On the afternoon of April 26, Crystal Brame was driving to a tanning salon as she spoke on her cellphone with her mother. "Oh, I think I see David," she said, referring to her estranged husband, David Brame, the police chief in Tacoma, Washington.

"I gotta go; I gotta go," Brame said, ending the call.

Crystal’s mother tried to call her daughter back as Crystal and David pulled into the parking lot of a shopping mall in their separate vehicles. Minutes later, according to local newspaper reports, David shot his wife in the head with his police-issue .45-calibre Glock handgun. He then killed himself with the pistol as the couple’s two young kids sat in his car a few meters away. Crystal was taken to hospital but never recovered, dying of her injuries a week later.

Lane and Patty Judson share about their daughter, Crystal Brame at the recent KCDVTF Quarterly meeting. About 100 community members gathered to hear the Judson's personal story about domestic violence.

Read more:

Oprah Winfrey Show:"In their Own Words- the family speaks."

CBS News, 48 Hour Mystery:Tacoma Confidential

CBS News, 48 Hour Mystery: A Dark and Unstable Past

Celebration from Tragedy: The Crystal Judson Center Opens.

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