Nicole "Nikki" Wasilishin: My Mom Was Murdered

Send us Fan MailNicole Wasilishin "Nikki"  is the daughter of a murdered woman.In 1993, when Nikki was 10 years old and sleeping, her mother was be shot and killed by her boyfriend in a domestic violence altercation. Her mothers boyfriend allegedly grabs a gun and my mother’s life was lost. It’s been 30 years, and no charges have been filed. The Sedona Police Department likes to tell the family the reasoning is due to insufficient evidence. It took Nikki 28 years to become involved. Nikki requested the case-file and found out what happened to her mothers investigation or lack there of. https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/statistics/domestic-violence-statisticsOne in four women in the U.S. will be targeted by an abusive partner in their lifetime. Female victims most commonly  first experience domestic violence between the ages of 18-24 (38.6%), followed by age 11-17 (22.4%), age 35-44 (6.8%) and age 45+ (2.5%). Almost one out of five or 16.3% of murder victims in the U.S. were killed by an intimate partner; women account for two out of three murder victims killed by an intimate partner.  Support the show