Domestic Violence is an epidemic in this country [View all]

[boston bean]

Latest stats I could find is that approximately 3 women a day are killed by their husband, boyfriend.

Here is a recent news article of a man who killed his wife, and her friend, while her three children were in the home. After a brief standoff with police he shot and killed himself. I will post a story day of a woman killed by domestic violence in this thread (if I am online, if not, I hope someone else can pick up the torch), so we can keep this issue in the forefront of ours and others minds. It's a shameful statistic. It sickens me that this is allowed to continue. The laws on the books are not sufficient to keep women safe.

Texas Man Sought In Double Killing Found Dead After Standoff

HOUSTON (February 12, 2012)—A man wanted in the deaths of his wife and her friend shot and killed himself after a brief standoff, Houston police said.

Police said Diego Martinez, 42, barricaded himself in an acquaintance's home Saturday.

SWAT officers tried to talk him out, but he shot himself and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

He was wanted in the Friday shooting deaths of his wife, Martha Nava De Martinez, 40, and her friend, Omar Salazar, 31.

Police found Martha Martinez and Salazar in the driveway of the Martinez home.

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Texas_Man_Sought_In_Double_Killing_Found_Dead_After_Standoff_139183224.html