It was then that she wanted to end the relationship. When he saw that I was thinking that, and that I didn't want to be around him, that is when it changed. He was not the same person anymore," she said. He would be there when she went to a gasoline station or a grocery store. She became envious of her friends' freedom and felt as though she lived in a prison.
The more she tried to get out, the more intense the abuse became. He was big and strong and a fighter. So most people never stood up to him.
I definitely did," she said. Getting out of an abusive relationship is a difficult decision, said Sarah Terwelp, executive director of Women's Transitional Care Services. The nonprofit organization offers a safe house, court advocacy and other resources to more than 1, domestic abuse survivors each year.
And often, as in the case of Biggs, women face the greatest danger once they leave the relationship. Looking back, Biggs wished she had sought legal help sooner, such as filing a protection from abuse or protection from stalking order with the court. At the time, she was afraid of what would happen if the court order didn't work. While a protection order doesn't guarantee that an abuser will stay away, Terwelp said it does put on record that abuse has been occurring.
On the night of the attack, Biggs had little doubt who was breaking through her window. And at first her concern was for the safety of the other man in her apartment.
The first alternate, a woman, was added to the jury. She heard all of the evidence but had not been involved in deliberations until Wednesday morning. The jury now consists of seven men and five women. Prosecutors accuse Jaeger, 24, of severely beating and dragging his ex-girlfriend, who is now 23, from her Lawrence apartment the night of Oct. Testimony in the trial began July 29, and jurors got the case Monday afternoon. Deliberations are set to resume at 9 a.
Tuesday, Aug. He said police and prosecutors implicated Jaeger too quickly without looking at all the facts. Wright told jurors that Jaeger caught his ex-girlfriend with another man, Dylan Jones, that night, choked her and either punched or kicked her, causing a bleeding injury to her pelvic region.
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