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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