Funds for Blessie Gotingco's family fight against Government reaches $100,000Peter Meecham A family's grief - Antonio Gotingco comforted by his tearful son at the memorial service holding the ashes of his wife, Blessie Gotingco in June last year. Donations to help the family of murder victim Blessie Gotingco mount a legal case against the Government have passed $100,000 since the fundraising page opened three days ago. If the review showed they had legal grounds, they would file a civil case against Corrections. Supplied Blessie GotingcoOn Friday, the Gotingco family launched a Givealittle page named Justice for Blessie, to raise the funds needed to battle Corrections for her "wrongful death", calling the civil suit mission "the biggest challenge of our life". As of Monday morning, $117,490 had been pledged by 3458 people to help the family achieve their mission.

Source: Stuff May 22, 2016 14:00 UTC