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A tragic murder of a lovely woman If ex-husband is guilty of murder, the protective order didn’t protect wife
Melissa Banda

A tragic murder of a lovely woman

The email sent out to news outlets by the McAllen PD Friday morning had ominous warning signs all over it - this case isn’t going to have a happy ending for missing 37-year-old Melissa Banda. Her ex-husband, Richard Ford, had a court order in effect preventing him from coming into contact with his wife; but as history has shown, if a husband, a boyfriend, or an ex has gone off the rails, so to speak, a piece of paper signed by a judge isn’t going to quell the homicidal rage he has against the woman for whom he holds so much ...

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