Numbers. Number. Des Moines Police report that they have more than 14,000 calls for domestic conflict in 2013. That is the last year that we have numbers for. Epidemic. Do this. He is living through a nightmare. His mother and stepsister are dead. His mothers has it is accused of killing them on sunday night. He blames this man for pulling the trigger. He had done things to my mom that shouldnt have been done. I dont think he understood the concept of cheating on her and expecting her to still love him. Todd one in four women will be impacted by Domestic Violence in their lifetime. Catherine gerdes from children quackscatherine gerdes from children and Family Services of iowa knows the numbers all too well. Its the leading cause of injury to women in the untied states more than Car Accidents muggings and rapes combined. , and when a women announces she leaving . Domestic violence is about power and control so if you are leaving the relationship you are telling the abuser he is not in c