Ashley Milnes had her dream wedding at the picturesque Craigleith Ski Club in the Blue Mountains of Ontario, Canada . She arrived at the private resort in a horse and carriage, and married James Schwalm, a respected local firefighter. After the fairy-tale day in 2012, Ashley told Wedding bells magazine, “I’ve been picturing that moment since I was a little girl.
I truly felt like a princess and isn't that how you’re supposed to feel on your wedding day?” By the start of 2023, Ashley, 40, and her husband had two children, aged six and nine, and were living in Collingwood, Ontario. Ashley was working as a project manager at a construction company while Schwalm had been promoted to captain at the Brampton fire department. But their decade-long marriage was in trouble and they were heading for divorce.
Ashley had grown unhappy in the relationship and in 2022 she had an affair with her boss. When Schwalm found out, she changed jobs and they had counselling to try to repair their marriage. But Schwalm was secretly talking to the ex-wife of the man Ashley had had the affair with.
He sent her a message saying he had strong feelings for her and she replied that she felt the same way. Schwalm confided in friends that he and Ashley were likely heading for a divorce, but he was concerned about the cost and expressed a worry about climbing back up the property ladder. He searched for both “alimony” and “divorce” on his phone.
Just before 6am on 26 January, Blue Mountain Fi.
