KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) - A Montana man suspected of killing his estranged wife, their daughter and another man before killing himself previously told his wife he was “going to murder” her this summer, according to an order of protection the woman sought in late May.
Kameron Barge, 39, of Whitefish broke into Emily Mohler’s house near Olney early Tuesday and stabbed her, their 3-year-old daughter Piper and Cody Nevins, 41, Flathead County Sheriff Brian Heino said Wednesday.
Barge and Mohler’s 8-year-old daughter was able to run to the house of a neighbor who called 911.
Barge was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound about a half-mile from his pickup truck, which he had driven away from the house, Heino said.
Barge and Mohler, 42, had been scheduled to appear in court later Tuesday for a hearing on the dissolution of their marriage, the Flathead Beacon reported.
Mohler had filed for three orders of protection against Barge in the past year, the most recent on May 26.
In the application, Mohler said Barge had physically assaulted her in front of the couple’s two children on May 25. During the attack, she said, Barge grabbed her hoodie, twisted it tightly around her neck and threw her to the ground.
He told her he was going to kill her this summer and that she “had no idea the wrath he was going to inflict,” the document states.
Mohler also said Barge had in the past fractured her skull, killed the couple’s kitten by throwing it against a wall and had engaged in years of verbal abuse.
Law enforcement officers had previous contact with Barge and Mohler regarding domestic abuse, Heino said.
The oldest child is in the care of Child Protective Services.
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