BAKER COUNTY, FL -- Family and friends of Cindy Below say they're angry at the justice system tonight.

This comes after the shooting death of a young mother - a murder family members say they saw coming.

Police arrested the baby's father, Bobbie Dean Dressel, Monday night in Georgia.

He's accused of shooting Cynthia Lynn Below and her step-father Malcom Johns.

The shootings happened in Macclenny, in Baker County.

At the time, Dressel was wearing a court-ordered ankle bracelet put in place to help protect Below.

But now, there are now a lot of questions about these monitoring bracelets.

Dressel was arrested so many times for violating the restraining order against him by Cynthia Below, the judge ordered him to wear a GPS tracking device.

"He's allowed to go anywhere he so desires. And theoretically, anywhere on the planet that he wishes to go, as long as he's not within any perimeter of any exclusion zone," said P.A. Turner, owner of Sunshine State Investigations, the company monitoring Dressel.

Up until Monday morning, the company that provides the device says Dressel charged it as required every day and never got too far from the charger.

When the transmissions stopped, Turner knew something else was wrong.

"The transmitter responds every 10 seconds. There's a high probability that it was destruction," said Turner.

Turner says Dressel must have been determined to cross the space to get to Cynthia's home before the Sheriff's Office could stop him.

"They can walk, they can run, they can drive. It's not the supposed distance itself; it's the determination of the individual. In Mr. Dressel's case, our response, from the time we received the notice to the time we were on the phone, was less than 30 seconds," said Turner.

And that's about how long it took for Dressel to get to Cynthia's home.

But it's up to the judge to determine how large a space is needed to keep anyone safe.

In this case, it was 1,000 feet.

Turner says GPS tracking devices are helpful in helping the wearer maintain a relatively normal lifestyle, while saving taxpayers the money they'd spend on an inmate.

Only this time, it didn't seem to be enough to keep Cynthia safe.

Dressel is expected to be brought back to Baker County Wednesday.

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