News: Father of Boy Sues his Killer
(Long Island, N.Y.) The grieving father of the eight-year-old boy from Borough Park, Brooklyn who was killed by a thirty-five-year-old man is seeking compensation in a $100M dollar lawsuit. The lawsuit was dated August 17th and is a civil lawsuit that allegedly seeks the loss of income the eight-year-old could have accumulated throughout his lifetime. The suit is being filed for punitive damages.
The lawsuit complaint was filed at the Supreme Court of the State of New York in the County of Kings. It seeks compensation for the wrongful death and extreme physical and mental anguish the eight-year-old suffered beforehand. It goes after the thirty-five-year-old killer for the abduction, kidnaping, torture, murder, and dismemberment of the young boy seeking directions on his way home from day camp.
Sources everywhere have labeled the boy’s killer as the “butcher of Borough Park.” Reports stated that the mourning dad is also suing the father of his son’s killer in a separate $100M suit. The father is being sued because he lived downstairs from his murderous son and may have known about the potential for the boy’s death.
The father is also being sued because he should have known of the deadly and dangerous condition existing in the house and for his failure in protecting the defenseless eight-year-old. The killer’s family lived in an apartment in Kensington, Brooklyn, and the father is also being sued for allowing his son to have knives.
In addition to these reasons, the suit also accuses the killer’s father of not monitoring his son and not discovering that the boy had been kidnapped and was held in the apartment. The lawyer of the grieving father claimed that no amount of monetary compensation will do anything for the pain the family has endured.
The killer’s team of defense lawyers had been allegedly reprimanded for a lack of experience in the field after they posted on Facebook about the case. The next pretrial hearing is scheduled for October 14th and the defense is still considering using the insanity plea.
Reports also stated that a possible bill for legislation called Leiby’s law could be pursued in order to make local businesses a safe-haven for lost children. By terms of the potential law, businesses participating would place a green sticker in their windows to notify children of their cooperation. Employees of such businesses will have to undergo background checks to coincide with child safety.
