YWCA: Domestic violence is a real issue in West Michigan and often goes underreported

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. —

Director of Crisis Intervention Services at YWCA West Central Michigan, Fallon Lee, said they are there to offer services, even when domestic violence survivors feel like they’re backed into a corner.

“When you are stuck in this cycle and you're going through, like, the whole power and control dynamic, it's hard for a survivor to know what they can do, and sometimes they feel like their back is pushed into a corner, and sometimes they just don't know what to do. We're here to help,” she said.

13 ON YOUR SIDE spoke to the YWCA after a woman in Oceana County allegedly shot and killed her husband after experiencing emotional abuse and fear of debt, with court documents saying she was at her "breaking point."

“I can't speak to this case specifically, but domestic vi