On Wednesday morning, a statewide coalition working to stop domestic violence released its annual homicide report. It names 24 people who were killed last year due to intimate partner abuse in Minnesota, plus three others whose deaths are listed as suspicious.

Nikki Engel is the interim co-executive director at Violence Free Minnesota. She told reporters Wednesday morning that the report highlights a need for more prevention work.

“We've lost these people — how do we get ahead of it?” Engels said. “Intimate partner violence is a public health crisis and a social issue. It is often predictable and preventable.”

The report names 13 people killed by a current or former intimate partner, including Minneapolis DJ Liara Tsai and Duluth women Erin Abramson and Kathryn Ramsland.

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