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Gwennies hair recently became long enough forpigtails, her mom, Angela Marra, said. The radiationhad taken what little hair she had.

And afternoons spent playing in the sunshine werefew and far between for the little girl from Howell.

She had been battling neuroblastoma, a form of pedi-atric cancer since she was 16 months old.

A chubby 3-year-old in a dirt-covered dress took offbarefoot down the sidewalk toward her scooter.

Her tiny, soft hands gripped the foam handles as herbig, round brown eyes widened, and a giant grin spreadacross her face. The warm wind blew wisps of her thinblond hair out of her eyes.

Fathers Day means so much more after tots cancer KALA KACHMAR@NEWSQUIP

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Long before her enraged, armed ex-husband cornered her on a street

in Asbury Park June 16, Tamara Seidle felt as if she had no avenue of

escape. The 51-year-old mother of nine used that phrase of desper-

ation in her divorce papers in 2013. She was granted a divorce last

month from her husband, Neptune police Sgt. Philip Seidle. She

claimed in court papers that during their marriage she had been

abused, kicked and even held at gunpoint. Now trapped in her car

after being chased by her ex-husband on the streets of Asbury Park,

Tamara was shot to death in broad daylight in front of her 7-year-old

daughter and terrified bystanders. Philip Seidle, charged with first-

There have been more than 450,000

incidents in New Jersey since 2002.More than 275 died at the hands of their abusers.

Last Tuesday Tamara Seidle, the mother of nine, was shot to deathinside her car. As her 7-year-old daughter watched.

The accused: Her ex-husband, a police officer.

DOMESTIC ABUSE HELP

If you or someone you know might be avictim of domestic violence, call NewJerseys 24-hour domestic violence hotlineat 1-800-572-SAFE (7233) or Turning LivesAround, a Monmouth County nonprofitthat provides programs and services tovictims of domestic and sexual violence, at 1-888-843-9262.

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Funeral arrangements set for TamaraSeidle (above). 15A