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It was the fourth time that year he'd tried to choke her, each time sending flowers later to apologize, she said.

In this case, it seems she was going back over and over ---as the advice for daughters goes --"he hits you once, it's his fault, if he hits you twice, it's your fault". I see this guy accused her of abusing him also ---and she may have ---but then he should have already divorced her for that right after it happened.

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She probably still cared. In these cases, the person under the restraining order usually bugs the spouse to talk..."I just need to talk"...eventually, the spouse gives in. The person doing the bugging is, after all, their spouse. That is the mistake. Usually fatal.

It doesn't always work out that way, just usually. A couple of years ago, guy forced his ex girlfriend's car off the road while she was travelling to her parents' house, then shot and killed her.