She had decided to leave him. He and his brother knew it. So that night he and his brother went to the ATM and withdrew all the money so she wouldn't be able to leave. She had gone to get the money and found there wasn't any, so she went back to the house to confront Marty as to where the money was. He got angry and hit her in the mouth. She went to the bathroom to wash up and that is when he started beating her and slamming her around the bathroom. He then picked up a glass vase and hit her in the head, then proceeded to drag her from the bathroom through their bedroom, through the kitchen and into the livingroom where he then strangeled her and beat her somemore. While this was happening, their little girl was there. We are not sure if she witnessed any of this. She was only ten months old at the time. I pray that she didn't see or hear anything because this happpened in the middle of the night.

I often asked Nina why she didn't leave Marty and she would always say "Mom I love him and I want Destini to know her father". Now Destini and her brother will only know her through pictures and stories. I hope and pray that somehow through my story and my daughter's death, that someone who is in a domestic violence situation they will seek help and not have to put their loveones through what we are going through and will for a longtime.