Alaska has the highest rate of women murdered by men

Alaska has the nation's highest rate of men murdering women, more than double the U.S. average, according to a study released Monday by Violence Policy Center, Alaska Dispatch News reports.

 The study said that 2.57 of every 100,000 women in the Last Frontier were murdered by men in 2012 -- more than double the national average of 1.16. That represents nine women murdered in Alaska under circumstances involving only one female victim and one male murderer.

 "One is too many," Gov. Sean Parnell said in response to the numbers.