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How domestic violence victims navigate the justice system is complex, from interactions with police to seeking protection and prosecution from court. ....
Nearly one year later and the violent murders of Marie Varsos and Deborah Sisco have inspired a new bill requiring warrant checks on all protective orders served. ....
Nashville Tennessean Marie Varsos regained consciousness in enough time to see her husband, Shaun, rummaging through her pockets before he pointed a loaded gun at her and threatened to kill them both, according to a police report she filed on March 8. The Varsoses were in the middle of a divorce. Marie returned to the couple s home to pick up some belongings, but Shaun refused to let her leave, according to the police report. Marie Varsos told police she was able to get away after talking him down. The police report noted she had visible marks on her neck, likely from strangulation. ....
Originally published on April 29, 2021 11:34 am Marie met Shaun Varsos when they both worked at a movie theater in Bellevue. That movie theater later flooded and was turned into a shooting range where the two would go shoot guns together. That anecdote took on a tragic irony when Marie’s brother, Alex Youn, got a phone call the morning of April 12. “Shaun had shot Marie and my mother,” he says. “And at the time I didn’t know if they were alive or dead.” Shaun had gone to Marie’s mom’s house in Lebanon and confronted Marie as she was leaving for work. ....