Allison Walsh, 21, was seven months pregnant and living with her 22-year-old boyfriend (Matthew Becker) and his family. Matthew shot and killed Allison on August 12, and their unborn daughter died too. Why did Matthew kill Allison? His family says that Matthew was not happy that Allison was pregnant. Allison had told her family that Matthew wanted her to abort the baby and that he had said that he would not help care for the child when it was born. Matthew had a history of physically and verbally abusing his girlfriends. Matthew also had a history of threatening his girlfriends with knives and guns, and was very controlling.
If your daughter's relationship to the baby's father has any similarity to the above, please help your daughter escape him and stay away from him. Take his threats very seriously. Get your daughter counseling for the verbal abuse so that she can stay away from him. Talk to the police and to a lawyer about what you can do to protect your daughter and her unborn child. Learn about domestic violence at the National Domestic Violence Hotline website.
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