As police continue their investigation into the murder of a Peekskill woman on the grounds of the Veterans Affairs facility in Montrose, readers have been following the developments, as well as reading about the life of Sabrina Rasa, the 39-year-old mother of three, prostitute and drug addict who was killed. They are concerned about reports that she had several “clients” at the facility and what that might indicate about security and oversight on behalf of the veterans. There is also some discussion about the turns her life took and the hardship she dealt with, especially after seeing pictures of her from earlier in her life compared to recent photos.

No one deserves to die, no matter what their lifestyle may have been. She can be a prostitute & drug addict and also a good person. I hope police take a good look at this case, it’s disturbing. … Serial killers like to prey on prostitutes. It’s usually their starting points for many of them. So, this is very worrisome.

I know that one is not supposed to speak ill of the dead, and there is no way that this is the kind of death someone – anyone – would choose. But to talk about her “warm personality” and her ability to keep you “laughing and joking,” as well as that she was a “real, real good person” when she was a known drug addict and prostitute seems like a rather desperate effort on the parts of the reporters to “humanize” someone that most of us would go out of our way(s) to ignore if we saw her on the street – and certainly to shield our children from.

Sabrina was a very sweet person who made some very bad choices. Those choices do not diminish her humanity and the fact she a very sweet and caring person, created and belonging to the same God as you and me. I cannot defend her actions as it was her choices that led her down the wrong path. … Before you speak harshly about Sabrina’s choices and lifestyle at the time of her death, remember we all have things is our past we are not proud of and would hate to see on the front page of the paper.

Maybe if the VA took security a little more seriously then this woman/prostitute/drug addict would never have been allowed onto the grounds and may still be alive today. The people there protected our country for years, the least we can do for them is to protect them.