NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Metro will pay $150,000 to the parents of a young mother murdered by her estranged boyfriend.
The parents of Shellie Hernandez filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the city in 2009 claiming their daughter's death could have been prevented.
Michael Williams shot and killed Hernandez on December 2, 2008, just one day after he got out of jail for violating a restraining order she filed against him.
Hernandez's parents claimed Williams was released because his probation officer failed to say he had violated his parole on another domestic violence conviction.
Williams was convicted of Hernandez's murder in October 2010.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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