76% of female murder victims killed by someone they knew

From my first domestic violence call as a police officer responding to a woman beaten with a frying pan to extensive conversations with female offenders who were sexually or physically abused as children. It’s obvious that women can have tragic relationships with men they know.

This observation is substantiated by the fact that 76 percent of female murders were perpetrated by someone known to the victim.

I include a quote from another Bureau Of Justice Statistics document that:

“99% of the intimate partner violence against females was committed by male offenders.”