The mother of an infant who was murdered in Kingman 28 years ago is asking for help in locating a quilt that features the image of her daughter. Tammy Milam said a local woman whose name she cannot recall crafted the quilt with “great care and compassion” in 2000.
Squares of the quilt are decorated with local historical buildings and the image of Sarah Milam graces its center. The depiction of Sarah in the feature square is captured from a picture taken just one week before the eleven-month-old girl was killed on September 21, 1990.
Former local businessman Bob Steel won the quilt at a raffle that served as a fundraiser in the effort to open the victim advocacy center that was called “Sarah’s House” in honor of Sarah. Milam said Steel donated the quilt back and that it was hung in the lobby of Sarah’s House off Airway Avenue by Walmart.
“When I spoke to one of the staff members at Sarah’s House she said that it would never be auctioned off again and that it was going to be kept at Sarah’s House,” Milam said. Sarah’s House closed and was transitioned for use by the Kingman Aid to Abused People (KAAP) a few years ago.
At some point the quilt disappeared. And various officials and employees associated with both Sarah’s House and KAAP are having difficulty remembering what became of the item. Milam hopes a little publicity may jog someone’s memory so that the quilt can be relocated.
“I’m hoping this gets the ball rolling,” Milam said. “I am hoping I can find the quilt and give it to Susan, her twin sister, because I feel like she should have that.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: Anyone with information about the quilt, or ability to identify others who might know what happened to it is urged to contact the author of this article or reach out to Milam on Facebook.
– Dave Hawkins
