Kaliegh Cuervo was in hiding at a Hawai'i spouse abuse center after being shot, stabbed and beaten with a baseball bat while living on the Mainland. Her alleged attacker was her husband, then a Marine, back from his second tour in Iraq.

Posted on: December 18, 2008
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Sitting at a Windward O'ahu spouse abuse shelter, thousands of miles from her alleged batterer, Kaliegh Cuervo lifted her blouse to reveal a small scar from a bullet wound on her left side.

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 Day 5: Military

Ernie Gomez was free for more than three years after his domestic-violence conviction while awaiting word, first on his appeal, then on his pardon request.

Army backed domestic-violence felon
Posted on: December 18, 2008
In the Hawai'i Army National Guard, a felony conviction usually is enough to get a citizen soldier kicked out of the military.

Above: Donna Weber shows off her tattoo while holding her 11-month-old grandchild, Ayden Kamai. Donna's daughter, Daysha Aiona-Aka, was murdered two years ago; her killer, Jeffrey Boyd Santos Jr., is serving a 100-year prison term for the crime.

Out, on her own
Posted on: December 18, 2008
On Nov. 1, 2006, Daysha was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, Jeffrey Boyd Santos Jr., a man she had lived with and loved, and the father of her only child. She was 21. This is her story as told by her journals, her family and her friends. She is missed, and she is remembered.

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