Charges: Continuing abuse led to suicide

Published 10:12 am Thursday, June 16, 2016

ROCHESTER— A Minnesota man is accused of contributing to his partner’s suicide by physically and emotionally abusing her for years.

Thirty-four-year-old Long Vang is charged in Olmsted County District Court with third-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter and stalking. County Attorney Mark Ostrem said Vang’s conduct directly contributed to the December suicide of Jessica Haban.

According to a press release, sheriff’s investigators said Haban was subjected to increasing levels of domestic abuse and suffered a traumatic brain injury about six months before she died.

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The 28-year-old Haban received inpatient mental health treatment in the months before her death. Prosecutors said Vang pressured her to leave treatment, which she did three days before her suicide.