JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI- Law officers see a recent rise in black on black domestic violence deaths

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - In the past two weeks, Jackson police have responded to three deadly domestic violence cases.

Reynaldo Resendiz Mendoza is still on the run wanted for shooting and killing his sister 30-year-old Susana Resendiz.

Her body was found Monday at the OYO Townhouse Inn and Suites on Beasley Road.

Twenty-four-year-old Anthony Hawkins was arrested Thursday and charged with the stabbing death of 23-year-old Deandre McDonald.

He was killed Thursday on West McDowell Road. According to police, the two were in a relationship.

On September 4th, 63-year-old Louise Banks-Tornes was found brutally beaten to death at her home on Carver Street. Her son, 42-year-old Jerry Banks, was accused of the crime. He fled the scene and was captured and arrested three days later.

“As many as half of the homicides that we worked this entire year have been domestic disputes, the result of domestic disputes,” said JPD Detective Tommie Brown. “People who know each other, family members, acquaintances, people in relationships.”

“You have friends out here you know [are] killing each other, but when we talk about family killing each other, that’s a very sensitive combination right there,” said Deputy Chief of Investigations Sequerna Banks. “So when I go out to these scenes, as a mother, I’m saddened.”

According to Dr. Christine Bridges, with the Haven House Family Shelter, domestic violence cases in the state have risen about 70 percent in the past two years.