Susan Spencer (48 Hours correspondent)
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In hindsight, Shirley clearly remembers her daughter's cries for help.
She said, Mom, you're not listening to me.
I mean, clear as a bell, you're not listening to me.
But nothing Mindy told her mother came close to the abuse she now describes.
She would say he yells at me all the time.
Looking back, Shirley says she should have understood what really was going on.
Because she says she experienced exactly the same kind of abuse at the hands of her ex-husband.
He used intimidation, threats, and violence to control you.
She left her three children with him because she says she had no choice.
She never dreamed Mindy would become his next target.