CHEYENNE — A group of around 30 people carried life-sized silhouettes through downtown Cheyenne on Monday. The red wooden outlines, called “silent witnesses,” depict the figures of women who were victims of domestic violence in Wyoming.

“These are called the silent witnesses because they are silent, but what happened to them speaks so loudly,” said Zonta Club of Cheyenne member Mary Walker.

Friends and loved ones of victims carried the silhouettes from the Wyoming State Capitol to the Laramie County Library, marching through the street in silence. When they reached the library, attendees assembled in the Cottonwood Room and lined up the silhouettes behind the stage.

There, different Zonta Club members shared the stories of women who lost their lives from domestic abuse in Wyoming in fro

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