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Femicide Report: Adult Victims and Relationship to the Alleged Perpetrators Relationship to Victim 2010 # % of Total Name of Victim Current or former 14 67% Jessica Eve Buboltz boyfriend or Barbara Miller Deboise Husband Brittany Ellis Lisa Grijalva Svetlana Hanson Sarah Mitzuk Svetlana Vladimirovna Munt Pauline Nash Debrah Nederhiser Bilha Omare Kay Marie Peterson Ashley Sullivan Amy Alese Terborg Natalia Jurjevna Tomasovic Wife 2 9% Wendall Abraham James Nibbe Unknown 1 5% Denna Marie Glaeser Other 4 19% Chester Gronewold (stepdaughter’s exboyfriend) Charles Hanson (wife’s ex-husband) Darius Maxwell (girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend) Edward J. Walberg, Jr. (friend’s ex-husband) Total: 21 2010 Femicide Report Page 6
Red Flags for Batterer Lethality In this report we pay special attention to battered women murdered by intimate partners, as the majority of women murdered in the United States and in Minnesota are murdered by their current or former intimate partners. Various tools to assess for high risk or potential lethality have been developed based on research of women killed by their intimate partners. It is impossible to predict with certainty which batterers will become lethal to their victims. All batterers should be viewed as potentially deadly, though there are well-documented indicators of lethality of which everyone should be aware. Included in the factors that have been identified as possible lethality indicators are: separation, extended history of domestic violence or other violence, pregnancy, threats or fantasies of homicide or suicide, access to a firearm, threats to use a weapon, stalking, attempted strangulation, forced sex, extreme jealousy and control of daily activities. We look at the homicide cases in Minnesota and see whether information was known regarding key lethality factors. In assessing for lethality factors, MCBW relies almost entirely on media reports of the homicides. MCBW specifically focuses on four lethality factors: the victim’s attempts to leave the abuser, previous threats to kill the victim, perpetrator access to firearms, and perpetrator history of violence. MCBW has been looking at these four lethality factors since 2006. For the past five years, these lethality factors were present in a significant number of cases. We would expect that a more complete analysis of public records and interviews with friends and family of the victims would yield further information on other cases and further information on the other red flags. There were 15 women murdered in Minnesota in 2010 by a current or former intimate partner. Victim’s Attempts to Leave the Abuse: While conventional wisdom persists that leaving an abuser will always make a battered women safer, separation often increases the risks of further harm, as batterers ―step up‖ their efforts to control or intimidate the victim. In 2010, 67% of the intimate partner femicides occurred after the woman had left the relationship or when she was attempting to leave. This statistic has been consistent for the past few years (62 – 67%) and supports the national studies indicating that the most dangerous time for battered women can be when they leave, or attempt to leave, the batterer. Ashley Sullivan had separated from her abusive boyfriend and was living with her mother and stepfather at the time of her murder. Her ex-boyfriend Shawn Haugen, in violation of criminal court no contact orders, went to the home and murdered both Ashley and her stepfather, Chester Gronewold. Threats to Kill the Victim: Threats by the abuser to kill the victim are among the most reliable indicators of lethality and are the most often overlooked by the criminal and civil justice systems. A review of the media reports of the 2010 murders does not reveal much information about threats to kill. What we do know is that at least 40% of the victims had experienced prior abuse. We know that in at least three instances, the women had experienced threats to kill and can only surmise that threats to kill may have been part of the prior abuse in other cases. 2010 Femicide Report Page 7
Page 1 and 2: M I N N E S O T A C O A L I T I O N
Page 3 and 4: Women and Children Murdered in Minn
Page 5: In Minnesota in 2010 Though MCBW tr
Page 9 and 10: Key Femicide Statistics (2008-2010)
Page 11 and 12: History of Violence 2008 2009 2010
Page 13 and 14: Homicide - Suicide Homicide with Su
Page 15 and 16: Children Murdered and Alleged Perpe
Page 17 and 18: Murder of Mothers and Effect on Chi
Page 19 and 20: violence—relegating safety to an
Page 21 and 22: Svetlana Vladimirovna Munt Age 32 M
Page 23 and 24: Lisa Grijalva Age 15 Lakeland Octob
Page 25 and 26: Darius Maxwell Age 17 St. Paul Janu
Page 27 and 28: About the Minnesota Coalition for B
Page 29 and 30: 22. October 11, 2010 Bilha Omare, V
Page 31: The Minnesota Coalition for Battere

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