Wisconsin authorities say a daycare owner was shot and killed by her boyfriend in a murder-suicide on Aug.11, the tragedy unfolded in front of her three-year-old son.
Deandre Martin, 30, killed Cassandra Sims, 29, before taking his own life, Fox6 reported.
Police said that Sims’ son, Royal, who turned 4 years old five days later, was inside the house at the time and ran to a neighbor’s home for help.
“She is going to be missed,” Royal’s father Jerelle Williams said, “He is definitely going to miss her.”
Sims’ family is stepping up to be there for her son.
“I’m going to smile for him today,” Williams told Fox6.
“We, even a week later, all we can do is get him through it,” Sims’ sister, Tori Bender, added.
Sims’ mom, Pearlie Hallom, set up a GoFundMe account to raise money for her daughter’s funeral.
“To know her is to love her,” the page states, before noting that Sims owned and operated a daycare.
“Ms. Sims loved each and every one of her daycare children. She helped the community in ways that you couldn’t even imagine. Cassandra left behind a 3-year-old son that she loved dearly,” the page states.
