15. Clearly this is a situation that was avoidable...
...to the extent that she had an opportunity to leave while he was locked up.
But I've seen this abuser/victim dynamic at play before and in my experience they rarely do walk away on their own. Someone, or something must intervene to break the cycle, because the abuser isn't going to just walk away from what is perceived to "belong" to him.
And when you consider his record of violence and abuse and the authorities kept letting him out, I can understand how she may have felt trapped. I'd say the blame for this one rest mainly with the government.
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