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.”
I wanted to see how far the poster would go but they wised up and clammed up.
I’m also sorry for purpleporter and anyone else lost in darkness.
I pray for all lost souls every day. Doesn’t mean I don’t get angry when they try to mislead others; because I’m sorry for the others, too.
One can be angry and still love. It hurts but it’s real.
Unfortunately, we have no way of knowing if the story about purpleporter’s brothers is true. It it is, it’s really too bad that pp believes as he/she does, because it’s not going to help them.
purpleporter sounded very angry and I believe that it stems from hurt. The path they are treading will not change that.
Legalizing perversion will foster more of the same. Especially against children.
I did look it up online and found the info on the "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina" episode of South Park here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Garrison's_Fancy_New_Vagina
And the video online here:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/103817
All I can say is that their sense of humor is truly outrageous and without mercy...
Thanks for the suggestion - loved it...
No, I am not.
I love south park… have you seen ManBearPig? It is joked about on FR a LOT.
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/103675
BTW - No Commercials on Netflix and better quality streaming which I run on my TV got rid of cable/satellite.
I am also the Sponsor of the Maine Lumberjack Temporary Gay Marriage Law. Gay (and of course, lesbian) lumberjacks should be permitted to cohabit legally in lumber camps from November until ice-out, however since so many gay relationships end in violence, my proposed legislation would forbid them to have axes, chainsaws, or peaveys. Although this would throw a disproportionate load on straight lumberjacks, I feel that enough stimulus funds, under my control, could alleviate this problem.
If the proposed legislation passes as it should, we will need a State Coordinator of Gay and Lesbian Lumberjack Rights. The pay is $200,000/annum. If you qualify under Federal Affirmative Action EEOC Regs, and have appropriate tattoos, (piercing optional) please apply.
CC:
Gov. Baldacci
Although not Lesbian-American I can still applaud your labors in bringing Global Warming to Maine. As a once-child, now woman, and member of many select minority groups I more than most feel the cold.
Lesbian lumberjacks, I understand, follow Women’s Basketball and at the UConn games, join the rest of the fabled “Wall of Flannel” that cheers the good ladies onto victory.
"...we have reviewed your résumé and are unable to offer you a post in the Baldacci Administration at this time.
.....member of many select minority groups I more than most feel the cold.
We have however, forwarded your résumé to many of Maine's municipalities who are conducting nation-wide searches for Public Safety Directors, Police Chiefs, Fire Chiefs, and highly paid coordinators of all sorts. Homosexuality is not an absolute qualification for many of these posts, if you also speak Somali border dialects and are Sharia-friendly.
We have however, forwarded your résumé to many of Maine’s municipalities who are conducting nation-wide searches for Public Safety Directors, Police Chiefs, Fire Chiefs, and highly paid coordinators of all sorts.
OHHHHHH A GGJ!! A GGJ!!!
(a good government job!!!)
But although I was raised in a trilingual household I do not speak the favored languages...not exotic enough.
You would think a real “altar boy” would know how to spell “altar”.
Ah well, Jim gave them the boot so spelling correctly and keeping their story straight will no longer be a problem.
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