Police told murdered teen to stop calling them

[TargetTerror]

I just saw this linked via CNN. Facts are sketchy, but apparently the girl, who was murdered, called police so many times requesting help that she was threatened with arrest if she called again.

I'm curious what the Police side of the story will be. If the events below are true and complete, this is yet another tragic example of how you are always on your own when it comes to your personal safety.

http://www.local6.com/news/15330073/detail.html

DELAND, Fla. -- A Central Florida woman whose 17-year-old daughter was killed in a murder-suicide apparently committed by her ex-boyfriend said the teen was told by police to stop calling for help or she'd be arrested.

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Police said Clay Coffner shot his estranged girlfriend, Natasha Hall, in the head outside her DeLand home Friday before turning the gun on himself.

Hall's mother, Sherry, said her daughter was concerned about Coffner and informed police.

In fact, Hall said her daughter called police so much that on Jan. 15 they threatened her.

"The police officer said if you call us one more time on him, I'm going to arrest you both," Sherry Hall said. "So, the day she died, she knew she couldn't talk to police. So, she handled it herself."

Michele Karpowicz said everyone noticed the warning signs before the homicide -- except police.

"I was going crazy," Hall's best friend said. "He was psycho, jealous and abusive."

Local 6 is trying to obtain a police call log to determine how many times the teen called police.

DeLand police officials have not responded to the allegations.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

 

[41magsnub]

That is pretty bad. I believe the phrase she should have used is "fine, come arrest me then. I'm here"

 

[LAR-15]

Lawsuit!!!

 

[enkindler]

Lar-15:

I doubt they have any legal recourse, the supreme court has ruled multiple times that the police are under no obligation to protect the individual no matter what the circumstances.

www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/04pdf/04-278.pdf

 

[Baba Louie]

Lawsuit!!!

But if the police have no responsibility to serve and protect, whom does one sue and to what specific end? The killer's parents?

Sad tale. Wonder where the young ladies father was at the moment?

 

[RobTzu]

Out of the picture I am sure. Fathers are purely optional, and 100% expendable.

 

[Coronach]

Is there a legal question here?