Loved ones and domestic violence resource nonprofits gather to honor and remember Virginia Cookson | Local News [Video]

BANGOR — October is National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. On Tuesday, October 1st, family, friends, and community members walked through downtown Bangor to honor and remember Virginia Cookson, a Bangor woman who was found dead in her 200 Larkin Street Bangor home on Wednesday, September 25th.

“In Maine, 50% of homicides are domestic violence related,” said Casey Faulkingham, Development and Engagement Director for Partners For Peace. “Which is really a sobering thought to think that if you are killed in the state of Maine more likely than not that is an intimate partner or a family member that is doing that harm.”

“This has got to end,” said Patrisha McLean, Founder and CEO of Finding Our Voices. “Maine has got to start taking domestic violence abuse seriously.”

The two domestic violence resource nonprofits, along with Cookson’s loved ones, and Richard Thorpe’s ex-wife Darcia Maney all joined together at West Market …