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Article: Tribes address domestic violence: American Indian women rank in the top demo- graphic of per capita domestic violence deaths.
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- Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2006
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Byline: S.E. Ruckman
Oct. 30--TAHLEQUAH -- On the last day of her life, Grace Mouse of Tahlequah spent Sept. 23 at an American Indian casino with a boyfriend. She then went home to her Cherokee Nation housing community. Before noon the next day, the 43-year-old Mouse had become a statistic. Her estranged husband came to the residence, and a fight between the two ensued, officials said. Except this time it turned deadly. Her estranged husband chased the boyfriend down the hall and shot him multiple times and wounded him, officers said. He then shot Mouse and turned the gun on himself, Cherokee County Sheriff's records show. His body was found slumped ...