Stabbing highlights need for aid for domestic violence victims

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - On the heels of recent domestic violence incidents in the Mid-South, advocates are bringing awareness to the need for more resources to provide help to survivors. Monday morning, a Memphis woman was arrested after investigators said she stabbed her boyfriend during a "domestic incident." The Shelby County Sheriff's Office also arrested a man Monday morning, after they say he shot and killed a woman Sunday morning in Cordova. Deputies described that shooting as "domestic related." "Unfortunately, it's another devastating episode in a long, terrible line of very unnecessary, very tragic killings that we've had in this community as part of what happens across the nation," said Deborah Clubb, executive director of the Memphis Area Women's Council. October is Domestic Vio