Seven cardboard cutouts stand in the sun outside Safehaven’s office in Arlington. The cutouts represent the seven women who were killed by their partners or former partners in Tarrant County in 2021, according to a report from the Tarrant County Adult Fatality Review team. In 2025, 10 women and three men lost their lives to intimate partner violence in Tarrant County.
Kaley Johnson
kjohnson@star-telegram.com
The number of Tarrant County residents who lost their lives to intimate partner violence increased for the second year in a row in 2025, according to the annual Fatality Review Report released in October.
The report — published by the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office in conjunction with domestic violence victim support service The Archway — found that 10 women and three men died in intimate partner homicides last year as compared to 11 individuals in 2024.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month is observed nationwide every October. The Fatality Review Report is part of the District Attorney’s campaign to protect county residents and prevent the next death.
“Every life lost to intimate partner violence in Tarrant County carries more than grief,” the report states. “It leaves behind a story we have a responsibility to hear, learn from and carry forward.”
Six of the victims had separated from their partners shortly before the deaths occurred; seven were still in the relationship. One of the victims was killed when she told her partner she wanted to leave the relationship, according to the report.
Seven of the offenders had histories of intimate partner violence, the report states. Two had been previously charged with strangulation; another with sexual assault.
“This further reinforces the critical importance of recognizing patterns of violence as a critical indicator of risk and understanding how violence can escalate within an abusive relationship,” officials said in the report.
None of the victims had filed for a protective order or called the local domestic violence hotline before they were killed, the report states.
On Thursday, a Burleson woman was kidnapped at gunpoint and killed by her estranged husband, police say. A GoFundMe has been established for Bianca Ramirez’s two children.
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