GPS monitoring could help protect domestic abuse vicitms in Washington

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Efforts are underway to improve protections for victims of domestic violence in Washington state. A bill sponsored by a survivor of domestic violence is on its way to the Senate floor. Representative Lauren Davis says she spent hundreds of days living in terror, hiding from an ex-boyfriend who threatened to harm her. She knows firsthand the challenges of finding protection from domestic violence and is focused now on helping other women not suffer the same fate. Davis created House Bill 1715. It’s aimed at preventing domestic violence homicides like the ones Kirkland Warren is accused of…