Family of Las Vegas mother shot dead alongside her new husband by her ex-father in law reveal the sick messages he sent her before the vicious killing amid child custody battle

The household of a pistillate who was gunned down by her ex-father-in-law person blasted a household tribunal justice for ignoring brutal substance threats.   

Dennis and Ashley Prince were fatally changeable during a deposition involving Ashley's ex-husband, Dylan Houston, past week. Prince was representing his woman successful the case. 

Houston was represented by his father, 77-year-old Joseph Houston II, who opened occurrence during the proceedings earlier turning the weapon connected himself. 

Prince, 30, was warring for sole custody of her 2 oldest kids during the deposition, portion Houston was representing his lad Dylan. 

At a property league connected Monday, Ashley's parents Julie and Paul said Houston would endanger her with substance messages, arsenic galore arsenic 70 a day. 

These included threats like: 'I don't privation to spot you unless you're successful a casket', 'I volition chisel you down to a weaker and worthless sack of bones' and 'I'll crush you successful mode you don't adjacent comprehend', the household said. 

Her parents accidental their daughter's tribunal conflict had failed her arsenic she tried to get protections successful spot for herself and her children. 

Clark County District Court Judge Bill Henderson had handled the case, with a spokesperson for the tribunal telling 8newsnow: 'The tribunal cannot remark owed to related pending matters.'  

'Our girl Ashley was a devoted and fierce protector of her children,' Page said, choking backmost tears arsenic she told reporters that her girl 'would person ne'er fixed up the combat for her children.' 

The outlet reported that 5 days earlier the shooting, Dylan Houston, who is besides a lawyer, emailed Dennis Price. 

In documents seen by the 8newsnow, Houston said: 'You person nary thought what's coming bash you, each your cards are connected the array and I haven't played one.'

Houston himself was not contiguous astatine the deposition, but the documents enactment that a backstage researcher had recorded 'concerning accusation regarding Plaintiff's drinking and unsafe behavior' a period earlier.

The researcher allegedly observed Dylan driving location from a barroom connected March 29 portion swerving astir the road.

Dylan, who is simply a spouse at Resnick & Louis successful Las Vegas, filed for divorcement from Ashley successful October 2021 pursuing 4 years of marriage.

According to societal media posts, the brace were unneurotic for respective years earlier they wed, with Ashley announcing that she and Dylan were moving successful unneurotic successful 2014.

She was identified arsenic Ashley Prince successful tribunal records arsenic precocious arsenic past month. 

A divorcement decree issued successful November 2021 granted the brace associated custody of their children, a lad and girl aged 5 and 4 - however, this remained successful dispute.

Divorce filings allege Dylan grappled with substance maltreatment portion helium had custody of their children.

Another 1 of Ashley's lawyers, John Jones, made notation to 'a affirmative cause trial for cocaine' arsenic good arsenic 'a positive intoxicant trial during his custodial time' arsenic good arsenic 'a missed intoxicant test'.

Records amusement Dylan was arrested connected a DUI complaint successful October 2020, but aboriginal pleaded it down to a misdemeanor reckless driving charge.

Following his nary contention plea successful February 2022, Dylan was ordered to implicit assemblage work and DUI classes. 

Within hours of her death, Ashley's lawyers filed an exigency question requesting that sole custody of the children beryllium fixed to her sister. The question was granted.

In that document, LoBello alleged Dylan 'knew oregon indispensable person known of the intentions of his begetter anterior to the committee of these heinous acts.'

She cited an effort to prime up his children 'in the mediate of the schoolhouse day, contempt the details arsenic to (Ashley's) presumption of dormant oregon live not being made nationalist astatine this time'.

Dylan deed backmost astatine the accusations successful a response. 

'The information of the calamity of April 8, 2024, is chartless to anyone but Joseph W. Houston himself. The Defense's proposition that this was a 'planned attack' with the Plaintiff is insulting and rather speculative,' helium wrote.

He asserted that his actions were 'not indicative of a co-conspirator arsenic the Defense callously would similar the Court to believe, alternatively that of a acrophobic begetter wanting to protect, console, emotion and enactment his children from immoderate unnecessary treatment regarding this tragedy'.

According to Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill, gunshots broke retired astatine astir 10 a.m. wrong the Prince Law Group's Summerlin office.

Court documents filed hours aboriginal elaborate the moments preceding the senseless violence.

Five minutes aft the deposition began, Houston 'stood up, had a precise glazed and rattled look successful his eyes, pulled retired a handgun and changeable Prince 4 times,' the documents state.

Prince was recognized arsenic the Nevada Trial Lawyer of the Year successful 2016 by the Nevada Justice Association and tried much than 100 cases to assemblage verdict astatine the clip of his death.

He and Ashley had besides precocious welcomed a kid together.