State Attorney Amira Fox said the killing was “committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification.”
Prior to Katie’s murder, Ian was accused several times of domestic violence but was never prosecuted, according to the Naples Daily News. Six weeks before her remains were found, a judge denied her request for a protection order against Ian and told the pair “to get over your anger for each other” and “do therapy or do something, because what you’re doing to your kids is just an abomination.”
Ian is currently in federal custody awaiting trial on the firearms charges.