Retired probation officer had mysterious note in her pocket when she killed ex-daughter-in-law, herself on posh UES street: sources

The terminally sick retired probation officer who gunned down her ex-daughter-in-law on the Higher East Facet — earlier than killing herself — had a mysterious be aware in her pocket when she died, sources instructed The Submit.

The be aware had the phrases, “For Police” written on it, the supply stated.

It was present in Kathleen Leigh’s pants after she killed ex-daughter-in-law Marisa Galloway, on East 88th Road Friday morning — a slaying police say was sparked by a bitter custody feud involving Leigh’s granddaughter.

The contents of the be aware weren’t instantly clear.

A mom of two, Galloway, 45, had simply put her 1-year-old daughter into the backseat of a parked white Honda Civic throughout an obvious custody switch-off when Leigh shot her within the head and again, cops stated.

Leigh then took her personal life. The newborn was not harmed within the taking pictures.

The particular training instructor was locked in a custody battle over the 4-year-old lady she shared with Leigh’s son.

Leigh, a 65-year-old retired Cook dinner County, Illinois, probation officer, had been battling terminal most cancers and was dwelling together with her son on East 79th Road whereas she obtained therapy.

Leigh’s daughter declined to remark Saturday when reached by the Submit.

The grandmother often complained to neighbors that Galloway was abusing the 4-year-old lady — a picture which didn’t match with descriptions provided by the youthful girl’s neighbors of a caring, loving mom.

“She was so great and she or he beloved her children,” one resident in Galloway’s East 86th Road residence constructing instructed The Submit, with tears streaming down her face.

Between July and November 2021, police took 5 home incidents experiences involving Galloway and her ex. The daddy complained in a number of experiences that his daughter got here dwelling with bruises, in accordance with sources.

Two led to Administration for Youngsters’s Providers complaints, and have been later deemed unfounded, sources stated.

The 2 shared custody after they cut up, with the daddy having custody Friday by Monday whereas Galloway had their daughter the remainder of the week, sources stated.

Leigh shot Galloway as soon as within the moments after she had loaded her youthful daughter and a stroller into the automobile, fired one other shot into her again whereas Galloway laid on the bottom — then shot herself within the head, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny stated police noticed on safety footage.

Galloway was discovered lined in blood however nonetheless respiratory, slumped close to the automobile’s rear, whereas Leigh lay on the bottom close by, witnesses and sources stated. Two handguns have been recovered.

Leigh was pronounced useless on the scene. Galloway was rushed to Weill Cornell Medical Middle, the place docs declared her useless on arrival, Kenny stated.

Extra reporting by Georgett Roberts, Dean Balsamini and Georgia Worrell