Silent Witness Project On Display At Beverly Commons Thursday

BEVERLY, MA — Twenty-seven full-sized red wooden figures on Beverly Commons Thursday are designed to raise awareness for the lives lost across the state from domestic violence.

The Silent Witness Project will be on display from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with each of the 26 figures bearing the name of a person whose life ended violently from a spouse, ex-partner or family member.

A 27th figure represents those uncounted deaths that were unresolved because they were ruled accidental.

The Arts Action Against Domestic Violence created the project with Beverly Police Domestic Violence Director and Legal Advocate Cindy Baez organizing Thursday's event.

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)