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Jovan Belcher Allegedly Murdered Kasandra Perkins Over Paternity Paranoia

Jessica WakemanDecember 14, 2012 //
Color Of Domestic Violence
On Kasandra Perkins and the color of domestic violence. Read More »
I Witnessed DV
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Jessica watched a man commit domestic violence while bystanders did nothing. Read More »
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Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher murdered his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins because there was a question about their three-month-old child’s paternity, The New York Post is reporting.

Belcher’s mother Cheryl Sheperd was in the couple’s home on December 1 when Belcher shot Perkins nine times, before driving to a stadium and killing himself.  The Post claims his mother told police the couple had been fighting about whether he was the child’s biological father before the murder-suicide. Keep reading »

What We Missed: More On The Jovan Belcher Murder/Suicide, Manic Pixie Dream Boys & An Icky Sexual Exercise

Amelia McDonell-ParryDecember 7, 2012 //
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This week’s episode of What We Missed has The Frisky staff responding to media’s interest in what “caused” NFL player Jovan Belcher to kill his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins. (Please note: this week’s episode was recorded earlier than usual this week and certain details on the crime had not yet come to light.) On a much lighter note, we also talk about the rise of the Manic Pixie Dream Guy and a weird sexual exercise that involves staring at a vagina for 15 minutes!

On Kasandra Perkins
Is her death not being taken as seriously because she's black? Read More »
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How to get more far out in the bedroom. Read More »
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The Frisky staff discusses Jessica's leg hair and cheese sex. Read More »

The Soapbox: On Kasandra Perkins And The Color Of Domestic Violence

Erica WatsonDecember 6, 2012 //
Domestic Violence Advice
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Helping DV Victims
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Kasandra Perkins Murder
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NFL player Jovan Belcher murdered his girlfriend and then killed himself. Read More »

On December 1st, the sports world was in shock as reports came in that Jovan Belcher, a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, died in a murder-suicide, killing himself at the Chiefs training facility after murdering the mother of his three-month-old child in their home. Most people tried to figure out what would make a good kid like Belcher, who appeared to “have it all,” end his life in this way. But I found myself asking, “But what about the girlfriend? Does she even have a name?”

Her name was Kasandra Perkins. The 22-year-old mother had given birth in September and now she was dead. Gone. Keep reading »

Kansas City Chiefs Player Jovan Belcher Kills Girlfriend, Then Himself

Amelia McDonell-ParryDecember 3, 2012 //
I Witnessed DV
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Jessica watched a man commit domestic violence while bystanders did nothing. Read More »
Helping DV Victims
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Should we ask victims of domestic violence why they stay? Read More »
On Abused Women
Facts about Rihanna and other abused women. Read More »
jovan belcher kasandra perkins

Saturday morning, Kansas City Chiefs football player Jovan Belcher, 25, drove to the team’s training facility and shot himself in the parking lot, in front of the Chiefs’ general manager and head coach, who he thanked for all they had done for him. But prior to that? Belcher allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, 22, mother to his three-month-old daughter. The child and Belcher’s mom were allegedly witnesses to the murder. While details surrounding the crime are murky, one report said that Belcher was upset that Perkins had gone to a Trey Songz concert the night before, leaving the baby at home. Keep reading »