Nova Scotia Domestic Violence Deaths

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As domestic violence death toll mounts in N.S., calls come to fund support agencies

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Nova Scotia's legislature declared domestic violence to be an epidemic’ in September .

Since then there have been four women murdered, along with Bradford Downey .

The latest deaths came on New Year’s Eve , as 39-year-old Matthew Costain allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend and her father.

All cases involve a perpetrator who died by suicide after allegedly killing their female partner.

In a statement provided last week , Becky Druhan , Nova Scotia’s attorney general, said the latest deaths are a reminder of the “critical need” to address the issue of domestic violence. “While progress has been made, we know there is more to be done,” she wrote..

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