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... Portrayal of victim wounds father NEWSPAPER SEARCH FIND A BUSINESS More From The Times-Picayune | Subscribe To The Times-Picayune Portrayal of victim wounds father Woman, child found dead in Harvey home Tuesday, March 28, 2006By Allen Powell II West Bank bureau When Frank Bellazer III watched television news this weekend about the deaths of his daughter and 10-year-old granddaughter, he fumed.

Neighbors claimed that Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies were constantly at Dawn Tilton's Harvey home and that she fought with her now dead husband, Raymond Tilton, 29, in the front yard.

Bellazer, who described his 26-year-old daughter as hard-working and God-fearing, said deputies never visited Dawn's home during the six months he lived there after Hurricane Katrina, and his daughter never told him about abuse before that.

Those interviewed on television seemed to imply that Dawn, whose husband was described by authorities as a career criminal, was in some way responsible for her death and Arielle's, Bellazer said, adding that he really can't tolerate that.

"My daughter wasn't trash," said Bellazer, 57, from his New Orleans home Monday.

"My daughter was a hard-working person.

All my daughter wanted to be was a hard-working mother and wife.

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She worked for everything she got." Dawn and Arielle Tilton were killed in their home in the 1500 block of Maplewood Drive sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.

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Johnnie and Nicole Ryan clown around with their children, Andrew, 2, and Cassandra, 4, Saturday at Max K.

Rodes Park.

Johnnie Ryan, 30, says he was addicted to drugs and received help from Prevent!

of Brevard, a nonprofit provider of comprehensive youth and family support services.

Christina Stuart, FLORIDA TODAY Back in December, Nicole and Johnnie Ryan hit rock bottom because of their penchant for cocaine.The couple's two young children were removed from their home by the Florida Department of Children and Fami...

... SantaMariaTimes.com p {margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px} Home Leisure Kids and booze: Know the facts Alcohol abuse is one of the most overlooked health issues in America, and it has been for generations.

The situation is especially acute for teens.

Despite all the frightening media attention regarding teen use of marijuana, cocaine and meth, alcohol is by far the No.

1 drug of choice for teenagers.

And alcohol abuse does the most damage to young people.

Teen drinking will be the subject of a public forum this evening in Santa Maria's City Council chambers, 110 E.

Cook St., beginning at 6 p.m.

If you have a teenager in your family, this is one meeting you don't want to miss.

Alcoholism is an overlooked health issue because it's legal for adults to drink, and many kids rationalize that if drinking is good enough for their parents - their role models - then it's good enough for them.

A surprising number of y...