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TRANSLATED.
MARIA SANTANA TALKS ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> IT WAS A HORRIFIC SCENE,
DAISY GARCIA AND HER TWO
DAUGHTERS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH
IN HER NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT
ALLEGEDLY AT THE HANDS OF HER
HUSBAND.
NOW THERE IS INFORMATION THAT
NOT SPEAKING ENGLISH MAY HAVE
BEEN THE GUATEMALAN'S DEATH
SENTENCE.
GARCIA FILED A REPORT SAYING HER
HUSBAND ASSAULTED HER AND SHE
FEARED FOR HER LIFE.
THAT SUPPORT SAT UNTRANSLATED.
>> Translator: SHE WAS CRYING
AND CALLED THE POLICE AND SAID
HER HUSBAND THREATENED TO KILL
HER.
>> IT WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE
GARCIA REPORTED.
SHE AGAIN CALLED POLICE AND
FILED A SPANISH LANGUAGE
COMPLAINT SAYING MY HUSBAND
ASSAULTED ME.
HE PULLED MY HAIR AND KICK MEAD
TWICE.
HE THREATENED TO TAKE MY KIDS
AWAY.
THE IN NYPD DID NOT SAY WHETHER
IT WAS TRANSLATED.
TWO MONTHS LATER SHE AND HER
DAUGHTER WERE DEAD.
>> IF THEY GAVE IT MORE
IMPORTANCE MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE
FIGURED OUT WHAT TO DO.
THEY WOULD HAVE INVESTIGATED
HIM.
THEY LEFT THE REPORT THERE AS IF
IT WAS WORTHLESS.
>> GARCIA'S HUSBAND CONFESSED TO
KILLING HIS WIFE IN A FIT OF
JEALOUS RAGE.
HE SAID HE THEN HUG AND KISSED
HIS DAUGHTERS, ASKED FOR THEIR
FORGIVENESS AND STABBED EACH
GIRL MULTIPLE TIMES.
>> I GUESS THE INVESTIGATION WAS
DONE TO DETERMINE THAT THIS
PERSON HAD TO BE ARRESTED.
WHAT WE KNOW IS NO ONE ACTUALLY
TRANSLATED THE TEXT.
>> THE FAMILY BELIEVES SHE AND
HER DAUGHTERS WOULD STILL BE
ALIVE IF THE POLICE HAD TAKEN
ACTION.
>> MY DAUGHTER MAY BE DEAD AND
CAN'T DO ANYTHING IN THIS CASE,
BUT I WANT JUSTICE.
DOING THE OTHER CASES IN WHICH
IT HAPPENED AS WELL.
>> UNFORTUNATELY ADVOCATES SAY
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED.
TWO MONTHS BEFORE GARCIA WAS
KILLED.
THE VIOLENCE INTERVENTION
PROGRAM FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST
THE CITY OF NEW YORK ON BEHALF
OF SIX OTHER HISPANIC DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE VEHICLES WHO CLAIMED
THEY WERE DENIED ADEQUATE
TRANSLATION SERVICE THAT. CASE
IS STILL PENDING, BUT IN DAISY'S
CASE, THEY SAID AFTER AN
INTERNAL REVIEW, A MEMO WOULD BE
CIRCULATED TO ALL OF THE
OFFICERS, REMINDING THEM THAT
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORTS MUST