Domestic violence

The court in Antalya, Turkey, heard how the husband of Melek Ipek, 31, had threatened her and her children.

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Victoria Lowry, 20, was fatally stabbed in the chest after she was driven to the top of a mountain in Bismarck, Arkansas, in May last year.

When they arrived at the scene, officers and paramedics found 38-year-old Henry Shepherdson had died and his 9-month-old daughter Kobi had suffered serious injuries.

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Kyle Young Waters, 35, has been charged with attempted murder and domestic violence after the incident in Wedowee, Alabama.

Marilyn Ann Kepler, 74, told police she was upset with her boyfriend because he had left the television on during the night and she could not sleep.

The Westworld actress detailed her experiences with the musician in a harrowing statement posted to Instagram.

Large bruises and lacerations were found on the child's arms, legs and face, according to officials.

The daughter was staying with her parents at the time, fearing her ex-boyfriend was looking for her despite the restraining order filed against him.

Michael Lopez, 23, is facing a charge of first-degree aggravated murder after police said he fatally shot his mother at the dinner table of their home in Springville, Utah.

A man and a woman were seen arguing near the cash registers before the man pulled out a gun, shot the woman and fled the scene, police say.

The 29-year-old is facing attempted murder and other charges after also assaulting a fire lieutenant trying to administer first aid.

Pierre Francois, 29, is accused of attacking his mother, girlfriend and one-year-old daughter at their home in Fort Lauderdale.

Bryan Richardson, 27, is charged with three counts of murder after police found him at a residence in Copperas Cove, Texas with the three dead bodies.

The couple had reportedly been arguing in the parking lot outside the party in Houston when the man grabbed a gun and shot his girlfriend in the leg.

Legal experts agreed during the trial that Antonio Gozzini "was prey to an evident delirium of jealousy that destroyed his relationship with reality and determined an irresistible homicidal urge."

Police reports said that the 57 year-old actress seemed intoxicated on both Saturday and Monday, when they arrived.

Russian Lilia Sudakova, 26, faces up to 15 years in prison after allegedly stabbing her husband to death with a kitchen knife.

Stacy Rose Zelaya-Sheff has been charged with domestic violence after her boyfriend told police she became irate and violent.

The Largo resident was taken into custody, after allegedly hitting a woman with a winter squash on Monday.

When the lawyer and his client arrived to the North Dade Justice Center in North Miami, staff members told them to come back the next day because the courthouse had reached its capacity, the lawyer said.

Chattanooga police said they charged the 19-year-old with criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence.

The man threatened to drown his wife before throwing her into the Provo River, according to a police affidavit.

Wethersfield police officers arrested Thomas Gilmer late Monday night and charged him on a warrant with first-degree unlawful restraint and second-degree strangulation.

The shooting happened so quickly, other officers did not know about it until they drove by the scene shortly after, the chief said.

A coalition of state attorneys general is pushing for the Senate to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act as concern rises over domestic violence during the coronavirus pandemic.

"Projections show that if violence increases by 20 percent during periods of lockdown, there would be an additional 15 million cases of intimate partner violence in 2020 for an average lockdown of a duration of 3 months," the report states, and adding data for six months, nine months and one year.