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The daughter of murder victim Loretta Billman speaks out to raise awareness about domestic violence.
May 2, 2021
SAGINAW, Minn. – Every year, more than 600 American women are shot to death by intimate partners roughly one every 14 hours, according to Giffords.org.
The senseless crime has no boundaries, and that was the case just months ago for a woman in Saginaw shot and killed by her significant other in a case of murder-suicide.
In a special report, giving a voice back to Loretta Billman through her daughter’s powerful words, with a goal of potentially helping others get out of a bad relationship before it’s too late, as FOX 21’s Dan Hanger reports.
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April 29, 2021
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“This wasn’t an accident. This man knew who he was taking from us. He saw my mom and he decided that nobody else could have her,” said Kari Matthes, Loretta Billman’s daughter.
The daughter of 62-year-old Loretta Billman speaks out to FOX 21’s Dan Hanger about her mother’s murder in her Saginaw home by a man she met from Las Vegas after her longtime husband passed away.
“I wish we would have known what we know now,” Matthes said.
As pandemic deepens domestic violence, 28 Minnesotans slain last year are remembered
In the time of the coronavirus pandemic, the shape of the 10th annual remembrance for domestic violence victims in Minnesota took a different form. And the challenges of the pandemic were also top of mind as people talked about those who were killed and the support systems needed going forward.
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May Tong adjusts a large purple ribbon with a victim’s name decorating her car as a procession of vehicles commemorate Minnesota’s 28 victims of intimate partner homicide in 2020 at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Tong works for Transforming Generations, a nonprofit helping domestic violence and sexual assault victims in the Hmong community. The event was sponsored by Violence Free Minnesota, a statewide coalition of programs working to end relationship abuse. (Scott Takushi