Daphne Strazza

Strazza, Daphne

Appeared in Echoes in Death (February 6-9, 2061)

Personal Information

• Description: Very attractive under the bruising, mixed race - some Asian, some black, with a slight build, manicured finger and toe nails - very pale pink for both - pierced ears but no earrings, and nearly waist-length black hair, in knots and tangles, and almond-shaped, strikingly, softly green eyes
• Complexion: Tawny
• Age: 24
• Hair: Black
• Eyes: Soft green
• Height: a little over 5’ (a little over 152.4 cm)
• Weight: 110 pounds
• Relationships: Dr. Anthony Strazza (husband, deceased); unnamed parents (deceased); Gayle and Barry DeSilva (guardians); Tish (the DeSilvas’s daughter)
• Address: Three-story double townhouse in the Carnegie Hill area of the Upper East Side

Homicide Information

• Bashed her husband to death after he was beaten by Kyle Knightly, dressed as the devil.
  • No charges filed, ruled self-defense

Interesting Facts

• Was severely beaten and brutally raped by Knightly, dressed as the devil.
• Had been married for three years.
• Was a student and event planner before she married.
• Her parents were killed in a tsunami while the family was vacationing in Asia when she was nine; she was subsequently raised by Gayle and Barry DeSilva, family friends in Minnesota, where her family lived. They have a daughter, Tish, who was the same age.
• Dr. Lucy Lake said there was a shy sweetness about her, and a kindness. She didn’t flaunt and strut and demand. She initially volunteered in the pediatric wing once a week but after a few months her husband said it was too stressful for her. She won over a lot of skeptics during that time, because she had a quiet way and remembers everyone’s name, their children’s names. She hosted lovely parties and faithfully attended all the often tedious events required of a doctor’s spouse.
• Dr. John O’Connor said she was a sweet girl, and, he thought, browbeaten.