When someone is sexually assaulted and goes to a hospital for treatment, a forensic nurse examiner offers what’s called a “physical evidence recovery kit.” The nurse will attempt to collect any ...

The man authorities say seriously injured two people while fleeing police in March 2025 has pleaded not guilty to new charges stemming from a domestic violence incident. Cornelius ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, W.Va. — Victim advocates at the Upper Ohio Valley Sexual Assault Help Center are reporting a significant increase in strangulation cases. Victim advocate Teresa Richmond explained ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – By the time the late-night argument ended, Jacqi Galles had been hoisted off the ground in a tight stranglehold and choked so vigorously that she says she nearly passed out. She fled ...

Domestic violence cases in Kalamazoo County are becoming more severe and more deadly, according to new data.

Schenectady County had the most arrests in the Capital Region under a new strangulation statute in the first three months of its existence, state officials said Thursday. The numbers came as part of a ...

Serial killers use strangulation in many cases, and people who kill police often have a history of domestic incidents, including choking — all of which shows the violent tendencies associated with ...