After Death Of Her Daughter, Mother To Be Awarded For Nonprofit Helping Sexual Assault Survivors

Arlington TX

22 May, 2022

4:11 PM

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By Lonyae Coulter, Fort Worth Report May 21, 2022 After recovering her daughter's body, Tracy Matheson, 56, learned her child had a tattoo: the word "Beloved." Matheson's daughter, Molly Jane, 22, was killed after she was sexually assaulted in April 2017. Then, Matheson started seeing the word "Beloved" everywhere, and it inspired her nonprofit. Project Beloved launched April 10, 2018 — the one-year anniversary of the rape and murder of her daughter — to tell the Beloved Story. Matheson was determined to create this nonprofit in the aftermath of the devastating tragedy to try to use it to help bring change. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.