Posted on 06/28/2008 11:02:15 AM PDT by Coleus
A man being sought for shooting and killing his estranged wife to death while she watched one of their children swim at a Montclair YMCA had been ordered in October to have no contact with her. Kenneth A. Duckett was under a restraining order that specified no contact with Monica Paul, but allowed him to have visitation rights with their two children, said Paul Loriquet, a spokesman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. "Basically, it was like a curbside drop-off," Loriquet said.
The couple had separated in August, but it was unclear when they had married. Paul, 31, obtained a temporary restraining order in October, and it was made final later that month, Loriquet said. Paul was with the children at the "Y" last night. As she waited in a poolside where their 4-year-old son was swimming, Duckett approached and shot her several times in front of their 11-year-old daughter, authorities said.
Duckett fled in a white Jeep with another man, and the vehicle was later found in Orange, where the 37-year-old Duckett lived. Police are still looking for Duckett. Witnesses told police that the shooter approached Paul and that the two had a short conversation before he opened fire.
Authorities credited YMCA members and employees with pulling Pauls children out of harms way as the shots were fired. The children were in the care of relatives last night, they said. Weve been advised there has been a history of violence between these individuals, said Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow. Obviously it tells you that with a final restraining order, it still does not prevent horrific things like this. Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura offered a reward of $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of Duckett and his alleged accomplice.
nj doesn’t kill murderers who shoot mothers to death in front of their children...
Bless yer heart, shhhugar! Come set rat cheer by me! :)
restraining orders are bad jokes played on the defenseless who believe in them...
The guy shot her and fled, and seems to have had a friend driving the getaway car. This indicates he was wanting to survive the incident.
He might have been sure he would have successfully shot her, but if NJ was a CCW state he could not have been sure that somebody else in the pool area would not have blown him away shortly thereafter, which would have complicated his plans
When was the last time that you were patted down by a cop?
I would also like to point his incident out as a cautionary tale to black women-ALL women,really.
Hey,you often see these flaws and homicidal tendencies in many of the men you date but you go ahead on anyway,despite your inner instincts that tell you to leave this fool alone.
Isn’t it better to be alive and alone than dead and”in a relationship”?
“dial 911 and die” bump
This ain't Nevada.
I used to work in Richmond and North Richmond, California for a communications company. I carried a gun with me everyday of the week. I didn’t ask permission from any supervisors, elected officials, police officers or the County Sheriff. A couple of times young thugs looked at me to see if I would be a nice easy victim. Showing them my holstered revolver almost gave them instant heart attacks but it certainly opened their eyes to me being a victim. Only once did I get so worried that I actually grabbed the handgrip. That man also almost crapped himself when he realized I was grabbing a gun. He apologized and stepped back quickly, turned around and left the area.
Looking back I am positive thatover the years my actions kept other employees from being attacked. I am certain that word got spread around rapidly not to mess with them phone guys ‘cause them buggers carry guns tucked away under their jackets.
Now, one more thing. I don’t look like a punk or a thug. My hair isn’t long, I am not covered with tatoos and I don’t listen to rap music. I imagine this is part of the reason why I can sit next to a police officer at a coffee shop counter and enjoy a conversation during my meal with my revolver snug in it’s shoulder holster. I have never had an LEO frisk me for weapons, drugs or anything else. I just don’t look like the criminal type. Perhaps that is what gives me the confidence that I can carry without being molested by the cops.
If you take mass transit, or you go to a sporting event or concert, or get stopped at a DUI roadblock (which means drive after 11PM on a saturday night) or basically ever leave your house, you will get searched here eventually. Everyone does.
This poor woman sure received the death penalty. The brutal savage can now go to jail and convert to Islam.
I think I would leave the state. Too much government for me to be comfortable.
Restraining order or not, this @#$%$#@ was going to get her no matter what. What does it take to change the law? Having a public official be the victim?
But another thing is disturbing about this terrible shooting. The YMCA is a membership organization, but this man was able to roam at will. No one questioned him. With this sort of situation any pervert could prey on little kids there.
Just a few blocks away, (in the same town of Montslair) in a public library, a pervert from a nearby city lured a 12 year old into a bathroom and did his thing. He was caught, but even our libraries are unsafe.
Montclair is a fine town —— but!
Most abusive men give away their true hand fairly early on in the relationship.I know I am not privy to this particular situation but i have seen other instances where the woman had a chance to get out but stayed in because”I love him”
murdered...
Can you force the kids to visit?I would hope not.
If dad murdered mom,all I can say is that I would no longer consider him my dad!
In that case her husband may not have found her for a little while, but the marshals would have, eventually. Because if she fled the state with their child, she would be the criminal. A lot of women stick around and get shot or beaten to death because they can't just take the kid and run, or they'll be among those despised women who steal their own children from the kids' father; nor can they leave a beloved child with an insane ex-husband who might do them harm, as happened in Maryland a few months ago. So they stay. And every once in awhile they get killed.
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