Killing ends a lifetime of spouse abuse

Killing ends a lifetime of spouse abuse
A Miami-Dade woman who killed her first abusive husband in 1993 was murdered by her second husband this month, police say.
BY DAVID OVALLE
dovalle@MiamiHerald.com
Bullied and threatened for years to the point of near-suicide, Cassandra Johnson pulled a gun and shot her estranged husband in the head at a Liberty City strip mall in 1993.

She escaped a murder charge.

For the next 16 years, she rebuilt her life, undergoing intense counseling, cleaning condos for work and doting over two-dozen grandchildren -- until her next husband killed her, police say.

Randy Lipkins, father of her first child, stabbed her 22 times and pummeled her face with a hammer earlier this month, Miami-Dade police say. Lipkins surrendered to police Sept. 12 -- only after leaving her body to rot in his apartment for four days.
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