Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Areas

The long-awaited inquiry into the Renfrew County murders happened in June of 2022. Aduri looked at the circumstances and offered recommendations for system changes to reduce the risk of it happening again. The inquest heard there were many systemic failures that led up to Basal Baruchky's Murtisbury in September of 2015. He was not well supervised by probation officers, and he also was not held accountable when he failed to comply with probation conditions. An expert witness testified that in situations like these, where a known abuser is not held accountable, it can embolden them to escalate their behaviour. Inquest jury recommended Ontario government needs to formally declare intimate partner violence as an epidemic.