Advocates criticize time it took to confirm Harrow, Ont., mom, 2 kids died from intimate partner violence [Video]

WARNING: This story contains discussion of intimate partner violence and suicide.

Advocates working to raise awareness about domestic abuse say they’re devastated to learn that the deaths of a family in their Harrow, Ont., home last month were the result of intimate partner violence.

On Saturday, police confirmed that Carly Walsh and her two children were fatally shot and her husband, Steve, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Their bodies were found June 20.  

Fartumo Kusow called the incident a tragedy. Her daughter, Sahra Bulle, was killed a year ago and her estranged husband was arrested, although the charges haven’t been proven in court.

Kusow spoke to CBC’s Windsor Morning host, Amy Dodge, about how she felt learning about the circumstances surrounding the Walshes’ deaths.

“It was this gut feeling that this, like all the other tragedies [of intimate partner violence], could have been avoided,” Kusow said.

Carly, 41, Madison, 13, and Hunter, 8, died of gunshots wounds, Sgt. …