'He's going to be the death of me' says ex-wife of man in Cape Coral's murder-suicide

Jason McGuire was always a violent man, a former wife says.

That’s why his marriage with his ex-wife Kelly Cripe ended in 1994.

“When him and I were together then I felt there were times, oh my gosh, he’s going to be the death of me,” Cripe said.

Cripe and McGuire had two sons together. Cripe said she chose to divorce McGuire after he threw her sister down a flight of stairs and broke her leg.

Cripe survived the marriage, but McGuire’s next wife didn’t.

Madonna Pierce-McGuire, 50, was found dead in a Cape Coral home Saturday morning from an apparent gunshot wound. Cape Coral police said McGuire, 47, shot her and then killed himself. They were found just after 9 a.m. by police at a home in the 5200 block of SW 9th Place.

They called the incident an apparent murder-suicide and advised the public they were not in danger.

McGuire was out on bond from Lee County Jail when he killed Pierce-McGuire and himself Saturday morning. Jail records show he was arrested on Dec. 1 for a domestic violence aggravated assault and released on Dec. 2. Bail had been set at $50,000.

Police said there was a no-contact order in place.

In addition to Cripe’s two sons, Pierce-McGuire and McGuire had one son together, said Cripe. Pierce-McGuire also had a daughter from a previous relationship.

“It’s not fair,” Cripe said. “She was a beautiful, sweet person. She was always very good to my sons. She didn’t deserve this.”

Cripe said she last spoke to Pierce-McGuire during one of her son’s weddings last year.

“I told her then she was a saint to deal with it like she had,” Cripe said. “She had so many opportunities to get out.”

Cripe said her two sons, aged 25 and 26, are not dealing well under the circumstances.

“What he did was so selfish, you know,” Cripe said. “You just put your sons in a position to have to make arrangements for you in a totally different state.”

Cripe said she wants women and those who are in abusive relationship to know that they can get out.

“These women that think they are trapped, they just need to know it is hard,” Cripe said. “It is hard getting out but, there is a way.”

The 24-hour hotline for the Abuse Counseling & Treatment Center in Fort Myers 239-939-3112.

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