AZ Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence releases 2021 report

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - The AZ Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence (ACESDV) released the 2021 Domestic Violence Fatality Report.

The releasing of the report comes as October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

For further context, in 2021, the ACESDV documented 94 known domestic violence-related fatalities across Arizona.

Particularly, they discovered these fatalities through an online social media monitoring device that uses topical keywords related to domestic violence.

While this method generates a fairly comprehensive list of domestic violence-related fatalities, the data in the report is limited.

Not only that, it captures the fatalities through online media publication stories.

Furthermore, Jenna Panas, CEO of ACESDV, spoke, "Their legacy lives on as a reminder of the seriousness of domestic violence and examples of how to improve our services, systems, and response to domestic violence in Arizona. We can and hope to do better within the state of Arizona.”

If you want to read the report, the click here.

Correspondingly, if you want to read the prior years' fatality lists, then click here as well.