Sarah Jane Buchholz Carda, 35, was a registered nurse who had worked at the Isanti County Jail for nearly ten years. On October 6, 2023, a Chisago County deputy answering a domestic call at her home in Fish Lake Township heard arguing. When he knocked on a window, Sarah yelled, "He has a gun!" Then shots were fired inside, and three more came through the window where he'd just been standing, at head level.

After hours of standoff, a drone showed Sarah dead on a bed. Her husband, Mike Carda, 39, was in the room with two long guns. He already had a pending case from July 2023 for allegedly assaulting her and stopping her from calling 911, and a no-contact order was in place that night.

In October 2024, Carda entered an Alford plea to second-degree murder and attempted murder, with sentencing set for January. A no-contact order was in effect, and it still didn't protect her. What do you think should have happened after July?