Neighbors at their old family home in Logan, Utah say the couple had been building a house in nearby Smithfield, but Melanie tried to escape her abusive marriage before it was completed. Today new details of the bitter split between Melanie and husband Haskell have emerged. Total tragedy: This photograph is shows Stephen Stay, 39 and Katie Stay, 34 and their five children, including their heroic 15-year-old daughter, Cassidy, (left to right) Rebecca, seven, Emily, nine, Zachary, four and Bryan, 14 ‘But I felt terrible because it is not her fault'. ‘That sounds like something Melanie would have said, knowing her, it’s something that would have come out of her mouth. ‘She said that she had to pay the ultimate price for freedom. He said: ‘Melanie’s mother told me something that her daughter had said after the incident. ‘I asked her how Melanie was doing and she told me that Melanie was in shock over what happened.’īut for Mr Barker – who grew to know Melanie well during the seven month divorce – what she said next was hard to take. ‘It was a really brief conversation, I was trying to call Melanie to express my condolences, but her mom answered,’ said Mr Barker. Mr Barker tried to reach out to Melanie on Thursday but instead spoke to her mother Kelly Lyon. Mr Barker, who works for Utah Legal Services, revealed that Melanie is still in ‘shock’ over the massacre as she tried to come to terms with the reasons behind it. Al Barker, her former lawyer who became good friends with her, said: 'I just hope other victims (of domestic violence) don¿t look at her case and think,"this could happen to me"' Melanie Lyon Haskell, pictured here with then-husband Ronald and the couple's three children is in 'shock' over the massacre.
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