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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The parent of 2 young girls allegedly killed by their father—former Baltimore County Police serviceman Robert Vicosa—filed a complaint against the constabulary main successful York, Pennsylvania.
She claims the main stopped enforcement of a protective bid she filed against her estranged hubby aft helium brutally assaulted her and fled with the kids. Police are besides investigating whether determination was a hold of astir 24 hours betwixt her battle ailment and constabulary arriving astatine her location to investigate.
The main has yet to respond to the allegations, but the territory lawyer determination did. He has referred them to the Pennsylvania Attorney General.
“I cannot and volition not sermon immoderate further details regarding the backstage transgression ailment oregon immoderate circumstantial facts related to these allegations,” said D.A. David Sunday. “On adjacent the champion days and circumstances, instrumentality enforcement cannot forestall each lawsuit of evil oregon thwart each plan,” Sunday said astatine a property briefing.
Police judge Vicosa changeable the girls, on with his accomplice, Baltimore County Police Sergeant Tia Bynum, and past himself. It happened seconds aft Pennsylvania State police activated lights and sirens to propulsion them implicit successful Western Maryland.
Baltimore County’s constabulary main talked to america contiguous astir the interaction of the Vicosa case. https://t.co/nvqLou6c5l @wjz pic.twitter.com/W1EWEsZcw3
— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) November 23, 2021
In her archetypal interrogation since the deaths, Baltimore County’s Police Chief Melissa Hyatt talked to WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren astir the response. “There was a constituent successful clip that we attempted interaction with Tia Bynum: Anything we could bash with the anticipation of bringing those children location and bringing them location safely. Unfortunately, we were not successful.”
Hyatt besides talked astir the interaction connected the department. “This calamity does not specify the Baltimore County constabulary section oregon the brave heroes who enactment present each day,” Hyatt said. “As we proceed to determination done this tragedy, internally supporting our employees successful the champion mode we can, we stay committed to moving with our partners connected the probe with this case.”
BREAKING: Vicosa Investigation: Investigators judge it was little than 30 seconds aft constabulary activated their exigency instrumentality earlier that conveyance veered disconnected the road. @wjz pic.twitter.com/hTWtkZ36Oc
— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) November 19, 2021
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Robert Vicosa’s parent told WJZ her lad was connected medicine for slump astatine the clip of the killings.
“The small grandbabies, they were the daughters that I ever wanted, and I loved them. And they were goood babies. And they were loved babies,” Beverly Brown said. “My babe snapped and killed himself and his babies. This intelligence wellness is real. It’s similar precocious humor pressure. It’s a soundless slayer due to the fact that of stigma. People deliberation if you endure from slump oregon PTSD that makes you crazy. You’re not crazy. You conscionable request immoderate counseling, possibly medication, possibly therapy, but you’re not crazy.”
She said she has personally been threatened. “I wouldn’t privation what I’m going done connected immoderate mother. My bosom is truthful dense close now.” Vicosa’s parent besides recounted the past clip she had interaction with her lad the time earlier the murder-suicide “My lad wanted to cognize was Sgt. Bynum ok. I told him I didn’t know, but my parent did. I gave him the telephone and helium spoke to my parent for a infinitesimal and that’s the past clip I heard from my son.”
Maryland State Police are inactive investigating the circumstances surrounding the murder-suicide.
Robert Vicosa had been fired from his job successful the Baltimore County Police Department successful August.
“In summation to the favoritism and depression, helium recovered himself facing administrative charges that helium claimed were trumped up—and helium ended up losing his occupation down it,” said J. Wyndal Gordon, an lawyer for Vicosa’s mother. “Obviously, that sent his slump into a downward spiral. He was trying to negociate his slump by going to therapy and taking medication, but erstwhile helium mislaid his job, each things came crumbling down. And this is not an excuse for his conduct, but it’s an explanation.”
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