Sweet 16 & Murdered
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Tara’s Episode Notes:
In this episode… Tara shares with us, the heartbreaking story of 16 year old Emma Jane Walker. Emma was a bright, kind, beautiful girl with her whole life ahead of her. A life that was tragically cut short in a way that no one saw coming. Was it a deadly, misguided stunt planned by her football player ex-boyfriend to try and win her back or was it cold blooded murder?
Teen dating violence is an issue that deserves attention. 1 in every 5 high school students report being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner. (According to the Journal of the American Medical Assoc.). 1 in 3 girls in the U.S. is a victim of dating violence…a figure that far exceeds rates of other types of youth violence.