As of December 29th / December 30th, 18 people have been murdered in New Hampshire in 2004.
Two-thirds of those homicides are a result of domestic violence.
That's in keeping with the pattern the state has seen over the past 14 years and are in line with national figures.
While a relative few people are murdered annually, New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports, officials are anxious to improve how they deal with domestic violence.
