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By Kimberly Curth Weekend Anchor / Reporter

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Published: Wed, March 05, 2008 - 5:36 pm
Last Updated: Wed, March 05, 2008 - 7:03 pm

Kimberly Curth

News 5 discovered a Semmes man, charged with two counts of capital murder for the deaths of his wife and their baby boy, has a history of domestic violence.
Mobile Police say Michael Woolf shot his wife, Angel, and their two-year-old boy, Ayden, just after midnight Wednesday. Police found their bodies inside the couple's home at the Alexis Place Mobile Home Park off Schillinger Road North.
News 5 did a little digging and found out this is not the first time Woolf has been arrested. Mobile Police tell us Woolf was charged with domestic violence in 2004 for assaulting his wife, Angel.
We asked Officer Eric Gallichant if Angel ever asked police for help. "Far as I can say, there's not really a way for me to know that." Gallichant said. "There was no reports other than the one from 2004. At that time, she would have been provided with information about domestic violence, where she could go for help, things like that."
We checked with Mobile Municipal Court about Woolf's 2004 arrest for domestic violence. We're told he was found guilty of assaulting his wife, Angel, in June of that same year. He was sentenced to 40 days in jail and was ordered by a judge to undergo counseling.

What is Domestic Violence?
Source: National Domestic Violence Hotline

Domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner.

Abuse is physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This includes any behaviors that frighten, intimidate, terrorize, manipulate, hurt, humiliate, blame, injure or wound someone.

Domestic violence can happen to anyone of any race, age, sexual orientation, religion or gender. It can happen to couples who are married, living together or who are dating. Domestic violence affects people of all socioeconomic backgrounds and education levels.

You may be in an emotionally abusive relationship if your partner:
Calls you names, insults you or continually criticizes you.
Does not trust you and acts jealous or possessive.
Tries to isolate you from family or friends.
Monitors where you go, who you call and who you spend time with.
Does not want you to work.
Controls finances or refuses to share money.
Punishes you by withholding affection.
Expects you to ask permission.
Threatens to hurt you, the children, your family or your pets.
Humiliates you in any way.
You may be in a physically abusive relationship if your partner has ever:
Damaged property when angry (thrown objects, punched walls, kicked doors, etc.).
Pushed, slapped, bitten, kicked or choked you.
Abandoned you in a dangerous or unfamiliar place.
Scared you by driving recklessly.
Used a weapon to threaten or hurt you.
Forced you to leave your home.
Trapped you in your home or kept you from leaving.
Prevented you from calling police or seeking medical attention.
Hurt your children.
Used physical force in sexual situations.

You may be in a sexually abusive relationship if your partner:
Views women as objects and believes in rigid gender roles.
Accuses you of cheating or is often jealous of your outside relationships.
Wants you to dress in a sexual way.
Insults you in sexual ways or calls you sexual names.
Has ever forced or manipulated you into to having sex or performing sexual acts.
Held you down during sex.
Demanded sex when you were sick, tired or after beating you.
Hurt you with weapons or objects during sex.
Involved other people in sexual activities with you.
Ignored your feelings regarding sex.

If you answered 'yes' to these questions you may be in an abusive relationship; please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or your local domestic violence center to talk with someone about it.

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