Posted on 08/26/2010 11:25:12 AM PDT by FreeManDC
Eunice Field, 54, allegedly killed her ex-girlfriend’s Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor because the woman had reportedly come between the couple. A Massachusetts murder has once again focused attention on LGBT domestic violence.
A Brockton woman walked into that city’s police station on Aug. 9 and allegedly confessed to killing her ex-girlfriend’s Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor because the woman allegedly had come between the couple.
Eunice Field, 54, told police she killed Lorraine Wachsman, 62, at Wachsman’s Bridgewater condo, according to Assistant District Attorney Thomas Flanagan.
Field left a note for her ex-girlfriend, Renee Williams, in the Brockton apartment they shared stating that she killed Wachsman, a retired school teacher, “for taking away the love of her life”, Flanagan said at Field’s Aug. 10 arraignment. The prosecutor said Field stabbed Wachsman three or four times in the back and neck with a serrated knife.
Flanagan reported Field was stained with blood when she showed up at the Brockton police station. She showed no emotion, however, when she confessed.
John Darrel, Field’s attorney, said his client told police at the beginning of the interview she has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and that she was supposed to be on medication. Darrel did not say whether Field was taking medication at the time of the stabbing.
A judge ordered Field held without bail pending a Sept. 3 court appearance.
“This is a terrible tragedy and a painful reminder that partner abuse not only affects survivors but also their community of friends, family and loved ones,” said Beth Leventhal, executive director of the Network/La Red, a Boston-based organization that seeks to end LGBT domestic violence. “We know that extreme jealousy and possessiveness over one’s partner or ex-partner are two of the tell-tale signs of partner abuse.”
A death this year in another Massachusetts town also may have a domestic-violence connection.
Annamarie Rintala, 37, was found strangled in the basement of her Granby home March 29.
Police are looking at Rintala’s wife, Cara, as a person of interest because she was charged with domestic assault in Oct. 2008 after Annamarie reported that her wife had struck her in the back of the head with a closed fist. Authorities dismissed charges in that case at the victim’s request.
Police have yet to make an arrest in connection with Rintala’s death.
As EDGE previously reported, a Boston jury last February convicted a woman on two counts of second-degree murder for setting fire to a South Boston apartment building that killed her girlfriend’s two young daughters after an argument in April 2008.
Domestic violence, both physical and emotional, remains a major problem among gay and lesbian couples.
The Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project reports one in four gay men experience domestic violence. The rate is even higher among lesbians. One in three likely will experience domestic violence during their lifetimes, the same rate as straight women.
The Network/La Red said many lesbians have the misconception their space is safe.
“We know from the recent cases that women physically and emotionally abuse their female partners, as well as their partners that may identify as transgender,” Kaitlin Nichols, director of organizing and education, told EDGE in e-mail. “We also know that women have been seriously injured or killed by their female partners, or lost everything and become homeless due to domestic violence. The myth of women’s communities as safe communities has prevented many women from reaching out for support. If they have shared what is happening, they are met with disbelief from their community.”
Thank you.
LOL!
That's possible.
My problem was that they used both male and female to back up a point of view. That's a lie. And if they are "altered", they DON'T know a female POV.
I had no problem with them posting. I had a problem with the lie. Leave gender identity out of it and it's fine.
...newcomer women in recovery don’t need dykes hitting on them...they’ve got enough problems as it is.
I agree, and we have to end his agenda ASAP. BTW, I decided to edit my home page today.
The thing that got me about this article is the name Wachsman. I grew up knowing a lot of people with that last name.
Nice page!
Thanks! I had more on my page in years past, but some pictures were lost.
And I'm always suspicious of posters who have nothing. A blank page doesn't indicate permanence. Or interest either. Freepers have a homepage, even if it's only a few lines.
I used to have that picture of Bush hugging that girl who lost her parent in 9/11, but it is no longer on the original site. The only reason I kept it there was to keep the libs PO’ed about Bush.
Bet it drove them crazy! You should use a pic of Bush greeting soldiers returning from Iraq. There’s one where the soldier looks shocked and overjoyed. It’s a recent pic.
USO Dallas/Fort Worth's Photos - President Bush surprises the troops
You’re = Your. Guess I’m still sleepy!
Ok, you see this particular thread is why many on the other side, loathe conservatives.
I am a chick, a nice looking one, if I don't mind saying, :) BUT all I was doing was making several points.
I grew up Catholic and have EIGHT brothers(4 sisters)... AND two brothers who were ALTAR boys, were molested by PRIESTS. Sorry, but I just put the post out that it was me who was abused because just to save time.
Regarding the current topic/ I have several acquaintances in the gay community and was trying to make a point that DOMESTIC VIOLENCE or MURDER is not mutually exclusive to ones gender or orientation.
You see, I am a woman who is socially liberal and is fiscally conservative.
In terms of my voting, etc... I will put up with the religious intensity sometimes exhibited on OUR SIDE over the commie idiots on the left.
I am really more an independent voter. I am an Atheist Conservative.
Sort of like S.E. Cupp.
Hope this clears things up for our concerned freepers!
Your gratuitous remarks slandering my life's work are not appreciated.
Sounds personal.
Sorry, but I just put the post out that it was me who was abused because just to save time.
Lying saves time?
You see, I am a woman who is socially liberal
This is a socially and fiscally conservative site. Liberal views won't fly here.
Thanks. Got it done again!
Conservative views
I am PRO-LIFE
I am for FLAT TAX/No income tax
I am for the military
I am for state's rights
I am for true individual freedoms
Purple's “non-Conservative” views
I am also a person who doesn't believe in a god, but believes there exists a continium of consciousness.
I believe in evolution of man
I believe gays should have the rights of heteros.
I love that last pic. That man’s face is precious!
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