Mother, 2 children murdered after landlord didn't change locks, lawsuit says.
Ruth Esther Reyes de Severino "begged" the Penns Grove Gardens apartment to change her locks after she was granted a restraining order against her husband.A New Jersey mother"begged" her apartment complex to change the locks on her door after she was granted a restraining order against her husband. The complex failed to fulfill her request and the mother and two children were fatally stabbed in their home, a lawsuit filed on the family's behalf claims.
The apartment complex and its operator did not immediately return an NBC News request for comment on Tuesday. Gendron could not be reached at phone numbers listed for him.In January 2020, just weeks before the slayings, Reyes de Severino was granted a restraining order against her husband, ousting him from their Salem County apartment. The suit alleges that Eugenio Severino had threatened to kill his wife on numerous occasions.
"Despite Tenant’s fear for her own safety and security, as well as the safety and security of her two small children ... Defendant Landlord denied Tenant’s request to change the locks." "Women and their children should not have to fear for their lives —or lose them — because their landlords and the parties they contract with fail to keep those women and children safe," Jackson said in a statement Tuesday.
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