She went 'to the government' for help and ended up dead, along with her two children.
"At the gravesite Friday, Nur Qase, who described himself as a distant
relative, said many people let the woman and her children down."
“This person came to the government, came to the authorities and said, ‘I need help,’ ” he said."
“That’s where we failed.”
"Sonia Berry, a close friend and colleague, said Ms. Abdille had long been afraid of her husband."
“I knew she was scared, but I don’t think she thought he would ever
hurt the kids and that’s probably why she went back,” she told The Toronto Star.
There is a pattern here that so few people want to talk about. It's messy and interrupts the multicultural narrative.