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?

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Greenville, SC: Man gets life for killing girlfriend in Greenville Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/20/4644022/man-gets-life-for-killing

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- A man has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of killing his girlfriend in Greenville three years ago.

The Greenville News reported (http://grnol.co/NCIqNi) a jury convicted Wallace E. Evatt Jr. of murder on Thursday.

Evatt's lawyer had contended that his client and Karen Rojas were drinking and using drugs and she shot herself with her .38 revolver. But Evatt's lawyers offered no reason for why she might have done so.

Prosecutors say Evatt shot Rojas as she slept in her mobile home on May 17, 2009.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/20/4644022/man-gets-life-for-killing-girlfriend.html#storylink=cpy

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Greenville, SC: Man gets life for killing girlfriend in Greenville Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/20/4644022/man-gets-life-for-killing

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