Trigger Warning These stories mention occurrences of domestic violence and may be triggering to some users. Some names may have been changed.

Angel Story: Shannon Engle

On July 4th, a friend of ours by the name of Shannon Engle was murdered by her boyfriend because he refused to leave his ex girlfriend he shot her once in the head and killed her it was a very senseless crime we had tried repeatedly to get her away from him and she would not leave she was only 22 years old and the last thing she told me was he said if she didn’t come with him she would be sorry. Well, I hope 15-25 years will make him sorry.

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