Colleen Sillito sought restraining order against boyfriend before murder
CBC News | Posted: October 5, 2015 8:07 PM | Last Updated: October 7, 2015
Fort Saskatchewan woman feared for her safety and the safety of her children
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Colleen Sillito sought a restraining order against Paul Joseph Jacob in January, stating that he had threatened to kill her if she left him and that he was using cocaine and drinking heavily.
"I'm afraid for my safety," Sillito wrote in her application. "He's volatile and unpredictable. I don't want him to take it out on me or the children."
Sillito, 46, was shot to death Friday outside her home in Fort Saskatchewan northeast of Edmonton. Jacob's body was also found at the scene.
Neighbours told CBC they believe the shootings were a murder-suicide.
Justice Sheila Greckol granted the order against Jacob, ordering him to have no contact with Sillito and to stay at least 200 metres from her home, where she lived with three of her children.
The order remained in effect until July 2015.
According to Sillito's application, she and Jacob lived in a common-law relationship that began in November 2010.
Sillito described a history of verbal abuse by Jacob to her and her children.
"There has also been regular threats to myself especially surrounding what he would do if I ever left him - ie. 'If you ever f--- another man I'll kill you.' "
She said the abuse had escalated and that Jacob was drinking heavily. She also discovered he was using cocaine in the house with the children present.
Sillito wrote that Jacob had left home in early January to go to a Mexican resort, but was asked to leave the next day after "beating someone up."
"I'm afraid for the safety of myself and my children when he comes home to find that I am separating from him and applying to stay in the house."
Jacob was placed under a peace bond on June 3, 2015. On Sept. 3, 2015, he pleaded guilty to failing to comply with that bond and was fined $500.
RCMP will not release the cause of death or the identities of the victims until autopsies are completed Tuesday.