Erin Rooney, 33
MN, Burnsville
July 13, 2004
Charles Barnes, 38, called a police dispatcher and
said he had just arrived home to find his ex-wife, Erin,
unconscious. He told the dispatcher that he thought she had overdosed on drugs
and he had given Rooney a shower to attempt to wake her up. When police
arrived, they found no signs of drug use except for a single hypodermic
syringe, which Barnes said he had found.
The Dakota County
medical examiner later found that Rooney died of injuries consistent with being
hit and strangled, including bruises to her face, cuts on the inside or her
mouth and neck injuries. Barnes has two criminal convictions in connection with
assaulting Erin Rooney.
“This victim
suffered a violent death in what appears to be another tragic example of
escalating domestic violence,” stated Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom.
Barnes was sentenced
to life in prison.
Source:
MCBW.org - Minnesota Coalition for Battered
Women - Femicide Reports
- 2004
Femicide Report - Strangulation and Women and Children Murdered In Minnesota, 1989-2005
- Women and Children Murdered in Minnesota, 1988-2006
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