Juliex4rugrats
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On August 19, 2009 my then estranged husband attempted to take my life. This also happened to have been our 3rd wedding anniversary. I had told him days before that I wanted to get our divorce wrapped up. I was done with the verbal and emotional abuse. The control he had over my life.
He showed up at my house uninvited and walked in carrying a box that I could see had pictures of us and our wedding album. As he dropped the box it made a loud noise. I said that was not necessary as our two young boys ages 1 and almost 2 where strapped in their high chairs waiting for dinner. After I said that was not necessary he stood up and began to strangle me. Instantly my babies started to scream and cry as they new something was very wrong. I remember staring in their eyes thinking I will never hold them again. He then while still strangling me slammed the right side of my head into the wall 3 times. He then got me on the ground all while still strangling me. This whole time he keeps repeating tonight is the night you are going to die. He started to fumble in the box he brought over and while he is still strangling me with his left hand in his right hand I see a 3 in metal mallet. I was sure that I was going to die that night. I remember the first two blows to my head and then everything went black. I did come to at one point for a brief moment and somehow we were on the other side of the kitchen. My babies are still crying and screaming.
When he believed that I was dead he used my cell phone ( he knew my mom wouldn't answer his ) and told my mom he had just killed her daughter in the kitchen. At some point during this he took the time to smoke a cigarette and in the evidence pictures there is a butt in the sink next to the mallet. He then walked out the door. After he was far enough away he called 911 and said you better get there as quick as you can I just killed my wife and the babies are there alone.
I suffered a decompressed skull fracture on my forehead, a fracture to me left temperal lobe, my left ear was missing a piece and it was almost torn off by the force of his blows. I did need to have some of it amputated. I also suffered a fractured had and a subarachnoid brain hemorhage.
This was seventeen months ago and I am still recovering. I have severe panic and anxiety attacks. My body is always at a state of hyper alert. It's endless. He has dragged this through the court system by firing 6 public defenders several cancelled trials at the last minute due to him. He finally plead no contes the week befor the last trial was set. He is being sentenced on Monday and is facing a max of 40yrs for 1st degree intentional attempted homicide.
It scares the crap out of me that the safety for myself and my children are dependent on one person. Thankfully the Criminal Judge is the same Judge we had for our divorce so she knows what a manipulator he is. God please let this Judge send a strong message that domestic violence will not be tollerated anymore and give him the full sentence.
He showed up at my house uninvited and walked in carrying a box that I could see had pictures of us and our wedding album. As he dropped the box it made a loud noise. I said that was not necessary as our two young boys ages 1 and almost 2 where strapped in their high chairs waiting for dinner. After I said that was not necessary he stood up and began to strangle me. Instantly my babies started to scream and cry as they new something was very wrong. I remember staring in their eyes thinking I will never hold them again. He then while still strangling me slammed the right side of my head into the wall 3 times. He then got me on the ground all while still strangling me. This whole time he keeps repeating tonight is the night you are going to die. He started to fumble in the box he brought over and while he is still strangling me with his left hand in his right hand I see a 3 in metal mallet. I was sure that I was going to die that night. I remember the first two blows to my head and then everything went black. I did come to at one point for a brief moment and somehow we were on the other side of the kitchen. My babies are still crying and screaming.
When he believed that I was dead he used my cell phone ( he knew my mom wouldn't answer his ) and told my mom he had just killed her daughter in the kitchen. At some point during this he took the time to smoke a cigarette and in the evidence pictures there is a butt in the sink next to the mallet. He then walked out the door. After he was far enough away he called 911 and said you better get there as quick as you can I just killed my wife and the babies are there alone.
I suffered a decompressed skull fracture on my forehead, a fracture to me left temperal lobe, my left ear was missing a piece and it was almost torn off by the force of his blows. I did need to have some of it amputated. I also suffered a fractured had and a subarachnoid brain hemorhage.
This was seventeen months ago and I am still recovering. I have severe panic and anxiety attacks. My body is always at a state of hyper alert. It's endless. He has dragged this through the court system by firing 6 public defenders several cancelled trials at the last minute due to him. He finally plead no contes the week befor the last trial was set. He is being sentenced on Monday and is facing a max of 40yrs for 1st degree intentional attempted homicide.
It scares the crap out of me that the safety for myself and my children are dependent on one person. Thankfully the Criminal Judge is the same Judge we had for our divorce so she knows what a manipulator he is. God please let this Judge send a strong message that domestic violence will not be tollerated anymore and give him the full sentence.
