Three Fathers Kill 13 Family Members in 3 States Over 2 Days

1 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 6

13 victims — including children as young as 3 and the mothers raising them — were killed by three fathers in Iowa, New York and Florida during the first two days of June, authorities said.
Two of the men used guns and one used a knife, turning separate domestic attacks into a concentrated burst of family killings across three states.
Officials described the cases as "an act of evil," "the worst of the worst" and "an unimaginable tragedy," while psychologist Doreen Dodgen-Magee called them preventable.
The killings stand out against a broader backdrop in which the overall homicide rate is falling, but domestic violence deaths are not.

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Experts call these family murders preventable, so what key warning signs are communities and systems consistently missing?

As domestic violence killings rise, why are the funds for victim shelters and support services being slashed nationwide?

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