The incident led Nancy to researching and putting together an entire chapter on elevator safety.Īmong her hundreds of tips, the TV host says there are several small things people can do right at home, right now to protect themselves. 'My friends had been gunned down because a female sheriff had been overpowered in an elevator,' she said, illustrating one of those real life examples. To answer those questions Nancy dedicated a lot of time and research to figuring out what people do or don't do that leave them vulnerable. And, she didn't only use her own legal mine and experiences but sourced help from 'experts around the world.' 'Women would go missing in their cars,' she would think. The Atlanta native said that through her work she would hear stories over and over and over again about people being victimized in dozens of ways and she started compiling 'literally hundreds of ideas and tips about how to stay safe.' 'I soon dedicated my life to being a crime fighter and hopefully protecting people from going through what Keith and his family went through.' 'When Keith was murdered all that changed and my world exploded,' she continued. 'Up until that point I knew nothing about hate and violence.' 'Everything went sideways when my fiance was murdered,' Nancy recalled. When Nancy was a college student her fiance Keith was murdered before their wedding.

Not only is the best-selling author calling on her own years of professional experience enmeshed in the world of crime, but she's also tragically seen it first hand from the victims perspective. Adding that it makes her happier knowing she's doing everything in her power to keep her family safe. 'I used every safety tip possible,' she recalled. Her chapter on RV safety was born out of research she did on a recent family trip from Atlanta to Yellow Stone with husband David Linch and their twins, John David and Lucy. Staying safe: Don't Be A Victim covers the gamut of dangers between COVID-19 scams, assaults, car-jacking, home invasions, online stalking, computer hackers, travel safety, cruise ship safety, elevator safety and even shopping

Don't Be a Victim by Nancy Grace