One of two good Samaritans continues to recover at ORMC after a triple murder-suicide. The 911 calls were released Tuesday. Chris Hush (@ChrisHushWESH) has the latest update.

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WESH 2 News is uncovering steps a woman took to protect herself against her husband -- steps that ultimately failed in a horrible way.In video from a recent hearing, Chericia Brown voices her fears about her husband to a judge. Brown wanted her husband legally kept away from her. That request was granted, but, tragically, something set off a string of violent events that ended four lives Sunday night.RELATED: Man shoots self after killing wife, 2 young childrenListen to the 911 calls from the Chili's restaurant: Call 1 | Call 2"It wasn't until recently that I realized I was in a domestically violent relationship," Brown said at that hearing, which was prompted by an incident where Altamonte Springs police were called."He has said several times he'd find someone to kill me, and I thought he was joking," Brown said.She accused her husband of pulling her hair, hitting her and trying to stuff a sock in her mouth.See also: Off-duty paramedic firefighter helps victim after stabbingPolice didn't make an arrest that night, citing conflicting information, but officers forwarded a case package to the state attorney, placing the decision to file charges with that office.The state attorney notified police in February that no criminal charges would be filed.During Brown's request for an injunction, her husband, Henry, pledged, "I want to say, for the record, I won't hurt my wife. She's my best friend, and honestly, like I said, I really feel bad for what I did."The injunction was granted, and Henry was ordered away from his wife. But he was allowed to see their children at Chericia's discretion.Then, Sunday night, Chericia Brown was stabbed and run over at the Chili's restaurant. An officer-involved shootout followed at the hospital where she was taken. Finally, as deputies closed in on Henry Brown, they found him and the two children dead in a car on Interstate 4.The state attorney's letter to Altamonte Springs police in February said there were no facts available to file a criminal case against Henry Brown in the December fight at their apartment.In a letter to WESH 2 News, the chief judge of Seminole/Brevard County courts said the court did what it could."In this instance, the judge did everything in her power to enjoin Mr. Brown from having contact with his spouse and yet he did. These deaths are tragedies that a piece of paper could not prevent," Judge John Galluzzo said.The 911 calls from the Chili's restaurant released Tuesday reveal how witnesses tried to help Chericia Brown."What's going on there?" a dispatcher is heard asking the caller."There is a female getting beaten up by a man outside in the parking lot," the caller said.Guests at the Lake Mary restaurant called for help."Oh, we need an ambulance. He stabbed her," the caller told the dispatcher.A server who was just getting off work also called 911."We have someone bleeding very badly," the caller said. "I'm sitting right next to her. We have towels. Somebody else is here holding her arm also."Chericia Brown had just been stabbed by her estranged husband, who had been hiding in her trunk. Two good Samaritans, including Caroline Dorton, an Orange City firefighter and paramedic, were helping the injured mother of two."She's awake and keeps saying help me, help me. She's not being very responsive," the caller said.As 911 calls poured in, Henry Brown got into a vehicle. The Chili's server was on the line with dispatchers as the unthinkable played out on the recorded line."Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God," the caller told a 911 dispatcher. "A car just came and ran over her and hit three people. I just barely made it out of the way.""Do you see any injuries on anyone?" the dispatcher asked."There's two out, there's two out and one is crying. Two are knocked out. Like, bad," the caller said.One of the two good Samaritans continues to recover at Orlando Regional Medical Center.