Any murder involves a terrible loss, the consequences of which are far reaching. The case involving Melissa Crook is no exception, however in this case multiple family members died with her; tragically these deaths included her baby son.
What is even more disturbing is that the individual responsible for their murder was the very person who should have been willing to die protecting them.
Danai Muhammadi was Melissa’s husband and father to their young son. Their relationship had been a rocky one, underpinned by Danai’s violence and unreasonable behaviour. Melissa had tried on numerous occasions to make the relationship work, even moving away from her family in a bid to prove her love.
Whilst her family struggled with this decision, they realised that they had to support her and maintain contact with her to ensure that she knew she could always come home.
Danai is an individual who would have seen Melissa’s family as a problem; their love meant that she retained a certain amount of power. Unlike Danai, Melissa was well loved, cared for and supported and whilst she had this support, Danai would never fully have control over her.
In many domestically abusive cases there is a common thread that runs through them. For Danai, when Melissa left him this was a huge insult and elicited feelings of unmanageable rage within him. Melissa not only left him and taken their son, she returned to the family he tried to isolate her from. This means that he had lost control and it is at this point his anger began to take a murderous form.
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