The facts are chilling. Of those, three quarters of the victims are women. Those are the numbers we do know. We'll never know many women live in fear of their partners or are living in abusive relationships.
Some women decide that the only way is to disappear, and then start over as someone else.
This weeks's show is the account of a woman who has embarked on this long, difficult and frightening journey. We can't tell you who she is or where she is, what she looks like or how old she is. We can't identify most of the other people in this story, either, because they lead to her. And some of the voices you'll hear have been altered to protect their identities. Mail us .