domestic abuse
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Arizona Man Posted Video Singing Carols With His Son, Hours Before Killing His Family: Report
A Phoenix man who is facing charges of killing his estranged wife and two children on Monday shared a Facebook video of himself singing Christmas songs with his son just hours before the horrific slayings. According to the New York Daily News, Anthony Milan Ross, a 45-year-old chef, author and motivational speaker, was charged with…
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California Gunman Killed Wife, Hid Body Beneath the Floor of Their Home: Police
The Rancho Tehama Reserve, Calif., gunman who shot and killed four people during a shooting rampage in Northern California also killed his wife before hiding her body underneath their home, authorities said Wednesday. “We were looking for his wife and couldn’t find her yesterday,” Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said, according to the Los…
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Va. Man Admits to Shooting His Wife, Found Not Guilty of Murder
A jury found a Henrico County, Va., man not guilty of first-degree murder despite the fact that he admitted to shooting his wife during an argument while their two children were sleeping. According to WTVR-TV, Alvin Banks faced charges of first-degree murder, child abuse and gun-related charges in the November 2016 shooting death. Banks was…
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NYC Man Accused of Killing Girlfriend Less Than 24 Hours After Being Released From Jail: Report
A convicted sex offender who was serving time at New York City’s Rikers Island jail after beating his estranged girlfriend is believed to have taken his revenge by strangling the terrified woman less than 24 hours after being released from prison. According to the New York Post, Jerome Rivers, 52, called Gia Pender on Thursday…
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O.J. Simpson’s Record of Domestic Abuse Not Considered in Nev. Parole Hearing
When O.J. Simpson was granted parole this past July, the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners, which considered his case, didn’t take into consideration his 1989 conviction for beating his then-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. The reason? It apparently wasn’t listed in a national FBI crime database, according to the New York Post. The paper reports that…
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Former NFL Player Who Reportedly Claimed He Didn’t Date Black Women Now Claims That White Ex-Girlfriend Beat Him and Called Him the N-Word
Former Tennessee Titans and Washington NFL team defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth is going to have a hard time finding any sympathy from black women now that he’s reportedly been domestically abused by his white ex-girlfriend, who also allegedly called him a nigger on several occasions. That’s because six years ago, when Haynesworth was playing for…
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Detroit Mom Shot in Front of 4-Year-Old Daughter Dies in 14-Year-Old Son’s Arms; Ex-Boyfriend Named Person of Interest in Her Death
Updated Tuesday, June 20, 2017, 3:30 p.m. EDT: Earl Maxwell, a Detroit man who police named a “person of interest” in the shooting death of a young mother of three, has been captured, police say. According to Fox 2, Maxwell was taken into custody Tuesday in connection with the death of Latrese Morris Dorsey, who…
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Bobbi Kristina’s Ex Nick Gordon Arrested for Attacking, Kidnapping Woman in Sanford, Fla.
Nick Gordon, the man found legally responsible in the death of former girlfriend Bobbi Kristina Brown. was arrested for attacking his current girlfriend in Florida. TMZ first reported that Gordon was taken into custody Saturday afternoon in Sanford, a town that will forever be associated with the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin. Gordon was charged…
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Ray Rice Returns to Football … as a Volunteer High School Coach
Looks like there’s some redemption for those who mercilessly beat a partner and drag her out of an elevator. Apparently you get to work with high schoolers. Or at least that’s the case with disgraced NFL running back Ray Rice, the former Baltimore Raven who was unceremoniously dumped by his team after video of him…
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A Relationship Without Kindness Is Doomed From the Start
Recently I came across a Facebook post in which someone told a bride-to-be, “I am happy you are marrying a kind man.” That one phrase in the sea of the other congratulatory messages resonated with me because I lived with a man for six years who was emotionally distant and unkind. And the warning signs…