81: Mommy Murdered the Night Before Christmas

In 2011, the night before Christmas, a mother of 3 and student Za’ZellPreston was murdered hours after leaving a Christmas Eve party in California.On Christmas morning her body was found propped up on the sofa, wearingsunglasses, watching her children open presents, in an apartment covered inblood. Her husband William Wallace made phone calls to the entire family, beforefinally agreeing to call an Ambulance for Za’Zell. But shortly after callingthat Ambulance, William would find himself incarcerated awaiting trial, foralmost a decade.For the 3 years leading up to her death, William had subjected Za’Zell to arelationship from hell. William’s abuse had put Za’Zell in hospital multipletimes and he promised to kill her if she ever left Za’Zell would share heremotional turmoil in love on Facebook and desperately tried to fix the man sheloved most, even enrolling to study domestic violence herself. But in 2011, withplans to finally leave him for good and become a counsellor to help other womenbreak free from domestic violence, Za’Zell’s time to escape with her life,would tragically run out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices