Allison said Semanchik treaded carefully about whether to lodge a restraining order because Santos was a police officer while Deanna added, “She just hoped that he would go away.”

Ricardo Jorge Santos, with the New Jersey State Police, is accused of shooting Semanchik and Webb before killing himself, prosecutors said. He was found dead in a white Mercedes SUV parked in Piscataway. A gun was located inside the vehicle, the release stated.

A New Jersey State Trooper -- once entrusted with protecting the governor -- gunned down his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend before killing himself.