A Snapshot: Domestic and Sexual Violence in the News

The following items are a few of the articles relating to sexual and domestic violence
that have appeared in Kansas newspapers in 2006.

Locations marked on a kansas map of the articles below.

12/24/06 Douglas Cnty: Woman, 20, found dead at her home. Police call it a homicide and arrested her ex-boyfriend for the murder and rape.

12/3/06 Sedgwick Cnty: Woman 26, found shot to death. Her boyfriend, suspected in her murder, fled the state and committed suicide.

12/3/06 Osage Cnty: Woman 29, found dead at home. Police ruled her husband killed her before he committed suicide.

8/16/06 Sedgwick Cnty: A man was charged with rape and sexual battery against his two co-workers.

8/1/06 Douglas Cnty: Woman, 37, beaten and later dies in the hospital. Her boyfriend was charged with her murder.

7/21/06 Johnson Cnty: Body of woman, 21, found in the woods after being missing for two months. A male acquaintance later pleaded guilty to her rape and murder and was sentenced to life.

7/15/06 Finney Cnty: Woman, 52, shot and killed. Her ex-boyfriend was charged with her murder.

7/8/06 Douglas Cnty: Man, 31, was convicted of raping a woman, 24, whose capability to consent was at question because of a mental defect.

6/23/06 Cherokee Cnty: Woman, 46, killed after being shot nine times in the chest. Man claiming to be her common-law husband was charged.

6/9/06 Butler Cnty: Pregnant girl, 14, found dead in a field. Her ex-boyfriend and two others were charged with her murder. Her ex-boyfriend was also charged with rape.

5/22/06 KC, MO: Kansas woman, 43, shot and killed near her workplace. Police suspect her ex-boyfriend killed her before he committed suicide.

4/26/06 Allen Cnty: Woman, 19, found dead. Man she had been dating charged with murder and rape.

3/19/06 Johnson Cnty: Woman, 69, found strangled to death. Her husband was ordered to take a mental competency exam to see if he was fit to stand trial in her murder.

1/16/06 Clay Cnty: Woman, 49, shot and killed. Police claimed her husband killed her before he committed suicide.



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