Recently, there have been some really disturbing stories in the news dealing with domestic violence.
Two young girls, brutally murdered. One by the man who raped her, and the other from a jilted lover. One had her throat slashed and died from those wounds, the other was strangled, dismembered and finally burned – on a tiny grill over two days. And then of course there is the recent case of Tara Lynn Grant, who was also dismembered by her husband.
It’s horrifying that these stories have all surfaced over the past month, and even worse the idea that there are so many more that we don’t hear about. Maybe it’s just another “domestic violence” story, because I feel like if any other college student or person had had this atrocity happen to them, it would have been an even bigger news piece. More in depth talk of a serial killer, of an abused childhood, inside the mind of a psycho. But, instead it’s just another off kilter killing, an angry ex-lover, a husband who went over the edge, and an accuser who had to be silenced.
Domestic violence i s one thing that goes begond socio-economic, racial, and cultural divides. It doesn’t matter where you’re from or where you’ve been. Most women that are victims of homicide, especially violent ones, are killed at the hands of a lover.
Makes you think twice about your relationships, doesn’t it?
