Violence Free MN honors 30 lives lost to domestic violence in 2020

Here is a look at the 30 victims and the implications of their deaths:

  • 21 were killed by a current or former intimate partner

  • All but one identified as women

  • Nine family members and bystanders are included as they were murdered in domestic violence related situations

  • Of those, four were friends or family members attempting to intervene and three were children under the age of two, killed alongside their mother.

  • Four women were pregnant at the time of their murder

  • At least 20 minor children are now left without a parent due to intimate partner violence.

"Unfortunately a lot of agencies saw throughout the pandemic a decrease in the number of calls to crisis lines across the state, but the calls that were coming in were a lot more severe. So it was a lot more physical assaults, a lot more chokings, stabbings, threats with a weapon things like that," said Christie Larson, Executive Director of Southern Valley Alliance.

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Christie Larson