Surge of Female-Perpetrated Domestic Homicides in Past Month
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September 21, 2024
There is evidence going back 20 years that younger women have become significantly more violent in recent years. Accordingly, a flurry of stories have been published over the last month about women who murdered their male partners. In some of these cases, the women made false allegations of domestic violence against their partners, claimed self-defense, or both.
These nine media reports suggest that police and prosecutors may be doing a better job of seeing through the false narrative that domestic violence consists of male perpetrators and female victims. Thousands of studies over the last 40 years show conclusively that domestic violence is not a gendered phenomenon – men and women commit and are victimized by domestic violence at near equal rates.
- San Jose Mercury News, Sept. 16, 2024
He went to his ex-girlfriend’s San Leandro home with a hidden camera to avoid ‘false accusations.’ It was still running when she killed him, police say
She had previously accused him of domestic violence
2. People, Sept. 16, 2024
She Killed Her Husband and Impersonated Him on Facebook. It Was How She Hid the Body That Led to Arrest
Laurie Leigh Shaver, 41, of Fla., was found guilty of second-degree murder with a firearm for killing her husband, Michael Douglas Shaver, 36, in 2015, authorities said
https://people.com/laurie-leigh-shaver-killed-husband-impersonated-facebook-buried-fire-pit-8713257
3. Oxygen, Sept. 8, 2024
Woman Claimed She Killed Husband in Self-Defense — But Security Footage Told Different Story
Willie Barden’s family disapproved of his relationship with Felicia Barden, who they called difficult and controlling.
https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/felicia-barden-kills-husband-willie-security-footage
4. Daily Mail, Sept. 7, 2024
Woman mutilates boyfriend with chainsaw in front of their 4-year-old child
An Alabama woman has been arrested for allegedly shooting and dismembering her partner with a chainsaw in the presence of their four-year-old child.
5. People, Sept. 6, 2024
‘Black Swan’ Had a Gun in Her Bra the Night She Met Her Husband. 4 Years Later, She Killed Him
In July, a jury convicted Ashley Benefield of manslaughter in the shooting death of her estranged husband, Douglas Benefield
https://people.com/black-swan-ballerina-gun-bra-night-met-husband-killed-years-later-8707770
6. Law and Crime, Sept. 5, 2024
‘My stepmom stabbed my dad’: Woman allegedly killed boyfriend while his kids were at home and asked girl to lie on 911 call about who did it
7. News 9, Sept. 2, 2024
Police: Claremore Woman Shoots, Kills Boyfriend
Claremore Police have identified a woman who was arrested after a fatal shooting Sunday morning.
https://www.news9.com/story/66d5a5b3e7fe61a6a51e8468/police:-claremore-woman-shoots-kills-boyfriend
8. Kansas City Star, Aug. 21, 2024
Woman hits boyfriend on motorcycle, drags him 58 feet, then backs over him, officials say
https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article291259180.html#storylink=cpy
9. Action News Jax, August 19, 2024
Jacksonville woman arrested, accused of stabbing and killing boyfriend