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?

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Salt Lake City, UT: Family: No sign of trouble between pair found dead in apparent I-80 murder-suicide

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Family members of a Salt Lake City couple found dead in an apparent murder-suicide on Interstate 80 say the couple appeared happy and had...

Gainesville, FL: Couple found dead in apartment identified

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The two people found dead in their Tower Oaks Glen apartment Thursday afternoon have been identified as Mary Ellen Dunnigan, 44, and Steven...

North Tonawanda, NY: Buffalo-area woman, 23, charged with killing boyfriend during argument in their apartment

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NORTH TONAWANDA, New York — A 23-year-old woman has been charged in the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend inside their Buffalo-area apartme...

Kiln, MS: Hancock County sheriff: Man killed sister during dispute with ex-girlfriend in Kiln

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KILN — Hancock County Sheriff Ricky Adam says 21-year-old Kevin Boudreaux is in custody after allegedly shooting and killing his sister, ...

Utica, NY: Utica man killed girlfriend in apparent murder-suicide, shot ex-girlfriend the day before

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UTICA -- Utica Police have identified the two bodies found at 815 McVean Street in West Utica. Utica police Lt. Michael Zdanowicz, Cri...

Canon, GA: Woman in well died of strangulation, blunt head trauma

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The body found in an abandoned well Sa...

Atlanta, GA: Police: Man shot, killed estranged wife as she drove off

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ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) - A woman was shot to death in her car in southwest Atlanta Monday night, and police say their suspect is her estr...

Miami, FL: Florida man confesses to killing wife, won't reveal where body is

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A South Florida man arrested in the murder of his vanished wife allegedly confessed to killing her, but didn’t say where her body is, M...

Biloxi, MS: Biloxi man arrested in wife's death

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BILOXI — Biloxi police say a 53-year-old man is accused in his wife’s death by suffocation and assaulting an officer during a domestic di...

Houston, TX: Houston man charged in wife's death

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A southwest Houston man remains behind bars after police said he killed his wife and seriously injured his teenage stepson over the weeken...

Knob Noster, MO: NW Missouri husband charged in wife's death

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A report of a northwest Missouri woman committing suicide led to a second-degree murder charge against her husband. Johnson County author...

Kershaw, SC: Kershaw man facing murder charge in wife's death

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KERSHAW, S.C. — Authorities say a Lancaster County man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of his wife. Deputies say...

Port Richey, FL: Pasco woman caught in deadly love triangle

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PORT RICHEY — In a line of chairs on the front porch, five children watched the fire Tuesday evening. The belongings of the man who killed ...

Price, UT: Man, wife killed in apparent murder-suicide, police say

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PRICE — A couple is dead in what Carbon County investigators are calling an apparent murder-suicide. Authorities said a man call...

Bethel Township, PA: Police ID couple killed in murder-suicide

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Authorities on Tuesday identified the elderly couple killed in a murder-suicide the day before in Delaware County. Adolph Marki...

Englewood, NJ: Family of slain Englewood mom, daughter calls for end to domestic violence

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ENGLEWOOD – Funeral services Tuesday for a mother and daughter allegedly murdered by the woman’s boyfriend served as a clarion call to ...

San Antonio, TX: Nonprofit fights domestic violence in honor of murder victim

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SAN ANTONIO - The Kristine Meza Foundation, a San Antonio nonprofit foundation dedicated to fighting family violence, re...

Wednesday, February 6, 2013