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The loved ones of a Bank of America executive found beaten to death in her home are urging that her alleged killer be charged with special circumstances charges as the Los Angeles County Attorney General has criticized his progressive policies and a faced with a recall attempt.

Michelle Avan, 48, had recently been promoted to a senior vice president position when she was killed by her former boyfriend, colleague Anthony Turner, authorities said. She was found at her home in the Reseda neighborhood of Los Angeles on August 5, 2021.

Avan’s loved ones are frustrated that District Attorney George Gascon’s office has not filed special circumstances charges against Turner and says he could potentially be paroled after 10 years if convicted.

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Michelle Avan, 48, was allegedly beaten to death by her ex-boyfriend. Her family is urging prosecutors to charge him with crimes under special circumstances.
(Courtesy of the Avan family)

“He’s entitled to everything that a killer shouldn’t be eligible for,” Avan’s brother Patrick Miller told Fox News.

Turner faces first-degree murder and burglary charges. He was released on detention days after his arrest. Fox News has contacted Gascon’s office.

Avan’s relatives plan to gather outside the prosecutor’s office on Thursday to urge him to seek more serious charges.

Authorities said Turner broke into Avan’s home on August 3 and killed her before leaving the next day. Her body was discovered by her son, Trevon Avan.

Gascon has been criticized since taking office in December 2020 for his controversial policies, which include not seeking bail for some criminal suspects, refusing to prosecute certain crimes and not seeking increased sentences for others.

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon faces a second recall attempt as criticism of his progressive policies mounts.
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Opponents are in the midst of a second recall attempt against the progressive prosecutor whose efforts to re-imagine how crimes are handled in California’s most populous county have drawn the ire of other district attorneys, law enforcement officials and die-hard crime advocates.

A previous recall failed to gather enough signatures from registered voters. Recall supporters have said that crime has risen since Gascon took office, although crime began to rise in the months leading up to his election, as well as in other cities across the country.

The only criticism they all voice is that Gascon, a former San Francisco district attorney and deputy chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, has abandoned crime victims in favor of protecting criminals’ rights.

Desiree Andrade, whose son Julien was murdered in 2018, is part of the committee leading the recall against him.

Michelle Avan attends the 48th NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 11, 2017 in Pasadena, California. (Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)

“In the case of my son, they all faced special circumstances… and these will be dismissed. They all faced the death penalty or life without parole, and now they face only 25 years of the possibility of parole,” she told Fox News. “It’s a slap in the face for me. So I can see the Avan family being upset about this. There are no more consequences.”

Some of Gascon’s own prosecutors have also publicly opposed his policies.

“George Gascón says facts are important. They do,” Jonathan Hatami tweeted Monday. “Homicides and shootings are at a 15-year high in LA. Releasing criminals on $0 bail, defunding the police, refusing to prosecute crimes, issuing blanket policies, and failing to hold people accountable are not reforms and only lead to violence.”

The Avan family hopes prosecutors will bring the most serious charges in Turner’s case, but they’re not optimistic.

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“I don’t think his policies are designed for the people he was elected for,” Miller said, adding that he believes Gascon’s policies are politically motivated. “We expect justice if something happens. It enables you to make justice seem not the norm.”