City of Xenia Victim Advocate Division

07/14/2026

Research has found that victims who have been strangled by an intimate partner are more than seven times more likely to later be killed by that same partner. It's one of the strongest known predictors of future intimate partner homicide.

05/29/2026

💔 17 year old Riley Ann Jobe is missing from Xenia, Ohio.

Riley Ann Jobe, 17, has been missing from Xenia, Ohio since Friday, May 22, 2026. The NCMEC poster includes a caution warning that reads: if located, do not approach and immediately contact law enforcement.

Ohio has been dealing with a disturbing number of missing teenagers this year. Just weeks ago, the FBI arrested a Michigan man who used Reddit and Snapchat to lure a missing 15 year old Ohio girl to a hotel. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost also announced over 100 arrests in a statewide human trafficking sting this month. Missing teenagers in Ohio face real and documented dangers.

If you see Riley, do not approach her. Call 911 immediately or contact the Xenia Police Department at (937) 372-9901.

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04/13/2026

Today is the Global Day to End Child Sexual Abuse, and April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Child sexual abuse and domestic violence are deeply connected: children in homes with DV face a heightened risk of abuse, and many adult DV survivors carry histories of childhood trauma. Breaking these cycles means protecting both children and survivors.

Children's advocacy centers throughout Ohio provide trauma-informed forensic interviews, advocacy, and support for children who have experienced abuse. If you or someone you know needs help, visit our partners at the Ohio Network of Children's Advocacy Centers: https://www.oncac.org/

03/31/2026

The memory loss from deep depression and trauma is not talked about enough. It's not just forgetting small things — it's watching entire pieces of yourself disappear.

People talk about depression like it's just sadness. Like it's crying a lot and struggling to get out of bed. They don't talk about the gaps. The way you can look back at entire years of your life and find almost nothing there. Not because nothing happened — but because your brain was operating in pure survival mode. Using every available resource just to keep you functional. Recording life wasn't a luxury it could afford.

And then one day someone mentions something that happened — a birthday, a conversation, a moment that clearly meant something — and you have no trace of it. Nothing. And the shame of that is its own kind of pain. Because you weren't absent by choice. You were there. Your body showed up every single day. But something vital inside you had already gone somewhere quieter just to cope.

That's not weakness. That's what prolonged stress and unprocessed trauma actually does to a human brain. It rewires. It protects. It sacrifices memory to manage survival. The science is real even when the experience feels like a personal failure.

You didn't lose those years because you weren't present enough. You lost them because you were carrying something too heavy for anyone to carry alone.

That's not a character flaw. That's what surviving looks like from the inside.

03/30/2026