Jones has ties to Olivet, Michigan, according to her driver’s license, but the FBI said she sent the threats from Epping, New Hampshire, where she was staying with her mother, and she was arrested there.
“I don’t believe I’ve crossed paths with her,” Palmer said. “I’m still fearful. This woman… has my address, my phone number. I can’t go to the grocery store. I can’t go Christmas shopping in fear that somebody is going to snatch my daughter.”
Palmer chaired the Nov. 17 Board of Canvassers meeting. She and a fellow Republican on the four-member board initially refused to certify Wayne County’s election results, typically a routine step on the way to statewide certification. They cited problems with absentee ballots in Detroit.