Breanne “Breezy” Pennington had finally found the courage to leave her husband.

“She said, ‘I’m safe. I’m moving sooner than later. I signed a lease on a house today.’ That was the last thing she ever said to me,” said Sarah Wilcox, one of Pennington’s closest friends.

The 30-year-old mother from Gardner, a Latter-day Saint who loved astrology, raising chickens, heavy metal and above all, her children, was killed before she could take her step toward freedom.

Two years later, her loved ones are still searching for answers and for Aaron Pennington , her husband and the man police say pulled the trigger. Officials are still searching for him, but some members of Breanne Pennington’s family question whether the suspected killer is alive or dead.

“We have four children who have rights

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