The Big Picture: DV Murder in Warner Robins

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

DV Murder in Warner Robins

A Warner Robins man has been charged with murder after a domestic dispute ended with a woman dead.

Warner Robins police spokeswoman Tabitha Pugh says officers went to an apartment on Memorial Terrace just after 11 p.m. Sunday.
They found 61-year-old Rachel Boyd with a wound on the side of her head and 45-year-old Thomas Smith with stab wounds.
Pugh says Boyd and Smith both went to the hospital, where Boyd died a short time later.
She says an autopsy showed that Boyd died from several blunt force traumas to the head that she got during the fight.
Smith has been arrested and charged with felony murder and aggravated battery in Boyd's death.

Anyone with information can call Detective Karen Stokes of the Warner Robins Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 478-918-2980 or submit information through the Warner Robins police website. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Boyd family.

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Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is the establishment of control and fear in a relationship through physical, sexual, emotional, and/or financial abuse. Both men and women are capable of misusing power and perpetrating violence, and male victims are often just as afraid to call the police. More resources for female survivors exist, however, because overwhelmingly women and children suffer the most severe consequences (medical, legal, social, and financial) and therefore require the most intensive interventions.

Many women choose to stay in abusive relationships because they do not want their relationship to end...just the violence. Women often remain in, or return to, abusive relationships because their partners threaten to harm them and their loved ones if they attempt to leave. Commonly, women choose to leave when they become convinced that their life is at risk, or that their children are in danger.

Domestic violence is not just a "family matter". The violence will not stop until men and women come together with a common attitude of non-tolerance. We must speak out for those who may not feel safe speaking up, and our children must learn through our words and example that violence is never justified.