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The Deadly Link Between Domestic Violence And Homicide

A photo of a Burlington Police car outside a home, with caution tape across the driveway.
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Aita Gurung allegedly killed his wife at the family's home on Hyde Street in Burlington on Oct. 12. Just days before, on Oct. 7, he had self-reported to Burlington Police his involvement in a domestic violence incident.

About half of the murders that have taken place in Vermont over the past 20 years have been related to domestic violence.

We're talking about that persistent, deadly link between domestic violence and homicide, and what steps can be taken by the state going forward to stop both.

Our guests for today's program include:

  • Mark Davis â€� a staff writer for Seven Days who wrote the recent cover piece
  • Auburn Watersong â€� associate director of public policy for 
  • Captain JP Sinclair â€� chief criminal investigator at the Vermont State Police's and a member of the state's domestic violence fatality review commission

If you need help: The Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-228-7395 and

Broadcast live on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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