A current or former partner is killed about once every six weeks in Orange County. Often, the first public sign of trouble is murder.
, in which an angry ex-husband shot and killed his ex-wife and seven others.
“When the abuse escalates to this stage it impacts more than just the victims. It impacts everybody,” said Maricela Rios-Faust, chief executive ofHuman Options also was part of the 2022 report from UC Irvine. And Rios-Faust noted that the report included data from the Salon Meritage shooting, which was the county’s most lethal mass shooting.
Family courts, Stoever added, could be “the site for early intervention, public health approaches, and taking seriously domestic violence – for the safety of families and communities.” Other experts also say outside channels – police, courts, counselors – can play a role in preventing domestic violence, or keeping it from escalating.
“Things can build up fairly quickly,” Rios-Faust said. “That’s something that I don’t think everybody realizes.”
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