In the year since her 4-year-old son was killed by his father in a murder-suicide, Alison "Ali" Kessler has become a political activist, working toward getting the State Legislature to pass "Greyson's Law," which she says would add protection for children in danger of parental harm.
After ‘preventable’ tragedy, family prepares to bury boy in Broward
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Family prepares to bury boy killed in father s murder-suicide
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A grieving mother is preparing to bury her beloved 4-year-old son, Greyson Martin Kessler, on Wednesday in Broward County.
John Stacey shot and killed his son before turning the gun on himself just after Greyson’s mother, Ali Kessler, reported the boy was in danger. The parents shared custody and it was his designated time.
Ali Kessler told authorities she feared her father s son was going to kill him. On Friday, officers found both of them dead. She believes the tragedy could have been prevented.
Father kills his son, 4, then himself after child s mother begged cops to check on him when he sent her threatening texts saying she deserved to have her head separated from her body
Greyson Martin Kessler, 4, was found dead on Friday along with his father, John Michael Stacey, in Stacey s Fort Lauderdale condo
The boy s mother, Alison Kessler, says the authorities failed to protect her son after Stacey reportedly sent threatening text messages and emails to her
Concerned for her son s safety, Kessler asked for an emergency pick-up order
Police discovered the boy and his father s bodies at around 11.30pm and deemed the deaths a murder-suicide
Florida Murder-Suicide: Father Kills 4-Year-Old Child After Mother Sought Court Order
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She said the boy’s father had sent her threatening messages
An investigation is underway into the murder-suicide
In a murder-suicide incident in South Florida, a man and his 4-year-old son were found dead just hours after the boy s mother petitioned for an emergency order for law enforcement officials to pick up the child.
On Friday, officers with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department found John M. Stacey, 47, and his son, Greyson Martin Kessler, dead inside a condo in Las Olas. Authorities did not reveal any other details, according to local10.com.