Susan Kay Hoke

In the late summer of 2016, a shadow of fear loomed over the life of 50-year-old Susan Kay Hoke, a resident of York, Pennsylvania. Despite her efforts to protect herself, her life was tragically cut short in a harrowing act of violence that exposed the very real dangers of domestic abuse and the potential failings of the systems designed to prevent such outcomes.

For some time, Susan had been living in fear of her estranged husband, Scott Hoke. The situation had escalated to the point whe ...

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