Family members have identified the woman found dead in a home on Jacksonville's Northside on Monday.
She is 37-year-old Andrea Washington of 12568 Itani Way. Police were called to the home just after midnight and found her body inside.
Washington has three children, a family member told First Coast News. Investigators have not released the cause of death, but said foul play is suspected.
A family friend told First Coast News that Washington just got pinned Friday for Navy Chief Petty Officer. According to her Facebook page, she's a gas turbine mechanic at U.S. Navy.
About two weeks ago, a Duval County judge granted Washington a protective order because of domestic violence at her home.
According to the Sept. 4 order Washington reported days earlier that she was pushed to the floor of her home, kicked in the stomach, chased and had a gun pulled on her by a man she was living with. She said the fight occurred because she asked the man if he was going to help pay the household bills. The man also reportedly kicked a hole in her bedroom and closet door, destroyed her iPad and took her keys to her vehicle and mailbox, according to court documents.
Washington was supposed to appear in court regarding the protective order Monday, according to the documents.
myri_ on September 18th, 2018 at 03:45 UTC »
She was only 37, with 3 kids. I can't even imagine what they're going through right now.
CommonSensibility on September 18th, 2018 at 03:21 UTC »
My #1 nightmare when helping people get POs. I tell every single one of them that they are just a piece of paper, and that they should still have a safety plan. My heart breaks for her, her family, and the advocates that helped her get the order. The most dangerous time for a person in an abusive relationship is during a separation (that goes for romantic and non-romantic relationships alike, though most stats are for intimate relationships).
If you or someone you know is leaving (or even thinking about leaving) an abusive relationship, form an exit strategy and reach out to a local family abuse center to help plan one. Having another place to stay for a week or so, that the abuser is unaware of, can be the difference between life and death. And if you live in an area where magistrates/judges can order GPS monitoring for defendants in family violence or stalking cases, who also happen to be out on bond, encourage your local prosecutor's offices to push for them in as many cases as possible. It may not save every life, but it may deter more abusers from confronting/targeting their victims after they have been arrested.
Edit: Grammar and punctuation.
Grimalkin on September 18th, 2018 at 02:15 UTC »
That's a very valid reason for a protective order, and it stemmed from simply asking him not to be a leech/deadbeat. How awful.