Michael Gayan // Donna Matthews

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In March 2020, 26 year old Breonna Taylor was shot to death in her home by people she thought were intruders. It turned out they were the police serving a controversial no-knock warrant.

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Researched, written, hosted, and edited by Charlie Worroll

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Sources

Internet

• https://www.wgtd.org/news/donna-matthews-murder-trial-blog

• https://fox6now.com/2018/07/16/life-or-death-situation-brother-sister-charged-in-fatal-july-4-shooting-in-kenosha-convicted-set-for-sentencing/

• https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/matthews-testifies-she-felt-she-had-no-choice-but-to/article_9b407e3d-8b09-59f2-adc6-8780ccc7f083.html

• https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/brother-gets-seven-years-for-helping-sister-with-homicide/article_b4b48398-cc76-5fe2-8fed-0bc2edf4823f.html

• https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/dead-mans-son-writes-letter-supporting-convicted-killer/article_d8893935-dfb3-58b3-a85c-1731822b21c1.html

• https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/another-former-girlfriend-testifies-gayan-put-her-in-hospital-threatened/article_a917cdf6-c361-569b-aa0b-af3f37210561.html

• https://breakthesilencedv.org/reactive-abuse-what-it-is-and-why-abusers-rely-on-it/

• https://corporate.findlaw.com/litigation-disputes/the-battered-woman-s-defense-its-history-and-future.html

• https://www.womenslaw.org/laws/hi/restraining-orders

• https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/juror-panel-not-convinced-at-trial-that-michael-gayan-was/article_3f98ed54-da2f-5149-b5c8-46a2c5ed8653.html

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lvGsaGZSOc

• https://www.lakegenevanews.net/news/lake_geneva/kenosha-woman-gets-life-in-ex-boyfriends-killing/article_96604c10-637c-5430-b8c8-5469ff5e08ff.html

NEWSPAPERS

• Police Identify Dead Body, Kenosha News, 30 Jul 2016

• Man Arrested in Shooting Death, Kenosha News, 2 Aug 2016

• Ex Girlfriend Held in Homicide, Kenosha News, 4 Aug 2016

• Details Emerge about Michael Gayan Homicide, Kenosha News, 5 Aug 2015

• $1M Bond Set in Murder Case, Kenosa News, 23 Aug 2016

• Gayan Shot 5 Times, Hit With Gun, Kenosha News, 31 Aug 2016

• Two Plead Not Guilty to Murder, Kenosha News, 3 Sep 2016

• Maui Woman to be Tried in Wisconsin Slaying, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 13 Dec 2016

• Matthews Siblings Reject Plea Deals, Kenosha News, 6 Jun 2017

• Prosecutors hope to block self-defense argument, Kenosha News, 25 Jan 2018