at 6:04 PM. The brother of yours truly, was an employee at Leroy’s Automotive Service, 2218 West Ninth Street in Marion. He was a member of the Bethel Worship Center […]]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Frank Zinn (August 10, 2002 7:56 PM) –There is another death in the Zinn family. 24-year-old Albert Zinn died at Pine Lake in Berne, Indiana at 6:04 PM. The brother of yours truly, was an employee at Leroy’s Automotive Service, 2218 West Ninth Street in Marion. He was a member of the Bethel Worship Center in Marion. He was born to the late Willis F and Margaret H. Zinn in LaGrange, Illinois. He was a 1996 graduate of Eastbrook High School and a 2001 graduate of IVY Tech State College.
Survivors include brother, Frank (myself); a sister-in-law, Angela Nieves; maternal grandgodmother, Elanor Nieves, Irondale (Birmingham), Alabama; three sons, Michael “Weasel”, Landon “Later”, and Baxter; two daughters, Shayla “Sooner” and Renee; some very special friends: Roger and Joyce Knodereer, Robert and Tina Craven, Ruth Shoop, John Lopez all of Marion, and John Tetrick, Noblesville.
Services: Gholar and Gholar Funeral Home, 526 South McClure Street, is working on the information and will be on the “Chronicle-Tribune” and will be at Bethel Worship Center Saturday, August 17, 2002 at 10:00 AM. Visitation: There was be a visitation. Burial will be at Grant Memorial Park on Monday, August 19, 2002.
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<title>Margaret Zinn (1943-2002)</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2002 18:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[At 2:25 PM May 10, 2002, the Zinn family lost a member and the Marion (IN) community has lost a friend.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[At 2:25 PM May 10, 2002, the Zinn family lost a member and the Marion (IN) community has lost a friend.
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<title>September 27, 2001: A date that will live in infamy</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ORIGINALLY POSTED: 11:15 AM September 27, 2001 UPDATED: 4:00 PM September 27, 2001 A Family’s Desperate Hour. Classmates devastated. Shortly before 9:00 am Thursday, Frank Zinn reported for classes at Indiana Wesleyan University like any other student. He would not make it through the day. That fateful morning over at Room 250, he was in […]]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[ORIGINALLY POSTED: 11:15 AM September 27, 2001 
UPDATED: 4:00 PM September 27, 2001
<h2>A Family’s Desperate Hour. Classmates devastated.</h2>
Shortly before 9:00 am Thursday, Frank Zinn reported for classes at Indiana Wesleyan University like any other student. He would not make it through the day.
That fateful morning over at Room 250, he was in Jerry Harrell’s office and Zinn was informed he was dismissed or dis-enrolled.
Here is the letter Zinn shared that is edited from the original.
<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">Dear Mr. Zinn,
In the past four weeks at Indiana Wesleyan University, it has become apparent that the environment is not conducive for you to gain the education that you desire and/or to fulfill the goals you have set for your life. The stress of college life has impounded your ability to care for yourself along with the academic standards that we have set for you here at this institution.
You told Mr. Harrell you were failing your classes. Your professors also told him incompletion of assignments was done on your behalf. You told me you were not getting enough food, being forced to move from one place to another, issues with family, guarding your home against thieves, financial, and transportation difficulties. You lack sufficient coping skills, Mr. Zinn. You created an intervention on 9/25.
As of today, you are to leave this institution immediately and not have access to IWU property. If you want to return to IWU, you must submit three documents for readmission:
1. A signed release to IWU Student Support Services to have open communication to have psychiatric services and/or psychological support.
2. We want documentation that you are psychologically stable, consistently taking medication and not a threat to anyone at IWU.
3. We also want documented assurance that you will have the skills necessary that upon your return that you will have the skills necessary needed to perform at IWU.
<cite>Jennie Conrad’s (edited) letter to Frank Zinn (now Ava Zinn) on September 27, 2001</cite></blockquote>
This is a breaking news story, and we will have more information as soon as it becomes available.
UPDATED 4:00 PM September 27, 2001
Mr. Zinn spoke to Dr. Vance Maloney at Life Center Counseling to discuss the aformetioned letter and the meeting with Ms. Conrad and Mr. Harrell.
Mr. Zinn also spoke to Vocational Rehabilitation about next steps for his education.
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