‘He took matters into his own hands’: Man sentenced for vigilante-style revenge murder of ex-wife after her friend allegedly broke one of his windows

Allen Dale Edwards, on the left, and Keyanna Cherrell Gardiner, on the right

Left: Allen Dale Edwards; Right: Keyanna Cherrell Gardiner. (Harris County District Attorney’s Office)

A Texas man will spend several decades in prison for the vigilantism-influenced murder of his ex-wife, jurors determined this week.

Allen Dale Edwards, 44, was found guilty and sentenced to 46 years in prison by a jury late Tuesday, Oct. 31, Harris County court records obtained by Law&Crime show.

“Domestic violence can take a lot of different forms, but too often we see it escalate into murder,” Harris District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a statement provided to Law&Crime. “There is absolutely no reason this man’s ex-wife and the mother of his children should be dead.”

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