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On 8 December 2011, just days after being sacked from Leicestershire Police, former police inspector Toby Day killed his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Genevieve before taking his own life. Their two older children Adam and Kimberley managed to survive his attack. 

This is the story of The Day Family. 

Information and support 

·       Samaritans UK Contact Us | Samaritans 

·       National Domestic Violence Helpline UK 0808 2000 247 

·       Women’s Aid www.womensaid.org.uk  

·       Mental health support USA I'm looking for mental health help for myself | Mental Health America (mhanational.org) 

·       Domestic abuse helpline USA 1.800.799.SAFE Domestic Violence Support | National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org) 

References 

Clare Laxton is fundraising for Women's Aid Federation Of England (justgiving.com)

Toby Day: Funeral held for former police officer and the wife and child he stabbed to death | Daily Mail Online

Melton Mowbray policeman kills his wife and child after losing job | Crime | The Guardian

vawg-what-we-will-do.pdf (leics.police.uk)

Ex-policeman Toby Day was hailed for bravery - BBC News

Toby Day inquest: Sacked police officer stabbed and strangled his wife and young daughter to death before killing himself days after losing job - Mirror Online

BARONESS CASEY REVIEW Final Report (met.police.uk)

Family sets up charity in memory of Samantha Day - BBC News

Former police inspector Toby Day strangled his wife and six-year-old daughter before stabbing himself with a kitchen knife | Daily Mail Online

Met chief says millions of men are danger to women and girls in England and Wales | Violence against women and girls | The Guardian

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