This story discusses domestic violence. If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.

When Mandy Laurer saw her ex-boyfriend's name in the news, her heart sank.

"I am a former victim of domestic violence at the hands of this monster," she wrote in an August email to The Tennessean. "And now a woman is dead."

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