Intimate Violence Deaths in the News

A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?

Shelby, NC: Police Investigate Apparent Murder-Suicide In Shelby, NC

Arcadia, CA: Suspect in PCC student's death has new court date

Bethel, AK: Bethel man charged with brutal '06 killing of girlfriend

Texas City, TX: Man arrested in girlfriend's strangulation

Phoenix, AZ: Phoenix man charged in wife's slaying

Queens, NY: Man Awaits Arraignment In Connection With Wife's Death

Pleasant Grove, TX: Woman, 48, killed in Pleasant Grove; husband in custody

Broken Bow, NE: Man in Broken Bow McDonald's suicide identified

Willow, AK: Willow man hangs self in Palmer cell

Article: Experts Cite Economy For Domestic Violence Homicide Increase

Moreno Valley, CA: Man shot, killed by police in Moreno Valley had pointed gun at deputies

Apple Grove, WV: Man shot, killed by State Police during domestic violence standoff

Clearwater, FL: Mistakes in court could have led to woman's murder

Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn mother fatally strangled by lover angry that she left a party early: cops

Milwaukee, WI: DA: Milwaukee man told cellmate he killed women

Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt recruit killed in possible murder-suicide

Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Man Charged In Murder Of Ex-Girlfriend, Her Lover

Haltom City, TX: Girlfriend's body found in trunk after fatal shootout

Albuquerque, NM: Woman charged in ex-husband's murder

Posting from Dastardly Dads blogger Jan Kurth