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["Kelley Marie Adams" <>]

Very sad news indeed.

I was a little taken aback by how that report was written, especially the 
first sentence: " A 19-year-old woman found slain in a men's bathroom at San 
Diego City College appeared to be the victim of   domestic    violence , 
school officials said, dispelling fears that a random killer had come to 
campus."

It's as if this is news that provides great relief since the perpetrator 
"only" committed an act of domestic violence, as opposed to a random slaying. 
This idea touches on the thinking that it's comforting that this incidence 
occurred in the context of some type of relationship and wasn't random, 
because people can conjecture that maybe she "did something" to provoke it. 
In other words, the idea of a "random killer" paints a narrative of innocents 
being killed without reason, in contrast to this woman who is somehow less 
innocent and may have had a part in what happened to her, simply by being in 
some sort of relationship with her attacker.

I wish the coverage on this had emphasized DV as a problem requiring 
attention rather than a familiar occurrence the general public has somehow 
come to complacently accept. 


Kelley

Kelley M. Adams
Health Educator & Grant Coordinator
Violence Prevention & Response
MIT Medical, Community Wellness
E23-205, 3-1316



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10/14/10 Virginian-Pilot & Ledger Star (Norfolk Va.) 10
2010 WLNR 20524888
 
Virginia Pilot and Ledger-Star (Norfolk, VA)
Copyright 2010 The Virginian-Pilot, Inc.
 
October 14, 2010
 
Section: Front
 
Woman found dead in college men's bathroom Womanfound slain in San Diego 
college restroom
 
 SAN DIEGO 
 
 A 19-year-old womanfound slain in a men's bathroom at San Diego City College 
appeared to be thevictim of   domestic    violence , school officials 
said,dispelling fears that a random killer had come to campus.  
 
  A student found thewoman's body shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday and notified 
a teacher, police said.Investigators Wednesday morning were retracing her 
steps. 
 
 Police would not sayhow the woman was killed and were withholding her name. 
 
 The woman's parentshad reported her missing when she did not return home 
after a Tuesday nightclass, homicide detective Kevin Rooney told the San 
Diego Union-Tribune. 
 
 Jasmin Perez told thenewspaper that the woman was her cousin Diana Gonzalez, 
of National City, andshe has an 8-month-old daughter. Perez said Gonzalez 
wanted to be a nurse andwas taking general education classes. 
 
 - The AssociatedPress 
 
EDITION: VP - The Virginian-Pilot
 
Word Count: 147
10/14/10 PILOT-STAR 10
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