Her statement suggests that she endured a long cycle of abuse and subjugation. Maybe she was scared for her life, but she should have got help long before it came to this. I'm not blaming her even in the slightest, just harping on what seems like an age old example of what domestic abuse come to, and as an ER registrar is still baffles me how often it happens. It seemed like she had a crummy circle of friends. What kind of person would just leave her there with a psycho and not immediately come back with the police.