BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -
October is
Domestic Violence Awareness Month and a woman is trying to make others aware of
her plight.
She said
she placed a call to the Baton Rouge Police Department after her ex-husband
left a haunting letter for her.
"I'm
going to end up dead," said 'Jane Doe.' "If somebody's not paying
attention, I'm going to end up dead."
She said
she endured years of abuse during her marriage to her now ex-husband. Court
records show one case of violence between the two and a case of domestic
violence between her ex-husband and another woman. This victim said she wants to
believe in the system, but added it has failed her once already.
"I had
gotten away, finally. I finally got away where he couldn't find me. And, I
filed a PTO and his probation officer was there. And, they served him in jail
and gave him my new address. It was on the paper," 'Jane Doe' explained.
East Baton
Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore knows all too well about domestic violence
cases like this.
"As
you know, we have 13 domestic violence related deaths, murders," Moore
said. "So, that person or persons in that position should report it
immediately to police."
'Jane Doe'
did contact police Sunday night to show them the letter. However, they said the
man can only be charged with remaining when uninvited at this point. 'Jane Doe'
does not sleep well at night.
"I
think he's going to kill me. I absolutely think that he doesn't (inaudible)
anybody else and he's going to kill me because he won't give up. It's been two
years," she said.
Police
advised her to either leave her apartment or check into a battered women's
shelter. She said she's not going to let her ex-husband run her life.
The note
left on her door targeted her new boyfriend.
Police said
he is the one who needs to press the charges, in which case, the ex-husband
could be charged with battery.
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