Megan Montgomery’s family vows to fight domestic abuse: ‘She is not silenced’
Updated Apr 01, 2:19 PM;
Posted Mar 31, 5:07 PM
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Just a few weeks before Megan Montgomery was shot to death in the dark, empty parking lot near Mountain Brook High School, she posted on social media that she wanted to help others avoid the trap of abusive relationships.
“I want to show them the warning signs, why it is so hard to get out, to help them with the legal system, to help them leave sooner. I started writing my book in the hospital and I used it as therapy,’ the 31-year-old Montgomery wrote.
Alabama cop is jailed for 30 years for shooting dead his estranged wife after frog-marching her out of an oyster bar in front of her friends having bombarded her with abusive texts
Jason McIntosh pleaded guilty to murder as part of an agreement that puts him behind bars for 30 years
In December 2019, he murdered his estranged wife Megan in a parking lot
She was found face down, having been shot in the head multiple times
The pair were briefly married from February 2018 until 2019
They separated after a domestic incident which involved him shooting her in the arm
After that incident, he resigned from his job in the police force
Judicial logjam in Fla.: 1 million+ court cases backlogged March 4, 2021 at 6:40 AM EST - Updated March 4 at 6:40 AM
Despite some courts throughout Florida resuming jury trials, the backlog of pending cases continues to grow statewide, Contact 5 has learned.
Contact 5 reported in September 2020 that there was a statewide backlog of 992,000 cases held up in the courts because of trial restrictions.
According to the Florida Trial Court Budget Commission s latest figures, the judicial logjam has grown to an estimated 1.14 million.
READ THE REPORT HERE: Foreclosures, contracts and debt, and all manner of civil cases, we ve seen a huge influx of filings in these areas, Palm Beach County Chief Judge Krista Marx said.
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