Reactions and resources: Domestic violence in Middle Tennessee

This Is Nashville · Apr 11, 2022 · 50m

In April 2021, Nashville resident Marie Varsos tried to get protection from her husband after he strangled and threatened to kill her. She did everything she was supposed to do. She had resources and support. But Sean Varsos murdered her and her mother.

In recent years, the city of Nashville has made strides in improving the systems to address domestic violence, but the Varsos case demonstrates that those systems are not infallible.

We talk with a domestic violence survivor, and with people currently working to connect survivors to critical resources.

At the top of the episode, Paige Pfleger…