Daughter tracked down video of lowlife in dad’s fatal beating
police, cops p quickly q y took a report, Espinal said. The lieutenant she spoke to earlier wasn’t in when she came in armed with evidence.
“The only question they asked me was why we had not filed a report sooner,” she said. “If the lieutenant had done his job the man would have been caught.”
“He literally put my life in danger.”
A spokeswoman for the NYPD said that Espinal’s claims were “under internal review.”
Cops released images of the shirtless attacker on June 27, two days after Cornejo died. The city medical examiner declared his death a homicide last week.
No arrests have been made.
Espinal’s brother, Jorge
Cornejo Jr. said he was stunned to learn that the cops initially didn’t want to move ahead with the case.
“I don’t know why [the cops] declined to take a report,” he said. “Had this lieutenant opened up a case within 72 hours, I have no doubt he would have been captured.”
Relatives said Cornejo worked for a circus in his native Ecuador before moving to the U.S. in his early 20s.
“He was an extremely, extremely hardworking man,” his son said.
“He was very good, everyone says he is a good person,” added Marina Bosch, the elderly man’s longtime girlfriend.
When Bosch, 82, thinks of Cornejo’s unexpected death at the hands of a stranger, she can’t find the words to express her feelings.
“I don’t understand,” she said solemnly.
Anyone with information regarding the attack is urged to call NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.