Nicole Sharpe holds a photograph of her mother, Heather Hurley, who was killed by her father, Winston Richards, when Sharpe was a teenager, in New York, U.S., June 1, 2019. Richards was convicted of manslaughter in 1993, and sentenced to up to 25 years in prison. After serving 16 years he was released in 2009 and died in 2012. "I don't think in the minds of people that domestic violence has really changed too much" since her mother's death, said Sharpe, "People still are bent on blaming the victim." REUTERS/Magali Druscovich SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Magnets are displayed on the refrigerator in Nicole Sharpe's home in New York, U.S., October 17, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Nicole Sharpe works on her computer after eating dinner with her daughter, Tyler, at their home in New York, U.S., October 17, 2021. Sharpe's father, Winston Richards, killed her mother, Heather Hurley, when Sharpe was a teenager. Richards was convicted of manslaughter in 1993, and sentenced to up to 25 years in prison. After serving 16 years he was released in 2009 and died in 2012. "I don't think in the minds of people that domestic violence has really changed too much" since her mother's death, said Sharpe, "People still are bent on blaming the victim." REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A portrait of Nicole Sharpe's mother, Heather Hurley, who was killed by Sharpe's father, Winston Richards, when Sharpe was a teenager, is displayed at her home in New York, U.S., October 17, 2021. Richards was convicted of manslaughter in 1993, and sentenced to up to 25 years in prison. After serving 16 years he was released in 2009 and died in 2012. "I don't think in the minds of people that domestic violence has really changed too much" since her mother's death, said Sharpe, "People still are bent on blaming the victim." REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Nicole Sharpe waits to cross the street in New York, U.S., October 17, 2021. Sharpe's father, Winston Richards, killed her mother, Heather Hurley, when Sharpe was a teenager. Richards was convicted of manslaughter in 1993, and sentenced to up to 25 years in prison. After serving 16 years he was released in 2009 and died in 2012. "I don't think in the minds of people that domestic violence has really changed too much" since her mother's death, said Sharpe, "People still are bent on blaming the victim." REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Tammy Suomi plays with her cat, Love Bug, at her home in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S., October 1, 2021. Suomi's daughter Jackie Defoe was 13 weeks pregnant when she and her son, 21-month-old Kevin Shabaiash Jr., were beaten and stabbed to death in March 2020 by Defoe's boyfriend Sheldon Thompson. Attempts to reach Thompson through his attorney were unsuccessful. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Tammy Suomi grieves the loss of her daughter, Jackie Defoe, and grandson, Kevin Shabaiash Jr., at her home in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S., October 1, 2021. Suomi's daughter Defoe was 13 weeks pregnant when she and 21-month-old Kevin were beaten and stabbed to death in March 2020 by Defoe's boyfriend Sheldon Thompson. Attempts to reach Thompson through his attorney were unsuccessful. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Tammy Suomi sorts through her grandson, Kevin Shabaiash Jr.'s, belongings at her home in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S., October 1, 2021. Suomi's daughter Defoe was 13 weeks pregnant when she and 21-month-old Kevin were beaten and stabbed to death in March 2020 by Defoe's boyfriend Sheldon Thompson. Attempts to reach Thompson through his attorney were unsuccessful. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Tammy Suomi holds up a note her daughter, Jackie Defoe, wrote on the back of a photograph for her grandmother while at school, at her home in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S., October 1, 2021. Suomi's daughter Defoe was 13 weeks pregnant when she and her son, 21-month-old Kevin Shabaiash Jr, were beaten and stabbed to death in March 2020 by Defoe's boyfriend Sheldon Thompson. Attempts to reach Thompson through his attorney were unsuccessful. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Childhood photographs of Jackie Defoe, Tammy Suomi's daughter, who was killed in March 2020, are seen at Suomi's home in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S., October 1, 2021. Suomi's daughter Defoe was 13 weeks pregnant when she and her son, 21-month-old Kevin Shabaiash Jr, were beaten and stabbed to death in March 2020 by Defoe's boyfriend Sheldon Thompson. Attempts to reach Thompson through his attorney were unsuccessful. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Jackie Defoe and her son, 21-month-old Kevin Shabaiash Jr.'s graves are seen at a cemetery on the Fond du Lac Reservation, in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S., October 1, 2021. Defoe was 13 weeks pregnant when she and Kevin were beaten and stabbed to death in March 2020 by Defoe's boyfriend Sheldon Thompson. Attempts to reach Thompson through his attorney were unsuccessful. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A road winds through the Fond du Lac Reservation in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S., October 1, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Artwork created by friends is displayed in the living room of Tammy Suomi's home in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S., October 1, 2021. Soumi's daughter Jackie Defoe was 13 weeks pregnant when she and 21-month-old Kevin Shabaiash Jr. were beaten and stabbed to death in March 2020 by Defoe's boyfriend Sheldon Thompson. Attempts to reach Thompson through his attorney were unsuccessful. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Tammy Suomi holds her grandson, Kevin Shabaiash Jr.'s hospital bracelet at her home in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S., October 1, 2021. Soumi's daughter Jackie Defoe was 13 weeks pregnant when she and 21-month-old Kevin were beaten and stabbed to death in March 2020 by Defoe's boyfriend Sheldon Thompson. Attempts to reach Thompson through his attorney were unsuccessful. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Dale Cook Driscoll holds out a photo of her daughter, Helen Buchel, 34, and granddaughter, Brittany Passalacqua, 12, who were stabbed to death by Buchel's boyfriend, John Brown, in 2009, in Rochester, New York, U.S., February 11, 2020. Brown pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and in 2010 was imprisoned for 40 years to life in a plea deal. Cook Driscoll said her family accepted so her grandson, who found the bodies, would not have to testify. Reuters was unable to locate an attorney for Brown, who remains in prison. REUTERS/Magali Druscovich SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Dale Cook Driscoll shows a necklace with a photo of her daughter, Helen Buchel, 34, and granddaughter, Brittany Passalacqua, 12, who were stabbed to death by Buchel's boyfriend, John Brown, in 2009, in Rochester, New York, U.S., February 11, 2020. Brown pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and in 2010 was imprisoned for 40 years to life in a plea deal. Cook Driscoll said her family accepted so her grandson, who found the bodies, would not have to testify. Reuters was unable to locate an attorney for Brown, who remains in prison. REUTERS/Magali Druscovich SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Dale Cook Driscoll shows her arm, tattooed with the names of her daughter, Helen Buchel, 34, and granddaughter, Brittany Passalacqua, 12, who were stabbed to death by Buchel's boyfriend, John Brown, in 2009, in Rochester, New York, U.S., February 11, 2020. Brown pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and in 2010 was imprisoned for 40 years to life in a plea deal. Cook Driscoll said her family accepted so her grandson, who found the bodies, would not have to testify. Reuters was unable to locate an attorney for Brown, who remains in prison. REUTERS/Magali Druscovich SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Tammy Suomi, surrounded by close family members, enters the Carlton Courthouse to testify in the trial against Sheldon Thompson, accused of murdering her daughter, Jackie Defoe and grandson, Kevin Shabaiash Jr., in Carlton, Minnesota, May 24, 2022. Defoe was 13 weeks pregnant when she and 21-month-old Kevin were beaten and stabbed to death in March 2020. A jury convicted Defoe's boyfriend Thompson of first-degree murder in the deaths of Defoe, her unborn child, and Kevin. He was sentenced to three consecutive life terms and given no chance for parole for Defoe's and Kevin's murders. Attempts to reach Thompson through his attorney were unsuccessful. REUTERS/Magali Druscovich SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Tammy Suomi visits the grave of her daughter, Jackie Defoe, and grandson, Kevin Shabaiash Jr., a day before the trial of Sheldon Thompson, accused of murdering them, that begins in Duluth, Minnesota, May 23, 2022. Suomi's daughter Defoe was 13 weeks pregnant when she and 21-month-old Kevin were beaten and stabbed to death in March 2020. Attempts to reach Thompson through his attorney were unsuccessful. REUTERS/Magali Druscovich SEARCH "USA WOMEN VIOLENCE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES