The Oklahoma County District Attorney's office is prosecuting a hand full of domestic violence murders this year. Experts say domestic violence is not only between intimate partners but can involve family members and close friends.

A metro woman told News 9 her story of being brutally assaulted by someone she trusted. A close friend she initially felt safe around. He is now facing two counts of domestic assault and battery charges out of Cleveland County.

The photos are graphic reminders of what 22-year-old Teighlor Farris endured last month.

“The assault broke both side of my nose, my septum,” said Teighlor Farris, domestic abuse victim. “He broke all the bones around my eye socket. They were worried about my eye falling in, so that was all crushed.”

The injuries went beyond what you

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