Dr. John Lott has a piece with Holly Sullivan, the president of the Connecticut Citizen Defense League, on violence against women and the poor advice that women are usually given to protect themselves.

On this past Tuesday night, Ewen Dewitt brutally murdered 40-year-old Julie Minogue with an axe in her Milford, Connecticut home. Two of her children were at home when the murder occurred. Dewitt, an ex-boyfriend, had been stalking her. 

“I’m scared he’s going to kill me,” she told police. In 2019, she had a protective order issued. Just a week before the murder, a judge had granted her a full no-contact restraining order.

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