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Strangled Voices: Is South Carolina’s Failure To Pass A Law Costing Lives?

Oct 18, 2024 • Fits News

When twenty-one-year-old Brandon Barnes was taken into custody earlier this month and charged with murdering his wife – 20-year old Jessica Barnes &ndash...

NCIS holds seminar in Jacksonville on how to better investigate strangulation, domestic violence cases

Jun 27, 2024 • News4Jax

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  – For the first time in Jacksonville, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, better known as NCIS, held a two-day training s...

Domestic Violence Task Force trains personnel on dealing with strangulation cases

Jun 25, 2024 • 3KRTV

GREAT FALLS — The newly formed Cascade County Domestic Violence Task Force held a training course Wednesday afternoon for law enforcement and medical pro...

Justicia certifica peritos para fortalecer el procesamiento de casos de feminicidios, maltrato a menores y violencia de género

May 30, 2024 • VIPR

Como parte de un esfuerzo para fortalecer el procesamiento de los delitos de feminicidio, violencia de género y maltrato a menores, el Departamento de J...

Officials undergo training to detect strangulation in domestic violence cases

Oct 10, 2023 • Union Bulletin

A life-changing moment for Gael Strack came in 1995 when she learned that two teen girls who had recently been murdered by their ex-boyfriends had previously r...

Strangulation prevention training at Shasta Lake Community Center

Feb 01, 2023 • KRCR

Strangulation is one of the most lethal forms of domestic violence and sexual assault. For that reason, Pathways to Hope for Children  partnered up with&...

The Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention

Sep 30, 2022 • NBC News

Gael Strack and Casey Gwinn talk about the program they helped design to teach law enforcement officials across the country how to identify often-missed...

Strangulation training underway in Charlotte for professionals who work with domestic violence victims

Nov 19, 2018 • 3WBTV

By Coleen Harry CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - For four days this week, 130 professionals in the greater Charlotte area who work with domestic violence victims...

HOPE hosts strangulation detection training

Oct 26, 2018

ROCHELLE — Physical abuse, including strangulation, can be a precursor to fatal cases of domestic violence, which is why it’s important to know...

Kansas Organization Hosts Training Centered on New Strangulation Law

Apr 10, 2018 • cjonline

By: Katie Moore TOPEKA, KS - More than 130 people learned how to recognize signs of strangulation and advocate for victims during a training event Tuesday prom...

Local law enforcement, medical professionals to undergo strangulation training

Nov 17, 2016

Posted: Nov 16, 2016 7:47 PM PST Updated: Nov 16, 2016 8:25 PM PST By Melinda Lee, KULR -  CONNECT ( Link to...