North Shore Horizons

THE COALITION TO END RELATIONSHIP ABUSE REMEMBERS

Richard Alhag Stephen

MINNESOTA'S 14TH CONFIRMED VICTIM OF INTIMATE PARTNER HOMICIDE IN 2020

Richard Alhag Stephen, 33, was killed in Moorhead by Cameron St. Claire, 33, on June 3. Richard and his girlfriend were walking home on June 3, when two men and one woman began catcalling Richard’s girlfriend from a parked car. The girlfriend told them to stop “catcalling” her, and as she and Richard walked toward her apartment building, the woman in the car, Erin Sundby, got out and assaulted Richard’s girlfriend. Sundby pulled the girlfriend down by her hair and began punching her. While this was happening, St. Claire and the other man in the vehicle got out and began beating and “pulverizing” Richard. After the assault, St. Claire, Sundby and the other men left, and Richard and his girlfriend went into her apartment. Richard fell asleep on the couch, but when his girlfriend was unable to wake him up she called 911. Richard Alhag Stephen was pronounced dead at the hospital. Cameron St. Claire was charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter and receiving stolen property. Erin Sundby has been charged with accomplice aiding an offender of 2nd degree murder, accomplice aiding an offender of 3rd degree murder, accomplice aiding an offender of 2nd degree manslaughter, 3rd degree assault and receiving stolen property. The other man involved in the assault has not been identified, arrested, or charged.

STRONGER TOGETHER

A support group for people who have experienced harmful relationships.

Focusing on: self-empowerment, healing, coping strategies, and making healthy changes.

Find support in a healthy, safe environment.

Tuesdays 6:00-7:00 PM

Due to COVID-19 and practicing social distancing, support group will now be held via ZOOM.

For more information or a ZOOM invite, please contact Kate.

kate@northshorehorizons.org

North Shore Horizons

127 7th Street

Two Harbors, MN 55616

Call with questions: 218-834-5924

The Reality of Domestic Violence

Physical abuse is not bound by age, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or nationality; it exists in all communities.

Women who are sexually abused by intimate partners suffer severe and long-lasting physical and mental health problems, similar to those of other rape victims.

Source: https://ncadv.org/statistics

The single best predictor of children becoming either perpetrators or victims of domestic violence later in life is whether or not they grow up in a home where there is domestic violence.

Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults.

Source: https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/statistics/children-and-domestic-violence

A study of intimate partner homicides found that 20% of victims were not

the intimate partners themselves, but family members, friends, neighbors,

persons who intervened, law enforcement responders, or bystanders.

72% of all murder-suicides involve an intimate partner;

94% of the victims of these murder suicides are female.

Source: https://ncadv.org/statistics

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