Alisha Bromfield's Mother to Speak at Take Back the Night

Alisha Bromfield. Credit: File photo

A Plainfield mother will lend her voice to efforts to put a stop to violence at this year’s Will County Take Back the Night.

The event is aimed at bringing together survivors, supporters, activists and community leaders to demand an end to violence against women. This year’s Will County Take Back the Night starts at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, at ATI Field at Joliet Memorial Stadium, 3000 W. Jefferson St.

Sherry Anicich’s daughter, 21-year-old Alisha Bromfield, was murdered in August 2012. At the time of her death, Alisha was pregnant with a baby girl she’d planned to name Ava Lucille. Anicich will be a featured speaker at this year’s Take Back the Night.

Kellie Stryker, the sister of Bromfield’s convicted killer Brian Cooper, will join Anicich at Take Back the Night. Earlier this year, the two teamed up in the fight to strike down Wisconsin’s “voluntary intoxication” law, which allowed Cooper to claim he was too drunk to form intent when he strangled Bromfield.

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Bromfield was killed in a Wisconsin hotel room after attending Stryker’s Door County wedding with Cooper. He pleaded guilty in May and in July was sentenced to life in prison in the deaths of Alisha and Ava.

Anicich, along with friends and family, have worked to keep their memories alive with efforts including a “Pay it Forward” acts of kindness campaign, a baby items drive for single mothers and a new initiative to create the Alisha and Ava Bromfield House of Hope to help mothers and their babies.

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