Woman’s Children Remember the Night Their Dad Killed Her
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2021
- Jennifer Magnano was killed by her husband Scott Magnano in 2007 at their Connecticut home after years of physical and emotional abuse, including coercive control. The murder was witnessed by two of her three children. Now they're all fighting to get a law titled Jennifer’s Law passed in her name. The law seeks to include coercive control in the definition of abuse in the court system in order to protect women and children. #InsideEdition
the system failed this woman. worst of all, it failed her kids.
And it happens way too often too.
He got custody??!! 🤬
The system fails many.... I speak from experience. The system is deeply flawed.
So true
@Mel B if a woman flees with her children, she is seen as “kidnapping” her kids and a court will often temporarily give the other spouse custody, before she can even testify. It’s awful, they should be allowed to present proof of abuse before custody is decided.
Their grandma is at fault too. She knew her son was violent yet she protected and hid him.
My ex in-laws think their son can never do anything wrong
@A A oo the nerve of some people
A real demon
@A A just ..wtf!!!
@A A If that is indeed true then it’s no wonder her son turned out the way he did. What a heartless thing to do after her own grandchildren were robbed of a loving mother.
As soon as I heard the court gave him custody of 2 kids and she had to go back to Connecticut to fight for them, I knew the court had just as much blame for her death. Especially after one of the kids had already filed the complaints of sexual abuse. What a way to completely let down a family.
I went to the police, got protection orders, provided the court with recordings where he threatened to kill me. The judge ruled we should share custody and he has to pick up our baby from my house. He justified it by saying he showed interest by buying stuff for our baby, even though he didn't visit or show any interest for the first 7 months and only showed interest after I sued him for custody. Justice truly is blind.
This is terrible. Im sorry
@@stephaniepardo5242 Thank you for your support. He still threatens me, tries to make me meet him, verbally abuses me and now he started creating stories about me, saying I am a promiscuous alcoholic druggie. I just hired a lawyer to sue him for harassment, but I don't think it will change anything. Whatever he says or threatens me with, no matter how many times he hits me, I will never be scared or be intimidated by him, I am very resilient and I am surrounded by a loving family and great friends. I'm just scared for my daughter since HE is the father.
Seriously 😒
The judge killed her.
The grandma should be charged with helping him, mom had a restraining order and grandma helped him break it, I feel so horrible for this mother. I can’t believe the court would allow him to have custody after knowing of the abuse and sexual assault. The court failed this family, so sick of our society letting these things happened, with little to no punishment.
The court failed because we have a broken justice system. I hear so many times on these types of stories where the justice system could have helped these families before it is too late, but they didn't like always. I also always hear of police being notified of a person who needs to be checked and then nothing happens soon enough.
@@sterling8298 well the grandmother failed them also by hiding her son after he had just killed someone instead of protecting the kids from him.
Exactly, kids have no voice, they say let kids speak up, but when they do, it doesn't matter. The adults decide their fate in court.
I’m sorry, but the “grandmother” helped this occur. She let her son hide from the police and refused them entry to her part of the house. She needs to be held accountable.
She was most likely scared for her own life by this tyrant.
@@trilabradorable if you read comments on this thread by the kids in this video, you'll see she was behind the whole thing too and did her grandchildren very wrong.
Edit: gee thanks for the likes
@@trilabradorable seriously doubt it! How do you think he got that way?
She's a accomplish to her murder
"Not in front of the kids..." Jesus christ. Even in a moment like that she is the ultimate mother. Only caring about her children.
@@beepbopboop7727 I cant say that's not true. But its also not the part I focused on. I know in that situation, my mom would have killed him first. I probably would have too. But not everyone thinks the same.
@@beepbopboop7727 You have to understand that she felt fear in that situation, if she had stopped him at that point in time this psychopath would have probably killed her children and her. As the children said she built up enough courage to escape with them, which is a big decision as when you do that if you don’t have any support your more than likely to be targeted and attacked as she was, which is why she is dead.
😟😭😭😭😭😭
12:11 baby girl please don’t carry that guilt of saying you love your dad in that moment. Your mom knows you loved her and what you were trying to do! Please PLEASE let that go. She sounded like a wonderful caring mom who would have done anything for you guys. Remember what HER final words were... “not in front of the kids” All she wanted was you guys safe and happy.
@@linsoopretty3654 fall asleep on your phone?
She looks like her mom it's heartbreaking
Like spit image of her.
My thoughts!
If my child told her dad "stop, I love you" while he is physical harming me, I would be so proud of her and so comforted in that moment. She absolutely knew the daughter was trying to calm the dad down! I'm sure that momma was so very proud of her daughter for trying to love this man back into reality. It was the ultimate act of love, trying to face down danger for her momma. Probably meant more to her mom than the actual words. Every mom knows their child loves them! I hope this girl can understand that one day.
He knew the "I love you was for her Mother".....possibly enraged him more.
@@lyndkent-cl2oeit clearly wasn’t for her mother, that’s why she said she regretted saying it. Although she said it to try calm him down, it was aimed at him
Yes she did the Right thing! Trying to save her Mama! I know her Mom felt that love and hope 100% More hope than despair in that moment because ofthebesutiful bravewords ofher beautiful bravedaughtet! But I can imagine hergruefadfuryat Him feeling that beast STOLE THAT TOO !
@@ddl4374sorry but some of your comment combined words, I don’t know if that was on purpose.. but I was curious about the final sentence bc I couldn’t figure out what you meant.. so was wondering what you said. Agree with the parts i think I understand! Definitely not trying to be rude.
The eldest daughter is living in her moms body..she looks exactly like her
This so sad the dad is disgusting
@@prettiestbaddie4194 extremely sad..if he was my dad and he did that to my mom..i wont let him live the next second even if he is my dad
My thoughts exactly! Very very similar!
@@ISRAADVISUALS welp you cant kill your dad or youll go to jail
Youngest daughter too. Exact same mouth and nose.
Why wasn’t Scott’s mother charged for interfering with the police enforcing a restraining order?
Ikr
In scotland she'd have been charged with obstructing justice
I don’t think the police had a search warrant, so legally they could not search her apartment. Legally she did nothing wrong but morally she’s disgusting.
@@godforgive_me9798 Even so your is just as good as ours. Assumptions. Going off of what the kids saw and heard may not be everything but even so he murdered someone and that’s not going to be justified in this case.
@@godforgive_me9798 That still doesn’t justify murder.
That grandmother definitely was part of the problem. I hope they charged her as an accomplice because she's to blame just as much as her son for this smh. Bless you 3 and your mom is watching from heaven knowing that your safe now guys. 🫂
She just died last year. She was never held responsible for anything. She died saying Scott was a good boy..
The grandmother was probably afraid of her son and believed that she would be killed by him if she didn't do what he told her to do.
She will get her just deserts just as you will and everyone else. No worries there
@@jessicarosenbeck8373 I really feel sorry for you and your siblings . I can’t believe that Scott’s mother didn’t get charged at all !!!
I fled my ex abuser with my 2 young children. Scott reminds me exactly of my ex. We fled on an airplane when he left for work. I left everything material behind to escape for our lives. This was 3 years ago that we left. I'm terrified everyday that he is going to find me and kill me. I know he wants me dead. I can relate to this woman's story. I pray God protects me and my children
Hello...I wish you safety, happiness and peace you so very much deserve this in every way. ❤️
Take some self defense classes.
I do too!
Stay safe♡
I like that they don't acknowledge him as "Dad". He is just "Scott"
@Supreme Leader J. Trudeau Just the oldest daughter. The younger 2 were his real kids
@@daved1535 That's right, but even they call him Scott. He doesn't deserve them calling him dad. He made them orphans.
@@noemi1747 no matter what they call him they still %50 they dad.
@@macsleaze8183 no, he's a man that helped bring them to life, a dad is somebody who loves and takes care of his kids, he is not a dad or a father hes just some sick man who should have spent the rest of his life is prison, no person like him deserves the privilege of being called a dad.
@@macsleaze8183 as humans we create our own definitions of words. The term dad is made up like any other term. He is no father and doesn’t deserve the title
What about “grandma?” They should’ve charged his mother with being an accessory to homicide and obstruction of justice for not allowing police in her “apartment knowing all along his plan. The police were on the other side of the door. I would rather die myself than help my son do something so absolutely horrid.
Exactly my thought. What a horrible old lady to cover for her violent, abusive son, and enable the murder to occur.
True. She was aware of what her son was planning to do to his ex-wife but did she not think of her grandkids who live there and would get involved? What if he had gone crazy and killed the three kids?
I couldn't agree more, I thinking the same thing, its these wicked mothers who enable their children to do evil to others, she knew he was a monster, wicked woman, this story is heartbreaking, I'm glad the children survived, sorry for what they had to endure at the hands of their evil sperm donor , may God be with them, wishing them peace & happiness in their individual lives
I agree . The cops were literally there that day asking to check the basement.
Damn
As for the girl saying "I wish I had said that to my mom". Moms know. We know that our kids love us, it literally never needs to be said. We do EVERYTHING we do for our kids, EVERYTHING. Because we love them in a way no one will ever understand.
Wow
Reading this gave me some peace. My mom died 2 years ago in a car accident overnight and I think about all of the regret I have not saying more to her when I had the chance to
Their mother was AMAZING. She had to be, look how her children turned out through allllll of that. I can't even wrap my head around how well she raised them in the absolute worst conditions. I am so sorry for their loss, what a massive loss to her whole community.
Uhhhh, that mom was not amazing.... she let her kids grow up around this person and she was too weak to do anything about it until he killed her. She was a terrible mother
@@BIGBOYMATDYou got it all out bud? Need to vent a little bit more?
@Awksparks not venting, this mom let her kids be abused emotionally, mentally, physically and sexually... my only hope is that she didn't go quickly.
This comment is crazy. She collected her daughter to be sexually abused. Is that what we call an amazing mother these days?!🤮
So little criticism of the mother in the comments, but her husband pressured her to bring their daughters to his bed for him to sexually abuse them. The first time this happened should have been the trigger for her to carry out a plan to leave him. I understand that a person can tolerate all sorts of abuse inflicted on themselves for all sorts of psychological reasons, but so often in these situations the limit is reached when the children become the target. I get it that when the children were young she tried to balance his anger with her love... but once the sexual abuse started... nope, she should have risked their lives to leave rather than facilitate that abuse
The oldest daughter looks exactly like her mother r.I.p to her this is beyond sad 😔
R.i.p not r.l.p
@@tayawhite9409 like it matters...u know what they meant
@@sarcasticklutz who cares
@@tayawhite9409 well obviously y do or u wouldn't of corrected them
@@sarcasticklutz obviously u would talk to me Boom u just got. Roasted
Poor kids traumatized forever. The laws really need to change, this is a shame.
Yep
It IS such a shame
Jason what the duck is there to lol about? This isn’t funny.
"The laws need to change"??
She went back to the home where he lived knowing she had a restraining order against him and after he killed her, he killed himself so what difference does it make what law is changed??
What do you mean the laws need to change?
No one doesn’t deserve this whatsoever. I blame shelters, the law, and other family members. They all have FAILED this family, greatly. If they would’ve step in and save this family and their mother, this family would have better life.
When the son says, "It felt like a play we were putting on to keep him from hitting her." 😪
So many people failed this family, the shelters, the law, extended family.. It makes me so sad
So true. It should have been a safe haven in place for the family. He should have not know her whereabouts.
Very very common.
Never think “there’s places for ppl in this situation” and “so I don’t need to help”
There’s very rarely ever a spot open.
Even when family tries to help, an abusive person is extremely dangerous…as is obvious from this video.
@@mcortez107 that’s why the family needs to flee. And HIDE. Court systems help the abuser. They enable tho abuse to continue. So don’t go to SS for food stamps, etc. H.I.D.E.
@@YeshuaKingMessiah yup, best thing they can do is start their life over. Sadly, I’ve heard of abusers who kill their partners family members to get them to come back. It’s a hard situation.
giving a man who sexually, physically, and verbally abused his children and wife custody??? why, how??
They tried to go to a shelter during that time they wouldn't let them stay at the shelter because they had a boy and a girl. Abuse rewires the brain she was scared of what he would do to her because they would beat them or kill them if they didn't do what he wanted. She probably had nowhere else to go and wood end up on the street I'm not making an excuse for her but she was terrified of this person damn what he could do to the children
@@amberwalters9613 The mom didn’t give him custody, the court did when the dad filed for custody after she left. I think that’s what the commenter was saying: “why would the courts do that” given the allegations of sexual abuse and history of physical abuse.
Messed up in every way
He is a very very very evil sick disgusting man
well that's because the court system favors women of course! Mras real silent on this vid.
Its absolutely disgusting and revolting that one of the homeless shelter didn’t take them in cuz they had a grown daughter and a little brother?
I was 16 the last time I was in a shelter with my 21 year old brother and my 40 year old mom. The logic behind that makes no sense to me. In my opinion it’s disgusting that they rejected them for that reason. There were families at that shelter that I lived at that had uncles living with them.
So to me. There’s no justification to that shelter not taking them in.
It might have been a female only shelter, and there's often too much risk to even let teenage boys in. They still would have helped them find something, or offer other sources of help so they could flee.
It’s so ridiculous, but it’s a lot of Womens shelters rules… no males allowed, unless they’re like “little kids”, not teenagers or older!
And your brother, father, uncle, grandfather, or any male friends aren’t even allowed to know the location of the place…
The Judge shouldve never been given custody!
@@jenc4016 because of sex.ual Behar of men....
The vile coward really had the sheer gall to kill himself afterwards too instead of facing the consequences for his crimes, I hope he’s burning in hell
The grandmother is a horrible person. I hope she was held accountable for not disclosing he was in the home.
How would you know that she wasn't abused and forced to not reveal him? He managed to abuse his wife and kids for years before they managed to escape, without knowledge on how it went down, you can't really judge her, there was probably no way for her to know that he was going to kill his ex wife in front of the kids.
she proberbley didnt know what her son was.
@@gillchambers9008 That's possible.
@@tashataylor8242 narcissists can be different characters to different people. they can be the worst at home but close relations think there wonderful. i know.
SHE made HIM.
So basically her mother in law let her son kill his wife. She was hiding him in the apartment. I hope she feels guilty
Apparently not she fought her grand children for the proceeds to the house and won.
@@whiteheart6827 that's so stupid
@@im.not.a.monster8578 the son said it . He replied to comment. I’m not making it up
@@whiteheart6827 I read his comment as well. She's sick like her son.
@@whiteheart6827 I don’t think they’re accusing you of lying, just saying that the situation itself is stupid
What is the point of police again? They were called to SEARCH THE ENTIRE HOUSE!! Of all the times police should’ve been brutal, they should’ve push the old hag over and search the “apartment”! Scott was obviously there with her. Now three children grew up without their mother. The old hag (I refuse to call her grandmother) should be shipped to prison too for the rest of her sad life.
I’m so proud of you three kids for speaking out, even though it’s so painful. You have taken a horrible event and turned it into something positive that will save lives. God bless you❤
They should charge the grandmother with aiding and abetting a crime since they had a restraining order and she willfully hid the father
She tried to steal the kids inheritance from the sale of the house later on according to the son who is commenting in another thread.
@@emilydamon7940 Really!? What an old hag!!
@@addo2419 exactly like the mom !!!
Some of these "mammies" (because they're not mothers) will defend their sons no matter what smh.
@@emilydamon7940 No wonder her son turned out so f****d up
That grandmother should be in jail as an accomplice. This is awful. Those poor kids.
@Digby Dooright only positive thing. If I saw her I would smack her cane!
I can promise Grandma will get HER justice, too. She will suffer loss.
They not gonna tell u wat she did if she had cheated if he found text messages wit her n a guy they not gonna tell u anything she did..they paint the picture of him as a monster she could of had anything goin on and just didn’t tell her children. Lik the girl who’s 18-21 Laying n the bed wit tht man..they not gonna tell u she was probably messing wit him...wen she left him she left the lights on doors wide open while he was n the shower ain’t no telling wat she stole..then take his kids leave the state make police reports on him..then try to come bac thinkin u takin the house to? She knew she who she was dealing wit not one kid but too kids n she married him I’m tired of y’all actin lik y’all no everything wen ya no so little...no physical abuse? Just verbal? So thts just a old fashion dad tryna run an old fashion household to me probably got it from his dad..she knew who she was wit she had a daughter already n all the experience she needed to avoid things like tht...he’s not a monster he was heart broken and emotionally eel. Cuz if he was such a monster none of them kids would be here to tell a story and ya would of left earth with her n him...ya brain washed his daughter thts sad...my point is ya stop getting married just to do it u fools
@@godforgive_me9798 they paint the picture of him as a monster because he is a monster
@@TheBadbucky p
This is so painful . i love how the eldest sister is like a mother figure to her younger siblings you can tell they really love each other
The feeling of freedom from abuse is indescribable.
I can’t wait to be free then
Argh but then you've gotta deal with the trauma from it.. so hard
YES!!!!
@zarrowthehorse Also yes!
Don't regret baby girl trying to save your mom by telling your Dad you love him. She knew what you were doing and didn't doubt your love. She will always be with you.
Well said
I agree! It was actually a clever move to say that to him...too bad he didn't have a heart or it would have probably worked.
@@jendavis592 I thought it was quick thinking too. Your mind goes to work when it's fight or flight time.
That man wasn’t capable of loving anything. His own self hate ruined the lives of 4 innocent people that he should have protected and loved. Instead he destroyed them
He never deserved such a great wife and kids
Why in the world did they grant custody of the two youngest children to the dad, after abuse and sexual assault was reported?
That’s the reason she even took the kids and went back to that house that night!
The system truly failed the mother and children in this case.
Such a tragedy!
Because the system in this country is run by evil and wicked judges that protect the criminals and punish the victims.
but was she forced to go back??
My guess: the father won custody by default. The father filed for custody in Connecticut and since the mother was not available for the case, the mother lost custody.
The system fails them every single damn day.
A total failure of the system, knowing this man's abusive history!! Had they not given him custody of the 2 kids, she could've survived! Terribly sad!
This was my and my 3 sisters and my one brothers lives growing up, down to all of abuse. The difference was, that my dad hated us, but loved my mom so much that he would keep her away from us and always told us that he wished we weren’t alive.
We finally came clean to my mom when we were teens, she called the cops THAT NIGHT and they put him away for a very long time. Haven’t seen him since. I’m so glad that she did, because if not, I know one of us, if not all of us kids would’ve been dead by now.
I’m 35 now, I have my own daughter that I love with all of my heart and protect to the fullest. ♥️
The eldest daughter looks so much like her mother, so saddening and heartbreaking. 💔
Can we talk about how strong the oldest sister is?! Trying to keep a positive spirit around her younger siblings.
Thank you
@White Guardian ooohhhh sick burn dude
@@jessicarosenbeck8373 ur welcome lol
I can tell she's going through it...the dark hair and dark ensemble. That's exactly how I started dressing when my parents were abusing me. Darkness felt like a safe home where my sadness was normal.
@@HospitalForSouls.X I'm not "going through anything" my hair is dark brown and burgundy and I was wearing a black Michael Kors shirt with jeans. What were talking about happened 14 years ago.
That grandmother knew her son’s intentions, so her hiding him should be legally pursued; didn’t the woman who was murdered have a restraining order, so couldn’t the Grandmother be held for assisting him violating that order. Also, those kids have grown to be so well rounded individuals and I’m positive that their mother would be proud of them!
I hope that the murderer’s grandmother will be punished that is beyond bad that she must be held accountable by death for avoiding his “son” to be in prison or death penalty.
I thought the same thing. She (Scott's mom) had to know what he planned. Then I wondered what would make a mother hide her son like that knowing planned on killing his wife and that her own grandchildren would most likely be witness to their mom being killed by their father? The only thing I came up with is perhaps he had threatened her (his mom) too. Maybe he told her that he'd kill her too if she allowed the police to search her basement apartment. I'm to the point now where I hope that she was in fear of her own life as sad as that may sound because it means that she at least was in fear of her own life and not just a horrible human hiding her son knowing he was about to kill his wife in front of her children.
@@beautifulsurprise9424 i understand wanting to believe in the best of people but I find the circumstance that he threatened her unlikely. She was alone upstairs when the police came thus she had plenty of time by herself to inform the police of the threat on her life and get to safety. She could have been gone before the police breached the basement rendering the threat minimal
Scott probably threatened to kill her if she didn't hide him
It won’t be legally pursued because she’s white
Was the grandmother ever brought up on any charges for hiding him out? I feel for these kids so much.
Their story made me cry.
I know that their mother is looking down upon them with great pride in what wonderful adults they have turned out to be.
I'm so grateful to them for their efforts to further protect victims of domestic violence.
I've never personally been in a domestic violence situation but I have had coworkers and friends who have and they certainly could have utilized Jennifer's Law for their benefit.
It's a law in Connecticut now but it desperately needs to be enacted nationwide.
She still protected her kids even when she was literally in the grasp of death. "Not in front of the kids" .. her precious soul is resting in peace in the arms of God..may you all be wrapped in His arms of comfort.
God bless her soul 👼🏽
My mom used to say the same thing.. it trigger me a bit.. rip
Yeah even though she got her kids molested
If she wanted to protect them she wouldn't have give her girls to him.
@@HelloKitty-pe4ho I’m sure she thought he would hurt them worse if she fought him on it. That’s what abusers do. They try to convince you that you have no choice, and nearly killing you is a very effective way of doing that. And was he bluffing?
This woman loved her children and it reflects in them during present day. I'm so sorry for this woman and her family. RIP 🙏
Yes rip
What a lovely mum!
This woman gave the go ahead for that monster to "snuggle" with her eldest daughter.
@@Ms.takenlee may be she was so scared of this sick brute
@@Dr.SeneChats don't matter, I'd take all the abuse without much complaint ,but the buck stops when you touch MY kids. I'd never facilitate that sh**
I'm so lucky to have a simply loving family. Imperfect, to be sure, but as a grown man I know I can trust my parents or siblings to hold me when I'm low, and to ask to be held when they're low.
The shelter turned this poor family away because of her daughter and son? SHAME ON THAT SHELTER
Damn. When that girl said that she regretted saying "I love you Dad" instead of telling her mom that she loved her. Made me so sad. I just want to give her a hug. I hope she knows that her mom loves her unconditionally and knows what she was trying to do. I hope she can not feel guilty about that someday. I can only imagine.
Looking back she regretted loving him but I think she truly loved him.
@@d.m.mullings7549 they all loved him or at least tried to, i mean who doesn’t want to have a father figure in their life they wanted to believe that he was a good person or they tried to make him one
I'm sure her Mom knew why she was doing it 😭😭😭.
Yes Imagine The last words you say In front of your mom before your dad is about to kill her is "No stop, Dad I love you" I just want to give her a hug as well
Yes, no mom would ever blame her for that. There is no reason to feel bad. She was a good kid who told her dad she loved him. He was a lousy dad and husband.
"It doesnt feel like a childhood memory..it was a play we put on to keep him from hitting her" WOW incredibly sad for a child to endure
I stopped at this comment as he was talking about that. Just so extremely sad.
@@belovedqueen4572 that happens to me too..ill read a comment RIGHT as the video says it. But yes..extremely SAD
Goodness 🤧
I myself said this sentence a hundred times in my life. I was a child but I never had a childhood since I was abused by my mother and forced to become an adult and mature before age while I was still technically a child as per age. Then unfortunately that followed by an abusive husband later on..
I felt those words
I've just watched the "Evil Lives Here" episode and wanted to reach out and say how brave you all were in such an impossible situation. It's truly saddening how you were let down by the authorities and safe spaces that weren't available to you when you left. I only realised at the end I share the same name as your Mum and knowing you created a law about coersive control is beyond words. I was in a similar relationship but just me, no children. Thank you all for sharing your lives and brave souls 💕💖
That grandmother needs to be held accountable at least to some extent for allowing this to happen by refusing police entry.
This is one thing children should never have to witness. It's absolutely horrible to lose a parent but would be extremely terrifying when the other parent caused it. Life is precious, but short... never take anything for granted. Rip 🕊️
How old was those kids...it frightens me to realise that 7-14 yr olds witnessed their mothers death 😔
@@maizaadan1610 This was almost 14 years ago so I would say somewhere around those ages
@Jason Eghosa 😂😂😂😂👍🏾
sad to see her go:( but just to let you know I'm in one too my bf wont STOP
@@friendlyplant6030 I hope you find the courage and strength to remove yourself from the negativity asap. 🙏🏻💙
Why wasn’t grandma charged? Accessory to murder. She let her son into her apartment and didn’t let the police search it, she should also be held responsible.
Ikn about in america but in Scotland she'd have been charged with obstruction of justice but isn't there a thing in america called accessory after the fact?
@@starrchild254 Accessory after the fact would be helping cover up a crime, while not be involved directly in it (eg. hiding a body, cleaning up a crime scene), why she wasn't charged with obstruction, I'm not sure. The only thing I can think is that you have the right to refuse officials in your residence if they don't have a warrant and that is probably the sticking point.
@@jd-no7rw again Idk about america but in Scotland if you refuse entry to police due to lack of a search warrant then two police officers will wait on the doorstep till another officer arrives with a search warrant
@@starrchild254 Unless they can show probable cause, meaning, they could prove she had the father in the apartment, and he was intending harm, then they don't have reason. He wasn't a wanted man at that time, so she had the right to refuse. I doubt a judge would issue a warrant because someone said no to entry into a private residence even if they suspected that someone was there.
@2freeIvX she didn’t know he was going to murder her? He threatened to kill her! More than once! Parents like to think the best for their kids, maybe in her mind she wasn’t thinking about it but in the back of her mind, there’s just no way she couldn’t have known.
The court signed her death certificate the moment they gave him custody of her children. What a sad story.
Very little protection for familys. So sad. Grandmother is as guilty as the husband.
This is killing me because my mom and her five kids (including me) had to escape from my physically abusive dad in the middle of the night. Luckily (unlike this poor family) my mom had money so we packed up the car while he was at work and drove a week through Canada until we got to Las Vegas. That was 11 years ago and I haven’t seen him since. This reminds me of how bad it could’ve gotten. I’m so sorry this happened to this family.
Do you really have to put the “unlike this poor family” part in?
@@ItsStartedTo Yup.
@@misterkingdom3571 damn.
I had a similar experience too as kid. But he was my step father not my biological father. He threatened to come home and kill us all when he got home from his hunting trip, my mom had been planning to leave for months but was scared and at the time she was rekindling with my step father (we just call him dad) who was in our lives 10 years prior but life separated them(they were both active duty military.) but he helped my mom pack the whole house into the car and his truck and we left that night and never looked back. He never raised his voice at us, he never yells, he really stepped up when mine and my brothers dad died unexpectedly. He walked me down the isle and always answers when I call! Sorry you guys had to go through that but I’m so glad you guys made it out safe and all alive🤍
Sorry this happened to you.
How selfish and disgusting. So because of the fact he couldn't 'control' his wife he kills her In Front of her kids then runs away and kills himself....What a coward. So sad and terrible for the mom and kids.
Basically he was a control freak...
I mean not to be a devil’s advocate but narcissism and borderline personality disorder is a mental illness. Nothing at all was okay with what he did but its still how his mind works if that makes sense. Again not saying its okay at all. He probably would have killed his wife, mother, employees , friends, or whoever he wanted to control but couldn’t and tbh he probably would have killed his kids if it weren’t for the little ones saying “stop i love you”.
@@angybear1112 true but narcissism isn't a mental illness it's the way you act which could be influenced by many different factors
You would face the guilt dam id kill myself
Seeing Emily break down like that recalling her mother being murdered by her father and trying her best to stop it, in her child-like way, what she thought was best to calm the dad by telling him she loved him and regretting it 😭
i’m glad the siblings at least have each other
Obviously a horrible father but to kill his wife in front of the children that’s diabolical. Poor kids.
It think it just makes him (m)entitled/misogynistic!
@@kieranstark7213 It really doesn't, it's more of he's just a horrible person and that's all
Well still, killing someone, let alone *a wife and a child* is still the lowest common denominator of bad human character!
@@jesusislord3720 nope
@@jesusislord3720 nah
The children all appear to be so incredibly well adjusted and not messed up considering what they’ve been through. The credit goes to their mother for this.
Probably because they at least have each other :/
I'm sure they were wrapped in love and support from every angle.
I think they seem a little messed up tbh, not in a bad way just traumatized and a bit haunted.
Oh yes, the mother that took the girls to sleep with their dad. Now she's a saint, Lord.
@@KimberleeMelissa they were all victims to that monster. Yes, what the mom did was terrible but she probably was sexual abused as a child and was a victim her whole life. It’s all just sad, but glad the kids could help pass laws to help future victims.
Once again, a court giving a future murderer custody of the children. Smh
You’re all incredible for your bravery, your love for each other and your mother. She would be so proud to see you all grown up and together
The Dad is a full-blown coward
His ego was so small that he had to kill his own wife to “win” an argument. Think about that. Hes a total loser...
@@tegridyfarms6851 u want a small ego having a big one is bad
@@tegridyfarms6851 he has a big ego not small
And a psychopath.
@@hellocoo6406 ok smartass. Your comment was really necessary here... thanks for your important input....
Sooo many people failed them!
-The judge who gave the kids to Scott knowing the allegations of sexual and mental abuse
-THe shelters who couldnt help them
-the police who did not search the appartment and did nothing to protect them knowing they did not search the whole house
-The grandma who helped her son.
The death of this woman could have been prevented in alot of ways. May she rest in peace and prayers to her children.
She also aided in her daughter being sexually abused
This only goes to show that a woman in that situation is alone and she is the only one that can protect herself.
@@jindav1 Based on what they were describing it was probably a situation of do as I say or literrly suffer. Abuse changes the way people think. She probably felt that keeping him happy was the only way to keep her and her kids from getting beaten to death. It doesn't mean it was right, but in those moments she was probably barely able to make the right decisions even for herself. There's a reason why coercion with physical threat has its own book of laws around it.
@@0Sarenity0 that makes sense when I was a child and my mother was with my father he was very abusive he about murdered my mom a few times my mom was so broke down from The abuse the she couldn't even remember her address when we was little because she was so traumatized and abused mentally and physically and emotionally for so long
@@amberwalters9613 I’m so sorry you had to go through that 💔
I love the daughters comment " we need education in school about healthy relationships"
I can relate to this story. I’m just so happy that I was able to get away with my children before their father got a chance to kill me. This was in the 70s in New York where the police did NOTHING to help and gave all the rights to a manipulative person that knew how to control even them with his lies. I still get nightmares of what we went through but I did what I had to do for my children’s safely more than mine.
He’s incapable of loving anyone but himself.. Narcissist the ultimate personification of evil..
Amen!
Yes!! He displayed narcissistic rage.
Sociopath for sure
Absolutely.
Ticking bombs!
What made her come back is that the judge stupidly gave that SOB custody of the younger kids. That is despicable.
Judge should be charged too
Wait, I thought he didn't. I though she got custody and then only returned to clean the house and live their again after being assured he wasn't there. There were just three kids right? She had custody of all of them the whole time.
Connecticut cultists
Evil people thrive off people pain im sure that judge is demonic image going to law school for that many years just to put children abusive situations
@@DeBuppy no, she had to return to fight for custody for the younger kids
What a beautiful soul their Mom was....the light in her irritated the demons in her husband..How horrible to live like she lived. I feel so bad for the kids to live under a tyrant growing up. Prayers for them and that God heals all their pain.
I am soo sorry that you kiddos had to live with such a horrific ordeal. My heart goes out to you all.
Honey. Your mom knew you was trying to help her by saying " I love you dad". She knew. She also knows that you love her. Hope y'all get some kind of peace in life. Y'all deserve it after everything y'all went through. Prayers for you guys. RIP to the momma. She was trying to protect her children to the very end.
She absolutely knew. Mom's know their kids like no one else.
@@Arionthelady I didn't say a damn thing about money. So.. positive energy and comments only. You want to be rude keep it to yourself
@@hahna77 yes we do. I have a girl and a boy. I know them better than myself. LoL 😆
@@Arionthelady Who mentioned money? Or is this a comment in reference to a deleted comment?
Very beautiful sentiment. I do believe the mom knew what the child was going.
“I wish we had been smart enough to never go back” you were smart enough, the courts should have never given custody to an abuser. If they had been concerned with your safety this tragedy could have been prevented. IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT, IT’S THEIRS! In tears watching this and haven’t even finished but that broke my heart so much to hear you say that, please don’t think you weren’t smart, please don’t ever blame yourself for people not caring about abused families. My family was abused too and no one cared about them either and tragedy resulted. You were never at fault and you never will be. I’m so sorry they chose not to care. Rest In Peace to your beautiful mother! Praying for your family!
The authorities should be ashamed of themselves
@@Dr.SeneChats They should be ashamed and also held accountable for their obvious lack of care.
💜
@Savetion XII What trauma did you endure to make you say something like that?
@Savetion XII *Does someone need a pacifier? Or a bottle? Whaaa-Whaaa!* 😭
Oh my God these poor kids. I know exactly how that goes, and I can feel their pain for real. I'm sorry you both had to see that
I wish she could have gone into hiding. The court really let her down and it makes me sick and angry.
Even in her wedding pictures, she doesn't look overjoyed. She looks resigned.
the first thing to blame was the mother, why she was date and married with the monster? Monster is monster never change in his whole life
@@narendraputra1051 Listen, we don't know the full story. The kids don't know the full story either. My guess is that he started out as a sweet, nice seeming guy who promised her and her daughter stability and a nice middle class family. And then things began to get bad but he had already started to isolate her and make her dependent on him.
And then the wedding happened. It looks like quite a nice wedding and she didn't want to disappoint anyone. Maybe things would get better once the wedding was over? You know the story.
@@carlycrays2831 yup... I think this is a case of narcissism, it sounds a lot like Em's (Emzotic) narcissistic husband. They're all nice in the beginning, they're everything u would like, and then they start to pull u in, isolate u, and then control u. Nasty stuff, I hate people like that.
@@narendraputra1051 they don’t start out as monsters. They will come to you as some of the most attractive people in the world. They wait until they know they have trapped you start the abuse.
@@narendraputra1051 Also,never blame an abused woman for her own death at the hands of her abuser.
The oldest daughter looks just like her mom. Beautiful family!! I am so sorry for your loss!! Prayers for you all!!!
@@Liz-db2ew beautiful maybe on the inside
What a shame for her
@@kellyfanello6716what’s wrong with u?
@Kelly Fanello what a horrific comment. What broken part of you was like...I better make a rude comment about someone's appearance after they poured their heart out about their fathers SA and their mothers death. I hope you heal from whatever that is. You're the one projecting ugliness here.
@@kellyfanello6716 wtfs wrong w u.. 💀💀
I left my abuser that same year in the same state and let me tell you it doesn’t change. Get out while you can. Nobody should live in violence. Everyone deserves to be free and happy and safe . This case is truly heartbreaking.
That selfish bastard! Am so sorry for those children and the trauma that they have to live with along with those memories with that monster!
Jennifer died in 2007 why did it take till 2021 to pass her law?! Could you imagine how many other "Jennifer's" were lost in those years 🙍🏼♀️ this is sad on so many levels
Yeah it’s absolutely absurd. Sometimes I hate this world.
I live in Australia and my mother was killed by my father in 2008. He got away with it and his family helped him. Somehow they claimed that it was suicide by 3 stab wounds to the chest. Make it make sense 🤬
Another insecure little man who needed to feel big by bullying everyone around him.
@K Bleeker and she didn’t choose to be abused.
“Little man” ... exactly.
@K BleekerHe could have shown his abusive side only after they married.
Exactly what I said. Insecure with a fragile ego
As a mother who was domestically abused I am so grateful I was able to get out of it for my sake and my children’s sake. I am so glad that this family is pushing for awareness for this situation and I am so sorry that they ever had to go through this.
This is horrible but a mother knowing her husband is abusing her daughter and letting it happen is unacceptable and inexcusable. So disgusting and cruel
Yes. So sad
I don't think the mom knew. And she tried to leave and left with the children.
The state of Connecticut failed to protect Jennifer and her children. Those kids should get a big payout from the state for that. I hope they sued
As someone who lives in Connecticut, I can tell you that they don’t really care which is upsetting.
The state doesn't give a damn! Hell they even changed the name of the law, removing Jennifer's name from the law. I'm a CT resident and they suck. 🤬
The state of Texas failed to protect me and mine
@@rachaelnelson4976 Every state has done the same thing.
I live in California in a sea of 40 million other people. Nobody cares. They care when I don't pay my taxes but if I need help nobody is there.
My aunt was killed by her boyfriend in front of her three kids as well. He shot her six times. This story is so similar that’s it’s scary. I never got to met her but her loss has left my family so sad
My heart goes out to you and your family.
I'm praying for you
Also OP, I am extremely sorry for what happened to your aunt and I leave my condolences to you and your family, especially her children.
Im srry about that:( prayer to her and her kids
I am so sorry for your and your family’s loss.
Never go back!!!!
My daughter going to court for this same issue .her ex boyfriend tried to run her over .smashed into her car where her two oldest boys were sitting.he strangled her bashed head into walls etc.its been 3 years this court battle going on.
Wow. Man was such a coward he killed himself so the cops couldn’t imprison him.
Easy way out,let's hope hell actually is tormented suffering for the rest of eternity !
@@amilevector6866 I don’t believe in hell, but here’s hoping I’m wrong and it exists for people like him
@@Emiliapocalypse if not religion has really failed just fire isn't enough for this guy🤦
@@amilevector6866 true, plain ole fire just isn’t enough.
He saved his children and stepchild the trauma of reliving what he did and the taxpayers money.
His mother lived in an apartment downstairs. She must have known her son was abusing his family yet she protected him from the police. Hoping the children heal and have amazing adult lives.
She should have been thrown in jail for hiding him.
Maybe he was abusing his mother as well....
He probably abused her too!! I still think SOME punishment is warranted for hiding him though
@@Elegant_Sausage No the grandmother is responsible for his abusive behaviour because of how she raised him it was confirmed by the dude in this video. She is not the victim because she is a woman and should be held accoutable if she is still alive.
@@Heatwave9000 she was definitely protecting him. I think she should be held accountable for protecting an abusive man. Divorce never seems to be the answer anymore. It has to result in something more. Some people think that murder is the only way out. I hope he likes living in a 4 by 6 cell.
The pain and sacrifice that mothers who experience DV suffer through is heartbreaking. She wanted the best life for her children. Even in her dying moments, she only thought of her children.
What an amazing person and mom she was. May she Rest In Peace😭❤️
My dad did this to. Right front of me. I'll never forget being five years old trying to save her. You can't do much for a shot in the heart though. Rest in peace mama. I hope you're proud.
i’m so sorry this happened to you. may your mother rest in peace ❤️.
Im so sorry
May you be comforted ❤️
Im so sorry for your loss 😢
sorry, but she can`t be proud, cause she died. that`s why it`s so important not to have many kids from the abuser and run away ASAP
The moment the Grandmother refused to allow entry into her unit (which is still apart of the property)... the police should have remained on site to ensure the family's safety.
Edit: gee thanks for the likes
Exactly anyone with half a brain would've known if she had nothing to hide she'd have let them in. She should have been charged with 2nd degree murder never mind accessory or obstruction
Unfortunately I highly doubt the police had enough officers to keep someone there all night. My mom recently went through a divorce with my violent father and I absolutely won’t be letting him in the house to get his stuff without a police escort. I made her stay somewhere else during the divorce hearing and I never wanted her to be alone with him after they had filed for divorce but she kept letting him in, kept letting him stay with her, kept going out and meeting him in private willingly. Can’t believe he didn’t do worse than he did as many times as she let him in.
Don't forget the the police has the authority enter by any means necessary, but they chose not too knowing full well the grand mother was hiding the father inside.
@@MissPotential. Uhhh, dunno about that. That’d be unreasonable search and seizure, I believe. Sounds like her residence, though within the house, was considered an “apartment” and as such was considered the mother’s residence, not the family’s. I may be wrong about this, as I’m certainly no legal expert, but it sounds like that was probably the case.
Sending healing energy to this and all families dealing with these horrifying abuses.
So sorry you experienced this as children. It colors one's whole life. Yes, you can overcome and live happily and I hope you have but I know what it takes. Blessings to you all.
Man. I am SO impressed with these 3 young adults, in so many ways. So intelligent, so selfless in their efforts to get laws passed, and so supportive of one another. Wow.
That's their momma, shining through ❤❤ good job and rest in peace to their sweet, precious mother.
I hope Scott's mom was charged. She willfully stopped cops from discovering her son in her apartment, probably aware of his intent. Very sad story.
She wasn't and she tried to take their inheritance from the sale of the house away.
@@emilydamon7940 and after 10 years of legal issues because of it, they lost most of the money. So sad.
@@jessica2brook thats just terrible. Is it because of some bad laws or what? Was she owning the house? Because no way a mother would inherit before the children
@@Angelaius because of bad laws most likely but also because she's a terrible person
@@jessica2brook very sad 😔
The ptsd these poor kids have.. I know they’re older than me but oh my god. I can’t even imagine, the flashbacks and the vivid memories of abuse and how their mom tried so hard to keep things okay.
Court system really bad she already out in that toxic life they put her no choice to come back they should be accountable
The system failed this woman terribly. She never should’ve had to go back after escaping from Connecticut. Glad they were able to get this new law passed. However, other states need to get on board with it too.
Yes that return wasn’t good. People have to believe that people run for a reason not just to be cute.
The state made her come back because Scott was given custody of the 2 younger children. The judge that did this should be fired. Also, the Grandma should be in prison for helping her son kill his wife.
@@maryj7240 It happens way more than you want to know.
@@agrendae And yet men on the internet always whine about the court favouring women. These men never went through family court themselves for sure.
so even though she reports all his abuse and went to the other side of the country yall still give him custody?????
Shay Lah that judge apparently did the judge should be jailed along with his mother I bet she only mourns her son not the woman he took away from her kids or the kids he horribly tormented
wow!!! what a powerful testimony! proud of the children for doing something about this in their mothers death!!! God has you all! RIP Mom! your story and what you went through touches home! I know all the feelings you felt! live in your peace
the guy had an empty psychopathic stare in every photo...