Danielle Taylor.
, allegedly by people they knew well intimate partners, family members or relatives.
Their deaths shook not only their families, but also members of their larger communities who watched as those homicides occurred one after the other since spring 2020.
The deaths paint a picture of violent acts against women, an epidemic all its own that is not new and could
be on the rise.
Women who are facing domestic or intimate partner violence face an already challenging path to safety and/or justice, often having to recount their traumatic experiences over and over to police, victim-witness and social service advocates, prosecutors, judges and juries.
BARNSTABLE Two men have been charged in Barnstable Superior Court for the murder of Damian Anderson.
Norman Dias, 33, of Mashpee, was arraigned in the higher court on Monday on charges of murder, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without an FID card, discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a building, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, accessory after the fact and conspiracy to commit murder with the shooting death of Anderson.
In July, Mashpee police found Anderson, 45, of New Bedford, lying in a dead-end street with multiple gunshot wounds after a report of shots fired. He was treated at the scene but later pronounced dead at Cape Cod Hospital.