As of December 2, 2010 Dana Mandell was released into the custody of Parole and Probation. This means she does not have to serve her 8 years with possible parole at 3 years. In this program, she will be let out into public, able to be with her family and friends and enjoy most of the freedoms we all have. While doing this she will be supervised by a Parole Officer. This announcement came as a shock to my family for a couple of reasons. One, the program that she has been released into was never discussed when we entered the plea bargain. These types of programs are kept hush hush to the victim’s family since there’s a high possibility that they will not serve their full sentence and most likely will get out before they are up for parole. The second slap in the face was that our family received the letter 2 days before Thanksgiving. The decision to release Dana was made the first week in October. Being that it was a Holiday week when we received the letters and Dana was getting out the following week, my aunt had 3 days to try to over-turn the decision. She made several calls to the State of Nevada Department of Corrections on up to the Attorney General. Unfortunately, there was little she could do in such a short amount of time and Dana was let out.
On a better note, if you have some extra time during this holiday season write a special note about Daniel or share a memory:)
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we will never forget Daniel, the sorrow will never leave our hearts. Being on house arrest doesn't take away the emotional, self- imposed punishment. Don't think that one day goes by without pain and guilt.Even as your pain is ever present, your family's loss always is with us as well.
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