RI-Berta Bogran, 48; Murder Suicide; *Court miss restraining orders?* Providence; 24 Aug 2019

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The two protective orders that Berta Bogran had against her estranged husband didn’t stop him from gunning her down outside her home in late August.

Her case had gone through three judges in Rhode Island Family Court, as Bogran tried to end her six-year marriage and get away from her abusive spouse. A District Court judge found her husband, Oscar Hudson, guilty of violating a restraining order against her and issued another.

But Hudson appealed his conviction, then killed Bogran and himself a month later.

“We were all distraught,” Family Court Chief Judge Michael B. Forte said in a recent interview with the Globe. In the aftermath, Forte said, he held multiple meetings to review Bogran’s case and see what the court had missed.
In wake of murder-suicide, R.I. Family Court proposes added screening for restraining orders - The Boston Globe

 

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According to the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Hudson was visiting a relative on Saturday when she was killed on Charles Street. Her estranged husband had a history of domestic violence, the coalition said, saying that he never should have had access to a gun.

A message from the victim's son, Juan Fernandez Bogran, asked for privacy as the family grapples with their grief.
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