The family of Danielle Thomas, the 27-year-old Astoria woman who was tortured and killed by her boyfriend Jason Bohn in 2012, is suing the NYPD for ignoring Thomas's frantic calls for help on the night of her murder. Bohn was found guilty of murdering Thomas last week.
Thomas had attempted to call 911 while Bohn was menacing her, leaving her cell phone on as Bohn threatened her and told her he was going to kill her. The murder itself was captured on a voicemail that Thomas had left as she struggled to call for help.
Instead of trying to locate Thomas (a neighbor also called 911 about the ongoing incident) the NYPD instead went to check on a report of an “unsupervised juvenile” in the area, according to the lawsuit. "The call revealed [Thomas] was being imprisoned and tortured... and when the perpetrator found about the call, he tortured her some more as he hung up the phone," the lawsuit says.
Bohn left Thomas's dead body in a bathtub filled with ice before he called the NYPD days later, asking them to check up on her. According to then-commissioner Ray Kelly, Bohn told detectives "we had a dispute, I threw her against the wall and somebody should go check to see if she's alright."
In a letter written to the deceased Thomas from his prison cell, Bohn wrote, “Unfortunately, the police never even came to our door, despite us having issues in the past. They could have saved two lives that night. I hope your family brings a lawsuit against the city.”
The family is suing the NYPD for $10 million.
