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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – There have now been more than 60 homicides in Columbus so far this year. About 20% of them, or 12, have been domestic violence related, according to Mayor Andrew Ginther. The mayor said that number is more than all of last year, and it’s only May. “I would hate to say […]
Jessica Royal, then Cothon, shot and killed her abusive partner to save her own life in 2013. She had endured unfathomable domestic violence at the hand of her partner, who beat her while she was pregnant, strangled her, fractured her face and even, at one time, tried to set her on fire. There was something different in his eyes, however, when he entered her home that morning, she recalled. "That night, he set out to kill me," Royal said, noting that the minutes in which he was choking her to the brink of unconsciousness swirled like a fog in her memory. "And then something came over me...