Casey Allen loved people she never met. She would walk around downtown Gainesville giving strangers flowers even though she didn’t like getting them herself. The mother of four, who overcame a difficult upbringing, just wanted to let people know there were others who loved and cared about them.
“If this flower can do anything for your day, I want your day to be the best day. You never know what people are going through, so it’s not hard to be nice,” Allen would say, according to her younger sister, Tiffany Agee.
Allen was killed nearly two weeks ago, allegedly by Christopher Dean Snow, her 31-year-old husband and the father of her youngest child born in late December.
Gainesville police were sent to the Spring Valley Apartments near Ga. 60 to perform a wellness check April 15 — the day after the couple celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary. When officers arrived, they found Allen, 32, dead from several stab wounds.
Authorities identified Snow as the main suspect and tracked him to Gwinnett County, where he was involved in a crash. After a brief hospital stay, he was arrested four days later and faces several charges, including murder.
For Agee, she lost her sister for a second time. As teenagers, they were both placed in separate foster homes. Allen had been like a mother to Agee, and both weren’t complete without each other.
They were eventually reunited and settled into a home in Cherokee County with their foster parents, Alicia and Joey Price. Alicia Price said they lived at her home during their high school years and stayed in touch after they started their own families.
Credit: Tiffany Agee
Credit: Tiffany Agee
Agee, who is pregnant with her fifth child, said getting the news about Allen’s death was like the breath being taken from her body. She said she is still processing the “nightmare.”
“Who do I call like when I have my son in June? What am I supposed to do? I feel lost,” Agee said. “That was my best friend, and it just hurts.”
Allen was a mother to three older children, ages 9, 7 and 3, and a nearly 4-month-old. The three older children are now staying with Allen’s ex-husband, while the youngest is staying with Snow’s aunt.
Amber Wilson, a childhood friend, said Allen was born to be a mom, and never left her children’s side. Since Allen’s death, Wilson said she spends most of her time outside — something they would always do together.
Credit: Amber Wilson
Credit: Amber Wilson
Allen and Snow argued during their marriage, Agee said, but were always good at communicating. She said they spent their recent wedding anniversary at Top Golf and Build-A-Bear.
Allen posted pictures of that day on Facebook and was blunt about their relationship, saying she loved him while calling it “a year of survival.” Snow made his own Facebook post that night, expressing his love for Allen.
He was booked into the Hall County Jail on charges of murder, aggravated assault, aggravated battery and probation violation, according to online records. He is being held without bond.
Allen’s family members are outraged at Snow, but they don’t want that anger directed at his family, Agee said. The tragedy has impacted both families, who will be together Saturday for a celebration of life. “(Allen) wouldn’t want us to be angry,” her sister said.
Agee expressed thanks to everyone who has reached out to her family, including friends, co-workers and some of those complete strangers Allen sent love to along the way. A GoFundMe page created to help her four children has raised more than $7,000.
“She was a supermom with a true pure heart of gold,” Agee added. “And the most selflessness person I will ever meet in my whole entire life.”
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