March 15, 2011 Family sues Detroit police in death of woman www.privateofficer.com
DETROIT MI March 15 2011 — The family of a Detroit police officer killed by her estranged husband is suing the city, alleging officials scuttled an investigation that could have prevented her death.
The 22-page wrongful death lawsuit seeking unspecified damages also accuses two Detroit sergeants of protecting 36-year-old homicide detective Ed Williams from possible criminal prosecution following reports he had assaulted 33-year-old Patricia Williams in the days before she was fatally shot in September 2009. Ed Williams also fatally shot himself.
The suit filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit says the last three days of their lives included domestic violence and a statewide alert prompted by Ed Williams’ suspected suicide note. The suit claims a Detroit police sergeant convinced Canton Township police to cancel the alert.
City officials declined comment to The Detroit News.
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