Nicole Sharpe holds a photograph of her mother, Heather Hurley, who was killed by her father, Winston Richards, when Sharpe was a teenager, in New York, U.S., June 1, 2019. Richards was convicted of manslaughter in 1993, and sentenced to up to 25 years in prison. After serving 16 years he was released in 2009 and died in 2012. "I don't think in the minds of people that domestic violence has really changed too much" since her mother's death, said Sharpe, "People still are bent on blaming the victim." REUTERS/Magali Druscovich
Tammy Suomi's Duluth, Minnesota living room is filled with memories of her daughter Jackie Defoe and her grandson Kevin Shabaiash Jr. Teddy bears line the couch. Photos of her smiling loved ones cover a coffee table and kitchen island.
Defoe was 13 weeks pregnant when she and 21-month-old Kevin were beaten and stabbed to death in March 2020 at her home on the Fond du Lac American Indian reservation near Duluth.
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