Jeri Mains filed for a protective order against her husband on Christmas Day.
Three days later, the 44-year-old wife and mother of four was found shot dead. That protective order filing would make its way through the courts a day after her killing without a judge ruling on it.
Her husband, Cecil Raymond Mains, 46, is behind bars at the Marion County Jail facing a preliminary charge of murder. Their children, ages 19, 17, 14, and 10, are left in the current care of family members while grieving the loss. The family is trying to raise money through a GoFundMe account to support the children…