Wife of ex-Brampton firefighter was found dead in burning car. Then emerged 'monstrous' truth about her husband

'He was supposed to save lives, not take them,' said best friend of Ashley Milnes at a sentencing hearing for James Schwalm, convicted in his wife's killing

The family of a woman who was killed by her husband, a former fire captain in Brampton, Ont., told the judge at a sentencing hearing this week they were still “shattered” about the “monstrous” murder.

James Schwalm pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in June, a year and a half after the body of Ashley Milnes was discovered by authorities in a vehicle that was on fire at the side of a road in the Collingwood area, Global News reported.