Relatives and friends of a 27-year-old nursing student said that the NYPD failed their loved one when they did not protect her from an imminent danger that ended with her death an hour later.
Alayna Hardy called 911 Wednesday evening to her Manhattan apartment telling cops that her violent ex-boyfriend was trying to break into her home and kill her.
Hardy had filed six previous domestic violence reports against the same man, identified as Fernando Munera, who lived at the same building as her.
An hour later, cops were called back to the same address to find Hardy dead from multiple stab wounds.
“They should’ve put a plainclothes police officer out there or something,” Jared Hardy, the victim’s distraught uncle said sobbing. “That bastard, he destroyed so much pure evil.”
“All we can hope is we get justice and that he’ll never see the light of day again and he’ll never be eligible for parole.”
Hardy’s cousin and lifetime friend Madison Elder described Munera as “the classic abuser.”
“He was making her cut off her friendships with other people, he would sometimes answer her phone for her, he wouldn’t leave her alone.”
Activist Dorchen Leidholdt called it “inexplicable” that cops were made aware of the potential danger and called to the same apartment seven times and “simply left.”
“The police should’ve been there, they should’ve looked for him and they should’ve assessed the danger and understood that this victim was at great risk of danger and they should’ve stayed on the scene for at least for an hour.”
“That’s an inadequate response…this had risk of lethality written all over it. It’s heartbreaking.”
