Advocacy Group submits a formal complaint against West Haven PD to death examinations – NBC Connecticut

Requested accountability from the West Haven police. The Advocacy Group, Vivan Las Autonomas, submitted a formal complaint against the department on the death examination of Roya Mohammadi, an Afghan immigrant on Monday.

They claim that the misconduct and negligence in your case police errors.

“There must be an accountability for the actions and the misconduct,” said Vanesa Suarez, a lawyer of Vivan Las Autonomas.

There is anger and frustration of supporters from the West Haven police authority on the pace of investigations into the death of Roya Mohammadi.

The 29-year-old immigrant from Afghanistan died in March 2023 after her body was found in the West River. The type of death is still indefinite by the medical examiner.

The Advocacy Group Vivan Las Autonomas. Said her family was frustrated with the lack of answers and believed that she was a victim of domestic violence.

“You asked for answers. They were constantly turned away,” said Nika Zarazvand, a lawyer of Vivan Las Autonomas.

The group submitted a formal complaint against the department in which the main detective was accused of being negligible and doing misconduct. In an assertion, they said that he had not managed to conduct interviews with critical witnesses who were delivered to Mohammadi's violence at home.

“Because of the way he completed this investigation, we may never get an arrest in your case,” said Suarez.