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Clearwater, Florida - Lucia Bone of Dallas, Texas has dedicated her life to the memory of her sister Sue Weaver.

She's trying to keep what happened to her sister in Orlando, from happening to other people across the country.

Lucia Bone, President Sue Weaver Cause:
"It's in memory of my sister who was raped and murdered by a twice convicted sex offender who had been hired to do service work in her home."

Now Bone is trying to get notification laws passed which would force companies to tell consumers if they do, or do not do background checks on their delivery people.

Bone says Home Depot for example, does do background checks on all of its delivery employees.

Lucia Bone:
"We're hoping that the awareness from consumers will also force employers to understand they have a moral and legal obligation to their clients to do background checks to make sure that their clients are safe."

Bone says if you're going to have something delivered to your home, make sure the store does background checks on all of its delivery people and try to have someone else there with you when the item is delivered.

Lucia Bone:
"If you're a young mother, or a mother period, with children, don't be home alone with the children because the perpetrator might use the children's life as a means to get you to do something."

Bone spoke to pre-employment screeners at their annual conference in Clearwater. These screeners say more background checks for all delivery people is long overdue.

Daphne Large, Pre-Employment Screener:
"It's something they should be doing already. The negligent hiring potential lawsuits are far going to outweigh any initial cost and it's very inexpensive to do."

Bone says Florida lawmakers introduced a bill on background checks for delivery people last session but it didn't get very far. She's hoping legislators will pass the notification bill next session.

posted by Nicholas Gustavson @ 10:53 PM