Facing The Scourge Of Domestic Abuse!

In the first of a shocking 4-part series, ENQUIRER reveals brutal cases of women abused — or killed — by their partners. First up, the story of a young wife and mother murdered by her cheating husband.

A WOMAN is battered every nine seconds in the United States! Each year, 5.3 MILLION incidents of domestic abuse occur among American women aged 18 and older — and the abuser is typically a spouse or significant other.

Shockingly, 1 in 4 American women experience domestic violence during their lifetimes — and the U.S. Surgeon General cites it as the leading cause of injury for women aged 15 to 44.

DOMETRIA CARBAJAL, AGE 25 DENVER, COLO.

Dometria Carbajal’s lifeless body was discovered in her Colorado apartment in a pool of blood, her skull bashed in by an ax.