Utah finds domestic violence is leading cause of homicide as Trump focuses on street crime
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US president cuts funding for victims as state faces more than a third of killings from partner or familial violence

US president cuts funding for victims as state faces more than a third of killings from partner or familial violence

Domestic violence is the leading cause of homicide in Utah, according to an analysis of FBI and state data by a local news station in Salt Lake City. The investigation is based on intimate partner homicide data recently released by the state.

The station, Fox 13, found that 51 – more than a third – of the 137 homicides between July 2023 and January 2025 were the result of intimate partner or familial violence. The majority of the perpetrators were men, while the sexes of the victim were nearly evenly split, with 26 male and 25 female victims. This could be because in many cases, there were multiple victims, including a victim’s children, parents or siblings.

  • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Maybe sending the national guard can help reduce these domestic killings by standing around on the street with guns? Surely that would work better than directly funding programs to address domestic abuse?