I've been researching more about the Sowders-Fuller case and it looks like there are serious flaws in our domestic violence protection system.
I have a special column about it for tomorrow's paper.
A family member sent me this photo of Annette Sowders, her mom, Sharon Cannon, and their dog Bandit.
Sowders and Cannon were killed last Saturday at 2:30 a.m. in their home by someone using a 12-gauge shotgun. Sowders' estranged husband, Robert Fuller was arrested a short time later with a 12-gauge shotgun in his truck.
He'd been ordered to give up his guns under a restraining order Sowders got against him. But there's no way for anyone, including law enforcment to really check if he did.
He was also arrested twice for violating the restraining order, but bailed out under an automatic "bail schedule" both times on the same day without having to go before a judge.
The last time he bailed out was August 4. Sowders and Cannon were killed 4 days later, a day before Sowders birthday.
Just such a sad, tragic story.
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