GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — October is domestic violence awareness month, and the YWCA is focused on increasing awareness about what they say is the most deadly form of domestic violence: ...

Gabby Petito was strangled to death. Strangulation can lead to loss of consciousness in seconds and death in just minutes. This is why it’s considered a huge red flag on the continuum of domestic ...

City Attorney Zach Klein announced Wednesday that Columbus has been awarded a grant to help continue the implementation of programming to prevent domestic violence and strangulation cases amid an ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Strangulation doesn’t always cause visible injuries, but it can have a lasting impact on victims. That’s why Metro Council signed a resolution making the second Tuesday in ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Unlike nearly every other state in the country, Ohio still does not have a strangulation law. This would create harsher punishments for abusers, specifically by making strangulation a ...

Walla Walla Police Department officers and other session attendees evaluate and prioritize types of evidence in a group exercise at a training session. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday-Friday, Walla Walla ...

A new study underscores the alarming occurrence of intimate partner violence (IPV) as the cause of assault-related injuries resulting in anoxia, or the complete lack of oxygen flow to tissues and ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - At the height of the pandemic, domestic violence calls rose 20%. Experts said it was a combination of being stuck at home and the economic pressures that often come with losing a ...

DANVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — Strangulation in domestic violence relationships is increasing in the state, according to experts. Federal data shows strangulation increases the odds of homicide by 750% and ...

One in four suspects in New Orleans domestic homicides in 2021 had previously committed a strangulation, according to a jarring report from the New Orleans Health Department that drew sharp reactions ...

Green Country law enforcement agencies are stressing the importance of strangulation during domestic violence. “Statistically if you are being strangled, you are very close to the point where there’s ...