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Protection orders are meant to keep domestic violence victims in Washington safe. That doesn’t always happen By Emma Epperly, The Spokesman-Review
Published: May 24, 2021, 6:00am
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SPOKANE Mary Schaffer spent years doing all she could to keep herself and her children safe from her aggressive ex-husband, and was able to secure a protection order against him.
Despite all her careful planning, on Aug. 8, 2020, Schaffer was found shot to death inside a rental car outside her ex-husband’s Browne’s Addition home, where she had been waiting to pick up their two children.
Now her ex, Nathan Beal, is accused of killing her.