Speak My Name 2025

  Please join us for a moment of silence in reading the names from our Speak My Name project in honor and remembrance of Kentuckians who lost their lives to intimate partner homicide.  

Isabella Mae Walsh, 20

Arica Brown, 53

Kadesha Burch, 31

Evelyn Vega-Belton, 43

Heather Baldwin, 30

Isabella Verbaere, 15

Cicara James, 31

Jessica Campbell-Hyde, 44

Dixieana Brainard, 20

Kimberly Letner, 50

Bryant Johnson, 35

Elmer Eldridge, 24

Katherine Gomez, 33

Lapriest Maddox, 51

Latasha White, 49

Hayley Davidson, 28

SonTia Simmons, 26

Tristan Smith, 15

Estelle Shackleford, 54

Mary Thomas, 77*

Crystal Rogers, 35*

Of these 21 victims, 16 were killed with a gun.

*These victims were killed prior to September 2024.

For the lives and futures of all Kentuckians, we must commit ourselves to ending intimate partner violence during DVAM and beyond.

If you or someone you know is experiencing intimate partner violence,
please call The Domestic Violence National Hotline at 1 (800) 799-7233 (SAFE).

Disclaimer: Speak My Name includes the names of those killed by current or former intimate partners between September 1 of the previous year and August 31 of the current year. As of July 2023, the KY Justice and Public Safety Cabinet started producing an annual Domestic Violence Report containing anonymized data about intimate partner homicides from the previous calendar year. ZeroV will continue the tradition of humanizing and honoring the memory of those Kentuckians who lost their lives to a current or former intimate partner through this less formal Speak My Name list. ZeroV attempts to track domestic violence-related homicides in Kentucky through various sources such as reports from our member programs and news articles. The method is far from perfect. Please be aware that most reports come at the beginning of the law enforcement/court process, at which point an individual has been charged with homicide. We make no representation of the outcome of these cases or whether the charged individual is found guilty of criminal activity.