National focus on domestic violence hits close to home in Park County

14 Nov 2014 15:05 #1 by Flume editor
For three days, Karla lived in her car in a church parking lot while exploring her options. Leaving behind a well-paying job and most of her belongings, Karla decided there in that car, that she would not go back to her violent boyfriend ever again.

Her abusive parents abandoned her when she was a teen.

“I’ve been on the streets since I was 13,” Karla said. “I’ve got experience with this.”

But that weekend, in her car, she was on the run and also facing another challenge, something that inevitably made her more vulnerable. Karla was two months pregnant.

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