Mom Loses Daughter to Domestic Violence: ‘It Broke Me’

Heidi Sallee from Lewiston, Maine, is living through the unimaginable: the death of her teen daughter, Emali Renee Sallee. Emali began dating a boy three years ago and got pregnant. Heidi instantly knew something was off. She says Emali battled domestic abuse. On the day Emali got strength to leave her boyfriend, he killed her and then himself. Now Heidi is advocating for her daughter and domestic abuse awareness. “People have to hear her story,” she tells Inside Edition Digital’s Andrea Swindall.