Domestic violence homicides in Tarrant County increased for the second year in a row.
In all, 13 people in the county died in 2025 as a result of intimate partner violence, according to a report released earlier this month. That’s two more than last year and more than double the number of homicides the county reported in the review in 2023.
Kathryn Jacob, president and CEO of The Archway, one of the primary partner organizations participating in the Intimate Partner Violence Fatality Review, called the most recent findings the “elephant in the room.”…