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Piatt County Domestic Abuse Leader Troubled By Local Trends

Domestic abuse data in Piatt County is reaching year-end figures and it's only the start of September.

 

Not only is that what Rachel LeJune is reporting but she's also very concerned about that. LeJune is the Executive Director of Willow Tree Missions in Piatt County and on the WHOW Morning Show Wednesday told Regional Radio earlier this week they issued the 100th order of protection in Piatt County.

 

 

LeJune indicates last year, larger and urban areas saw what was termed 'the shadow pandemic', however, those trends did not make it to rural America. Now, agencies like Willow Tree Missions are seeing spikes in abuse.

 

 

While often time the public may think of domestic abuse or domestic violence as women being battered and bruised and bloodied by the men in their lives, LeJune indicates that is not always the scenario that plays out. She indicates there is often a silent, controlling component to many situations where women are cut off from friends and family.

 

 

When the abuse facing victims is emotional and less physical, it can be difficult to provide help to them. LeJune explains it often comes down to those situations that exist and unfortunately because the signs of this kind of abuse are easy to hide.

 

 

For LeJune, helping victims of domestic is why they are hard at work to renovate their new location in downtown Monticello and why they have their retail store. Those are not just fun, shiny things to display and offer to the community, she calls those the 'why'.

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