A family is mourning the murder of their daughter as prosecutor charge her ex-husband with the crime saying he shot her when she went to pick up their kids.
John A. Frazier faces one count of second-degree murder and armed criminal action. According to court documents, Frazier allegedly tried to stage the crime scene but surveillance cameras showed the truth.
“Every parent doesn't want that call especially when you have girls,” Sterling Randolph, the victim’s father, said.
According to court records, Tamara Randolph and John Frazier filed for divorce two years ago.
They agreed to share custody of their two sons. But in late May, Frazier stopped the boys from seeing their mother.
She went to the police but was told there wasn’t much they could do given the custody agreement.
“Those were her boys. Her other children are teenagers, those boys were her young ones,” Sterling Randolph said.
Court documents show Randolph arrived at Frazier’s house at 37th and Woodland on Wednesday to try and get the boys so she could get them ready for the start of the school year.
However, surveillance cameras captured her ex-husband walking up to her with a gun in his right hand. At the time, the mother was on the phone with a relative who heard the tragedy unfold.
The relative said she received a call from Tamara, saying she was at Frazier’s house trying to get her kids.
The relative said while they were on the phone, Tamara said Frazier had just arrived. The family member stayed on the phone and heard the victim say something to the effect of “so you’re going to pull a gun on me,” according to court documents.
She asked Tamara if she wanted her to call 911 and she said no. After Tamara hung up, the family member called another person to tell her what she heard and then called 911.
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“She's a very giving person, very warm, very big heart,” Sterling Randolph said.
The 36-year-old mother, a Southeast High grad, was working two jobs to provide for her young family. Her parents now advise others who may be in similar situations to get—
“Full custody, that's what they should try to get because a lot of times the other parent is not going to follow the divorce decree and there's many reasons,” Sterling Randolph said.
Frazier is in custody at the Jackson County jail. His cash only bond is set at $250,000.
