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Parents petitioning parole board to keep their daughter's killer in prison

Convicted killer Damien Lacambra is up for parole after only four months in prison.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- A convicted killer is up for parole after only four months in prison. Police charged Damien Lacambra with murder after he shot and killed his wife Amelia Forsting, in front of their six-week-old son. But a jury convicted Lacambra of second-degree manslaughter which holds a maximum sentence of ten years in prison.

Assumption High School grad Amelia Forsting was a loyal friend, a dedicated wife, a loving mother, and an adored daughter.

"She was sweet, sweet as could be,” her father, Jim Forsting, said.

Her parents Jim Forsting and Liz Stone remember raising her and now they're raising her two-year-old son Luke.

Amelia's life cut short when her husband, Damien Lacambra, shot and killed Amelia in their bedroom

"Luke only had 46 days to spend with Amelia, that was it. Forty-six days before he killed her, right in front of him,” Forsting said.

That shooting happened in April of 2016 and Lacambra told police it was an accident.

But a year in a half later, he was convicted of manslaughter and Judge McKay Chauvin made it clear this army veteran knew exactly what he was doing.

"Mister Lacambra pointed that gun at Amelia and he pulled the trigger,” Chauvin said in court, during Lacambra’s sentencing.

Now, four months after being sentenced to ten years in prison, Lacambra is already up for parole.

Forsting said, "We fear for our safety. We don't what this guy's going to do. He's unstable. He has rage inside him."

Fearing for what this could mean for their family and the community, these parents are doing what they can to keep Lacambra behind bars. The Mary Byron Foundation started a petition asking the Kentucky Parole Board to keep Lacambra in prison. To date it has nearly 5-thousands signatures.

They've also asked supporters to send letters and believe the parole board has already received hundreds.

Amelia’s mother, Liz Stone said, "I think he needs to become the best version of himself that he can, before he is released from prison. Because I do believe that he is a threat to society."

Forsting and Stone will present the petition and letters to the parole board on April 2. Lacambra will go before the board on April 3. You can learn more about the petition here.

Here is the letter the parents are asking supporters to send to the parole board.

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