Grandma from Tennessee who fought for guarded of she was late daughterchild but lost out to the girl father was left to grieve and be angry after a man killed her granddaughter.
Monica Dunning keeps up shooting death of she is 12-year- old granddaughter, Angel Ahern, as strong evidence that the United States family court system broken, Tennessee news This is reported by WBIR.
Angelic mother died in a car crash in Monroe County, Tennessee, in 2016. Subsequently, Dunning insisted on being named her granddaughter’s guardian. But the girl spent her time in several reception rooms homes before her father, Leonard Ahern, got custody of her.
According to Dunning, her daughter was divorced from Ahern at the time of her death and there were accusations of abuse that led to a court order forbidding him to see Angel.
decision to award Ahern’s detention despite these allegations led to a tragic outcome. family home in Barrow County, Georgia more than three hours drive from Monroe County, Tennessee.
On October 17, Ahern argued with with 34-year-old woman, when he grabbed a pistol and shot at her, his daughter and yourself. The first rescuers arrived to find Angel dead and two adults are badly injured. Ahern died after he and the woman were taken to the hospital.
“She was watching her father walk up to her and put gun her head and shoot her,” Dunning told WBIR. in interview this week. “It just terrifying. No. 12-year-old, especially 12-year-old, should go through it.
“Did not have way what could you be in room with her, even two seconds, and not just absolutely love her. She was outgoing, she was expressive, she was happy.”
Dunning said she was particularly disappointed that she took the time and money going through a process aimed at allowing her to care for Angel, in a home where the Angel would be safe. But she said that it seemed that the officials in accusation of her case “would place [Angel] with anyone”, but her maternal grandmother.
childrenservice department of Tennessee told WBIR that the courts final word on where every child fits live. WBIR reported that the judge who rules on Case of the Angel, Benji Thomas declined to comment.
Tennessee house Representative Gloria Johnson stated that Angel’s death illustrated just one of in problems harassed by understaffed, underpaid children, the service department and the courts with that it works.
Systems in the USA face similar questions. Johnson told WBIR she called on Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to properly fund state children’s services before any other children were injured.
“His just morally wrong”, Johnson told WBIR. “I think it’s time to find money resolve the situation now.”
