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DISINFORMATION. TONIGHT, WDSU UNCOVERS NEW DOCUMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE APPARENT MURDER SUICIDE IN SLIDELL. RECORDS SHOW A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN TRYING TO LEAVE HER MARRIAGE DIDNT MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. AND TONIGHT WERE GETTING A CLOSER LOOK INTO CYNTHIA KENTS ATTEMPTS TO SEEK PROTECTION. AND THE COURT RECORDS DETAILING DECADES OF ABUSE. WDSU NORTH SHORE BUREAU REPORTER SHAWANDA JONES IS LIVE IN SLIDELL TO WALK US THROUGH THE TIMELINE OF HOW ALL OF THIS UNFOLDED. SHAWANDA. THE LAST RESTRAINING ORDER CYNTHIA KENT MADE AGAINST HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND ENDED IN JUNE. FOUR MONTHS LATER, CYNTHIA IS NOW DEAD, ALLEGEDLY KILLED AT THE HANDS OF HER HUSBAND BEFORE THEIR DIVORCE WAS FINALIZED AND BEFORE POLICE SAY HE TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF. WERE SEEING CYNTHIA KENTS PICTURE FOR THE FIRST TIME. HER MARRIAGE TO HER HUSBAND, DENNIS, CAME TO A HORRIFIC END IN THE PARKING LOT OF WALGREENS OFF MILITARY ROAD IN SLIDELL MONDAY. WDSU UNCOVERED CYNTHIA KING REX FIRST RESTRAINING ORDER FILED AGAINST HER HUSBAND, DENNIS, BACK IN 2003. IT ACCUSED HIM OF PHYSICAL AND VERBAL ABUSE, NOT JUST TOWARDS HER, BUT TOWARDS ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN. SHE DESCRIBED A TERRIFYING MOMENT DENNIS CHASED HER WITH A BAT AND, QUOTE, PUT A KNIFE TO HER THROAT. DESPITE THESE CHILLING DETAILS, DOCUMENTS SHOW CYNTHIA DROPPED THE RESTRAINING ORDER TWO DAYS BEFORE THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY, SAYING SHE WANTED TO MAKE THEIR MARRIAGE WORK, HOPING COUNSELING AND ANGER MANAGEMENT FOR DENNIS WOULD CHANGE THINGS. FAST FORWARD TO 2007. WE FOUND CYNTHIA FILED FOR ANOTHER RESTRAINING ORDER, BUT AGAIN DISMISSED IT. AND THEN IN NOVEMBER 2023, RECORDS SHOW SAINT TAMMANY PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE RESPONDED TO CYNTHIAS HOME AFTER DENNIS ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO QUOTE, GET A GUN AND END IT FOR US ALL, END QUOTE. DENNIS WAS ARRESTED FOR RESISTING ARREST. BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER, AND SIMPLE ASSAULT. WHEN DEPUTIES RESPONDED, HE BONDED OUT THAT SAME DAY. CYNTHIA WAS GRANTED A SIX MONTH RESTRAINING ORDER, WHICH EXPIRED IN JUNE. WITH THAT ORDER GONE. DENNIS HAD NO LEGAL BEARINGS PROTECTING HIM FROM CONTACTING CYNTHIA OR POSSESSING WEAPONS. CYNTHIA FILED FOR DIVORCE JUST TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE RESTRAINING ORDER EXPIRED, BUT BEFORE THE DIVORCE COULD BE FINALIZED. SOURCES SAY THE TWO MET AT WALGREENS TO EXCHANGE A DOG IN WHICH THEY SHARED CUSTODY. THATS WHEN POLICE SAY DENNIS SHOT CYNTHIA TWICE AND ENDED HIS OWN LIFE. IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW IS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, KNOW THAT THERE IS HELP AVAILABLE. PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR RESOURCES ON HOW YOU CAN SEEK SAFETY. REPORTING LIVE IN SLIDELL.