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Updated: 9:33 PM Oct 27, 2009
Domestic Violence
Domestic homicides are double what they were a year ago. To learn more about why, Attorney General Bill McCollum is forming a domestic violence fatality review team.
Posted: 3:51 PM Oct 27, 2009
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Domestic homicides are double what they were a year ago. To learn more about why, Attorney General Bill McCollum is forming a domestic violence fatality review team.

The team will determine where the system, including cops or shelters, failed and provide recommendations to fix the problem.

Florida Police Chiefs Association President Dorene Thomas of Pinellas Park says the problem is the economy.

"Our economy is affecting families. You are having more families living together, more people blending and it's causing tension and your seeing an increase, overall, in domestic violence"

Each month more 200 children are affected by domestic violence, which often leaves lasting scars.


Latest Comments

Posted by: Anita Location: Florida on Oct 28, 2009 at 05:46 PM

Why make excuses like the bad economy? The problem is the Shared Parenting Law and the father supremacy at the expense of the children! Wake up the figures correlate directly with that law; not to mention the rise in familial murders. Did anyone read the article Bloody Days in America, by Casey Gwinn in the Tampa Tribune? google it
Posted by: Billy Location: springfield on Oct 28, 2009 at 10:43 AM

Finally,the state is going to investigate a much neglected system.I hope this carries over to other state agencies and case workers also.Time for something to be done right!
Posted by: Arthur Location: Panama City Florida on Oct 28, 2009 at 09:48 AM

Kerry is right; there is no reason for domestic abuse. Her advice is sound, however men; you too do not have to live in an abusive relationship. It is not a sign of weakness nor should your pride get in the way. Abuse is abuse and whether you are a man or woman; you do not have to live with it. Seek help.