Family: Murder Could Have Been Prevented

Kathy Allison was gunned down Sunday afternoon in the Lottie Community of Baldwin County. Police say her son-in-law, Jim Dorriety has confessed to the murder. Family members say the whole situation didn't have to happen.
"We seen Jim up there, and she seen Jim had a gun. She told me to get down and he killed her. He shot her and shot her and shot her more than one time."
Kathy Allison's children are angry. "Had law enforcement not dropped the ball and done their damn job like they were suppose to, my Mom would still be alive today," says son D.J. Jowers.
Allison was gunned down Sunday. Invesitgtors say her son-in-law has confessed. Jim Dorriety is married to April. She says her Mother was just trying to protect her, "Mama thought he had me and Gracie in the woods and that's why she was in the truck headed that way."
Hours before the murder, law enforcement was called to North Baldwin Infirmary. April was being discharged and Jim was there even though a protection from abuse order barred him from having any contact with his wife. Allison's sister, Barbara Hastings says there was a history of abuse. "He has whipped up on April. He had tore up cabinets in his house in prior times of anger, shot up walls, shot up TV's in the home with children in the home. The man had a problem."
Kathy Allison reportedly read a copy of the protection order to deputies at the hospital but Sheriff Hoss Mack says just because you have a copy of an order doesn't mean it's valid. "The mere fact that some one has a piece of paper doesn't mean it's valid. Papers have to be certified they have to be recorded there has to be a check and balance system that's one of the thing we're looking at," says Mack.
An internal investigation is underway to make sure everyting was done by the book in the Sheriff's Office. Bay Minette police are also conducting an investigation. Two of their officers responded to the hosptial as back-up for the deputy.
"Jim Dorriety has admitted his guilt that will be the end of that but these three officers that did not do their job it's not the end of that," promises Hastings.
A family's grief has now turned to anger over a crime they say could have been prevented.