WASHINGTON 鈥� A proposal for a domestic violence prevention task force 鈥� named for a young Fort Washington聽mother and her daughter who police say聽died at the hands of the girl’s father聽鈥� is making its way through the Maryland House.
“Many of you may remember the tragedy that took the lives of 26-year-old Neshante Davis and her 2-year-old daughter Chloe Davis Green,” said聽Sen. C. Anthony Muse, who represents聽Prince George鈥檚 County, as he introduced a proposal to establish the聽Neshante and Chloe Davis Domestic Violence Prevention Task Force.
Davis and her daughter were killed in February in a dispute over child support. She was on her way to work at Bradbury Heights Elementary School, where she was a teacher, when she and her daughter聽were gunned down at a condominium in Fort Washington. The child鈥檚 father, Daron Boswell-Johnson, has been charged with their murders. He reportedly told police he was angry over the $600 court-ordered payments.
鈥淲e believe this bill will be beneficial to the community because it will increase education in areas that are lacking. It will give other people more support,鈥� said Davis’ sister Neshana Turner, who聽offered her testimony.
鈥淭here could be education,鈥� Turner said. 鈥淭he children will be able to pick up on things in the home they don鈥檛 know are violent triggers.鈥�
With the backing of the Davis family, 44 senators and agencies such as聽the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence supporting bill , Muse asked the judiciary proceedings committee to consider the rising instances of domestic violence.
Citing figures from the Network Against Domestic Violence, Muse said there were 238 domestic violence related deaths between 2010 and 2015. He asked the judiciary proceedings committee to consider the rising instances of domestic violence.
Recommendations for the task force will be presented to the governor before the end of the year.
