Woman Stabs Boyfriend and Cut One-Year-Old Baby in Domestic Attack

According to Inside Edition, Alabama Police Department are after a 22-year-old Alabama woman who allegedly stabbed her boyfriend and cut their one-year-old child. Mobile officers responded on Saturday, at Manchester Park Apartments on Springhill Avenue, at approximately 11:03 in the morning, to a domestic violence report but only discovered a male stabbing victim and a child with a minor cut in the area where they received the report.

The man and the toddler were now treated for their injuries and the suspect has now been identified as Decara Cordier. The Alabama woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend while he was holding their child, injuring the baby during the attack. The 22-year-old woman immediately fled the scene before officers arrived and are wanted on two charges of domestic violence assault, according to the Mobile Police Department.

Authorities now ask anyone with information on Cordier's whereabouts to call the Mobile Police Department at 251-208-1700.

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Men can also experience domestic violence with their partners

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about one in four women and almost one in ten men have encountered contact with sexual and physical violence and stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime and reported several forms of Intimate Partner Violence or IPV-related impact. Annually, more than twelve million both men and women become victims of rape, physical violence, and stalking in the United States.

More than 43 million women and 38 million men faced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
Another woman from West Valley was accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death at the Glendale apartment and is now facing murder charges. Glendale Police Department has responded just south of Northern Avenue to a reported stabbing Monday night. According to authorities, one of the neighbors quickly called 911 after the suspect, Raeann Tyree Antonio, 24 years old, confessed to her bloody murder and stabbed her boyfriend to death.

The Glendale Investigators believed that there was some sort of argument inside her apartment before authorities arrived. The victim has been identified as Nathaniel Richard Yardley and was found with multiple stab wounds. The 29-year-old victim was rushed to the hospital but later pronounced dead due to his injuries. According to court records, Antonio is facing second-degree intentional murder charges and bail was set at $1 million, per AZ Family.

What to do when you're experiencing domestic violence

According to authorities, the person who is experiencing abuse may not be in place to speak with law enforcement regarding the abuse, denying the abuse might be safest for the person being abused especially if the abusive individual is around or present. Authorities suggest not calling police quickly regarding the violence as it could upset the abusive partner especially when a concerned neighbor or friend called authorities. The abuser might severely harm their partner when the police leave, thus, it's not a recommendable move.

The first thing to do is recognize what are the abuses done to you and eventually leave your abusive partner and just report the incident if you're no longer in the same place with the abusive individual.

Although violence in men is not usually common, it cannot be denied that domestic violence does also happen in men. Men who are being abused may seem anxious to please their intimate partner and just follow what their partner says and does, Mankind says.

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