
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Domestic Violence
(And Maybe a Little More)
Robert C. Phillips
Deputy District Attorney (Ret)
April, 2020
In November, 2011, thirty-four year-old Kathy Scharbarth was murdered on her birthday by her ex-boyfriend, Michael David Robles (later to hang himself while in jail).[1] A restraining order, commanding that Robles stay away from Kathy, was not enough to protect her as he repeatedly and openly continued to stalk and harass her, eventually strangling her to death and dumping her body in a remote area of San Diego County.[2]
In 2012, Assembly ....