The 20 Questions That Can Prevent Domestic Violence Homicide

By Rachel Louise Snyder

Ms. Snyder is a contributing Opinion writer.

On April 16th, Dr. Cerina Fairfax was shot and killed by her husband, the former lieutenant governor of Virginia, Justin Fairfax, who then fatally shot himself, according to the police. Three days later, the police say, a man in Louisiana named Shamar Elkins shot and killed eight children — seven of them his own — and critically injured his wife and a second woman, with whom he shared three children. At least one of these men had threatened suicide before the killings and both obtained access to guns; both wives wanted to end their marriages and separation was imminent. Sadly, both tragedies may well have been prevented.

Mr. Fairfax was ordered by a judge to vacate the family home by the end of the........

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