GRIFFIN, Ga. — A woman who said she's the daughter of the victim shot and killed outside of the Spalding County Courthouse is calling for justice.
The Spalding County Medical Examiner confirms 44-year-old Krystal Evans, formerly Krystal Mallory, was shot dead Friday. Griffin Police announced Tom Mallory, her ex-husband, as the suspect. Krystal's daughter Precious Evans said the divorce was finalized Wednesday.
Precious said she feels she lost both of her parents.
"I feel like I don't have nobody," Precious said. "I don't have nobody to lean on, to comfort me."
Precious said her mother was her comforter. They would talk on the phone all the time. She describes Krystal as a kind woman who had never met a stranger and was obsessed with her cats. However, Precious watched her mom go through an ugly divorce over the past year.
"She was so happy after her divorce. She felt free," Precious said. "We were even talking about doing a party."
Precious said her mother was open about Mallory's disturbing behavior. She said her father wouldn't let go. In a Facebook post from 2023, Krystal said, in part: "Please know if something happens to me, Mallory did it..."
"After the divorce, this man literally texted her, 'Not happening,'" Precious said.
Precious said her mother was at the courthouse for a hearing connected to the divorce. Krystal was headed to an eviction hearing after, as she worked in real estate.
"The judge did issue a warrant. Instead of the judge taking him in, right then and there, the judge said that he could turn himself in Monday night," Precious said.
We now have new details on what lead to Krystal's demise. Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix shared details in a lengthy Facebook post. He explained that Krystal walked out of the courthouse to her car. Mallory shot her several times from his car window and sped off by the time deputies heard the gunshots. Mallory did not stop for the police. Eventually, he shot himself. He's alive and recovering in the hospital, but Krystal didn't make it. Precious believes this could have been prevented.
"My mom, literally, called the sheriff — the sheriff's department the day before, because he was stalking her," Precious said. "And they did nothing. Had they had someone to walk out with her, like her friend asked, she would still be here."
Dix denied this. He said surveillance video shows Krystal never asked for an escort. His office also confirmed that authorities have responded to multiple domestic violence calls at the Mallory household. Sometimes the violence was mutual, but there were no witnesses to identify the aggressor. Dix also confirms Mallory had been arrested for domestic violence previously but bonded out.
Precious found Dix's social media post to be distasteful.
"Not once did you offer your condolences, sympathy, or anything for my mom," Precious said.
Precious said she felt the judge and law enforcement dropped the ball.
"That post was to clean his face, clear his name," Precious said.
Dix is quoted saying this in the post: "Do improvements need to be made to the law? Yes, they do. Maybe it wasn't a deputy or my agency that failed, maybe it was the law itself."
Precious plans to fight for justice for her mom and said she has no sympathy for Mallory.
"He was an evil man," Precious said. "He preplanned it. He knew what he wanted to do."
Precious said she plans to rally for justice at the courthouse Wednesday. And she's planning a vigil for her mother on Thursday.
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