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Pasadena mom among subjects of domestic violence photo exhibit

Published 07/02/08

Nine years ago this fall, Lisa Spicknall's worst nightmare came true when her two young children, Destiny and Ritchie, were murdered.

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Lisa Spicknall stands by her portrait in the House of Ruth Maryland's "A Line in the Sand" photographic exhibit.
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The killer was her estranged husband, Richard Spicknall II, against whom she had gotten a protection from abuse order only months earlier. He later pleaded guilty to shooting the children while they were strapped in their car seats during a road trip to Ocean City.

Since that time, the Pasadena woman, now 33, has spent nearly a decade as an advocate for domestic abuse victims, working to prevent similar tragedies from happening to other families.

She was honored for her efforts in a...

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