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Chris
10-22-2017, 09:12 AM
Good lord, I'm beginning to wonder why I live here!

Bexar County has one of the highest numbers of domestic violence homicides (http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Bexar-County-has-one-of-the-highest-numbers-of-12295076.php)


Last year, 11 women were killed by intimate partners in Bexar County, according to a report released Friday by the Texas Council on Family Violence.

The county had one of the highest numbers of domestic violence homicides in the state, the report found.

...Officials — including Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, San Antonio Assistant Police Chief James Flavin and Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood — unveiled the latest numbers during a news conference at SAPD headquarters.

In total, 146 women were killed in Texas last year in domestic violence killings, including 28 in Harris County — which had the most domestic violence homicides — and 13 fatalities each in Dallas County and Tarrant counties, according to the report compiled by the Austin-based nonprofit.

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gamewell45
10-22-2017, 09:54 AM
Good lord, I'm beginning to wonder why I live here!

Bexar County has one of the highest numbers of domestic violence homicides (http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Bexar-County-has-one-of-the-highest-numbers-of-12295076.php)

I wonder what the stats were on how many had alcohol and/drugs as a factor ? I didn't see any in the article

Chris
10-22-2017, 09:56 AM
Yea, don't know. Probably quite a few.