DuPage state’s attorney forms Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team

DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin announced today the formation of DuPage County’s Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team within the 18th Judicial Circuit.The Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team is a countywide, multi‑agency network tasked with examining domestic violence-related deaths in an effort to reduce incidents of domestic violence, improve prevention and intervention efforts and promote outreach strategies statewide, according to a news release.“With October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we are all reminded that domestic violence affects us all and is not confined to a behind-closed-doors cycle of violence, leaving victims to suffer in silence,” Berlin said in the release.Comprised of a multidisciplinary group of experienced professionals with diverse backgrounds, expertise and perspectives, the team will examine domestic violence fatality and near‑fatality cases. As part of its analysis, the team will reconstruct the events, interventions and responses l