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When Protective Orders Fail, Children Pay the Price
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February 10, 2026
A protective order was in place. Police had responded just one day earlier. And yet a mother is dead and children are left with irreversible trauma. The Howard County killing forces an uncomfortable question: when warning signs are documented and kids…