By 7 a.m. Monday, FBI victim specialist Keyla Muñoz was working in New Brunswick to identify a child pornography victim. Later that day, Muñoz saw in Toms River a child missing from West Virginia who was recovered in New Jersey, she talked to family members involved in a hostage situation, and she worked to get detox services for a human trafficking victim.

“That was just yesterday,” said Muñoz, 44.

This is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, a Department of Justice effort to raise awareness of the needs of victims. Muñoz urged the public to consider supporting the nonprofits that provide services to victims. For example, in New Jersey, Muñoz said there are limited resources to provide shelter to crime victims who struggle with addiction.

Muñoz is one of two victim specialists responding to New Jersey cases from the FBI office in Newark, but she’s also part of a national network of specialists who help victims and their families after mass casualty events. Muñoz responded to the Boston bombing, and mass shootings in Orlando, Las Vegas and Newtown, Connecticut.

“Whatever the FBI investigates, if there’s a need, we’ll respond,” she said.

That could mean helping to secure money from funds that compensate victims of crimes or making travel arrangements for victims and their loved ones.

Muñoz was taking her daughter trick-or-treating when she got the call to respond to a terrorist attack on Halloween 2017 in which a pickup truck struck people on a bicycle path in Manhattan, killing eight and injuring 11.

Muñoz walked families through the process of identifying the bodies of their relatives. Then she visited hospitals to help the people recovering from injuries they suffered in the attack. One woman was struck by the pickup truck, breaking her ankle. Muñoz helped her get a handicapped parking placard.

“We advocate for every need and everything they may need,” she said.

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