Domestic violence deaths have dramatically surged in Ohio, according to the most recent annual fatality report by the Ohio Domestic Violence Network, which recorded a 37% increase year-over-year.

Of the 157 fatalities between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 95 were victims and 62 were perpetrators. More men, 82, than women, 75, died—though most victims were women, and most attackers were men.

Eleven of the fatalities were minor children, according to ODVN.

Thirty-six of the state’s 88 counties were touched by domestic violence deaths, with Franklin and Cuyahoga Counties leading the list. And there were more than 40 documented cases of murder-suicide and family annihilation, accounting for more than 80 of the 157 deaths.

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