Datos y estadísticas

Please note that these numbers only represent those victims who sought services at our member agencies and do not represent the total number of individuals victimized by domestic violence in Arkansas.

THAT NUMBER IS FAR GREATER.

Domestic Violence in Arkansas

%

of Arkansas women and 34.8% of Arkansas men experience intimate partner physical violence and/or intimate partner sexual violence in their lifetimes. (1)

victims in Arkansas were served by domestic violence shelters and programs in one day. (2)

%

of Arkansas women will experience stalking in their lifetime.

misdemeanor domestic violence records were submitted in Arkansas by December 31, 2015. (4)

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” – Kofi Annan

How We Help

At ACADV, we empower state shelters, train professionals, and support survivors to end domestic violence in Arkansas. From providing safe spaces and interventions to offering custom training events, we are committed to making a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals and families affected by domestic violence.

Shelters Supported

Victims Helped

Trainings Held Annually

2024 Domestic Violence Homicides

Note: If you are aware of anyone who needs to be added to this list, please contact us with any information that you have.

If you are in need of  a previous year’s homicide information, contact us.

This list is based on the most recent information available to the public.

42 Total Deaths to Date:
22 Women, 16 Men, 8 Children
*25 Intimate Partner Violence

Sean Rokey
January 4, 2024
Springdale, Arkansas (Washington County)
Age: 50*

Joe Newmy
January 14, 2024
Blytheville, Arkansas (Mississippi County)
Age: 32*

Rebecca Edwards
February 5, 2024
Paragould, Arkansas (Greene County)
Age: 51*

Jacob Martin Sr., Dara Martin, and Aleah Martin
February 10, 2024
Glen Rose, Arkansas (Saline County)
Age: 47, 53, & 14

Teangela and Noel Tate
February 13, 2024
North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Age: 27* & 2-Months

Amari Giles
March 10, 2024
Jonesboro, Arkansas (Craighead County)
Age: 20*

Starla Mills
March 27, 2024
Helena-West Helena, Arkansas (Phillips County)
Age: 16*

Vicki Williams
March 29, 2024
Centerton, Arkansas (Washington County)
Age: 51

Santana Reyna-Martinez
April 5, 2024
North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Age: 33*

Jamie McCall
April 8, 2024
North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Age: 49*

Unnamed Baby Boy
April 14, 2024
Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Age: Unknown

Lyric Bewley
April 24, 2024
Springdale, Arkansas (Washington County)
Age: 19*

Brittany & David Taylor
May 4, 2024
East End, Arkansas (Saline County)
Age: 38 & 40

Brittany Martin
May 4, 2024
Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Age: 33*

Altha Reed
May 15, 2024
Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Age: 85

Heather Bradford
June 14, 2024
Mountain Home, Arkansas (Baxter County)
Age: 36*

Amber Reynolds
June 15, 2024
Hot Springs, Arkansas (Garland County)
Age: 27*

Mary Christopher
June 17, 2024
Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Jefferson County)
Ages: 44*

Evereace “Burt” Errington
June 25, 2024
Magnolia, Arkansas (Columbia County)
Age: 80

Ashley Rawls Smith
June 28, 2024
Lepanto, Arkansas (Poinsett County)
Age: 39*

Ivori Harris
June 28, 2024
West Memphis, Arkansas (Crittenden County)
Age: 23*

Jay’Dien Rollins
July 8, 2024
Jacksonville, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Age: 2

Jack Ruple Sr.
July 12, 2024
Conway, Arkansas (Faulkner County)
Age: 71

Jacob Parker
August 8, 2024
West Memphis, Arkansas (Crittenden County)
Age: 24

Patrice & Claire McDaniel
August 17, 2024
Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Jefferson County)
Age: 52* & 14

Jason Nalls
August 17, 2024
Dumas, Arkansas (Desha County)
Age: 36*

Lashabra Plunkett
August 24, 2024
Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Age: 33*

Robert Dickson Sr.
September 15, 2024
Fayetteville, Arkansas (Washington County)
Age: 61

Lawrence Arnold Sr.
September 18, 2024
Jacksonville, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Age: 50

Zhay’viah Rollins
September 20, 2024
Jacksonville, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Age: 3

Jeremiah McMillen
September 21, 2024
Des Arc, Arkansas (Prairie County)
Age: 44

Cameron Palmer
September 26, 2024
Conway, Arkansas (Faulkner County)
Age: 22*

Reginald Hannah
October 7, 2024
Jonesboro, Arkansas (Craighead County)
Age: 29*

Sayward Mary Alaman
October 13, 2024
Searcy, Arkansas (White County)
Age: 46*

Kathryn Martin
October 24, 2024
North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Age: 74

Hanna & Asher Dawsey
November 4, 2024
Pocahontas, Arkansas (Randolph County)
Age: 40* & 14

Unnamed Man
November 8, 2024
Drasco, Arkansas (Cleburne County)
Age: Unknown*

Rontea Thompson
November 15, 2024
Jonesboro, Arkansas (Craighead County)
Age: 38

Christopher Sabb
November 15, 2024
Jacksonville, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Age: 19*

Anastasia Turner
December 3, 2024
Elkins, Arkansas (Washington County)
Age: 33*

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Citations and Data Resources

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2 – National point in time count conducted by NCADV https://nnedv.org/content/domestic-violence-counts-18th-annual-report/

Domestic Violence in the LGTBQ Community, updated June 2023 – https://www.findlaw.com/family/domestic-violence/same-sex-domestic-violence.html

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and HIV-Affected Hate and Intimate Partner Violence in 2017: A Report from the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs – https://avp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/NCAVP-HV-IPV-2017-report.pdf

4 – FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division: National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Section (2020). Active records in the NICS index as of December 31, 2019. Retrieved from https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/active-records-in-the-nics-indices-by-state.pdf/view.

5 – Black, M.C., Basile, K.C., Breiding, M.J., Smith, S.G., Walters, M.L., Merrick, M.T., Chen, J., & Stevens, M. (2011). The national intimate partner and sexual violence survey: 2010 summary report. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/nisvs_report2010-a.pdf.

6 – Violence Policy Center (2018). American roulette: murder-suicide in the United States. Retrieved from https://vpc.org/studies/amroul2018.pdf

7 – Catalano, Shannan. 2007. Intimate Partner Violence in the United States. U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Available at https://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/ipvus.pdf.

8 – Stone, R., Rothman, E.F. Opioid Use and Intimate Partner Violence: a Systematic Review. Curr Epidemiol Rep 6, 215–230 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40471-019-00197-2

9 – Women who have experienced domestic violence are 80 percent more likely to have a stroke, 70 percent more likely to have heart disease, 60 percent more likely to have asthma and 70 percent more likely to drink heavily than women who have not experienced intimate partner violence.

10 – Silverman JG, Decker MR, Reed E, Raj A. Intimate partner violence around the time of pregnancy: association with breastfeeding behavior. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2006 Oct;15(8):934-40. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2006.15.934. PMID: 17087617.

11 – Vogels, Emily A. “The State of Online Harrassment” Pew Research Center, January 13, 2021. Retrieved at: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/01/13/the-state-of-online-harassment/

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Machtinger, E.L., et al. (2012) Psychological Trauma and PTSD in HIV-Positive Women: A Meta-Analysis. AIDS and Behavior. 16(8): 2091-2100.

CDC. Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and HIV in Women, February 2014.

14 – Martin SL, Matza LS, Kupper LL, Thomas JC, Daly M, Cloutier S. Domestic violence and sexually transmitted diseases: the experience of prenatal care patients. Public Health Rep. 1999 May-Jun;114(3):262-8. doi: 10.1093/phr/114.3.262. PMID: 10476996; PMCID: PMC1308478.

23  – Reproductive and sexual coercion. Committee Opinion No. 554. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2013; 121:411-5. Retrieved at: https://www.acog.org/-/media/project/acog/acogorg/clinical/files/committee-opinion/articles/2013/02/reproductive-and-sexual-coercion.pdf

22  – Adverse Health Conditions and Health Risk Behaviors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. February 2008. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5705.pdf

Alhusen JL, Ray E, Sharps P, Bullock L. Intimate partner violence during pregnancy: maternal and neonatal outcomes. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 Jan;24(1):100-6. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2014.4872. Epub 2014 Sep 29. PMID: 25265285; PMCID: PMC4361157.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. (2010). National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2010 Summary Report.

U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (2014). Nonfatal Domestic Violence, 2003–2012 (Truman, J.L. and Morgan, R.E.)
National Center for Transgender Equality. 2016.

U.S. Transgender Survey, 2015
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Fast Facts: Preventing Intimate Partner Violence.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2017. Preventing Intimate Partner Violence Across the Lifespan. Technical Package of Programs, Policies, and Practices.

World Health Organization. (2013). Global and regional estimates of violence against women: prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence.

American Psychiatric Association. (2019). Intimate Partner Violence: A Guide for Psychiatrists Treating IPV Survivors.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). Prevalence and Characteristics of Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization — National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, United States, 2011. Surveillance Summaries. (Breiding, M.J., et al.) September 5, 2014.

24 – Adverse Health Conditions and Health Risk Behaviors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. February 2008. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5705.pdf

Alhusen JL, Ray E, Sharps P, Bullock L. Intimate partner violence during pregnancy: maternal and neonatal outcomes. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 Jan;24(1):100-6. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2014.4872. Epub 2014 Sep 29. PMID: 25265285; PMCID: PMC4361157.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. (2010). National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2010 Summary Report.

U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (2014). Nonfatal Domestic Violence, 2003–2012 (Truman, J.L. and Morgan, R.E.)
National Center for Transgender Equality. 2016.

U.S. Transgender Survey, 2015
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Fast Facts: Preventing Intimate Partner Violence.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2017. Preventing Intimate Partner Violence Across the Lifespan. Technical Package of Programs, Policies, and Practices.

World Health Organization. (2013). Global and regional estimates of violence against women: prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence.

American Psychiatric Association. (2019). Intimate Partner Violence: A Guide for Psychiatrists Treating IPV Survivors.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). Prevalence and Characteristics of Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization — National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, United States, 2011. Surveillance Summaries. (Breiding, M.J., et al.) September 5, 2014.

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