Cops Suspended For Failing To Check On Killed Brooklyn Mom: NYPD

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Two police officers told to check on a woman later found dead in her Crown Heights home were suspended Wednesday after her husband — who had abused her in the past —was arrested, said police.

Barry Wells was arrested after police found his 22-year-old wife Tonie dead with bruises around her neck at the bottom of the basement stairs inside their Sterling Place brownstone around 10 a.m. Wednesday, Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said.

Wells, who has a prior arrest for assaulting his wife, was taken to Crown Heights' 77th precinct Wednesday evening where he admitted to having marital problems, Boyce said at a press conference Thursday.

"Mr Wells did make statements to us in regards to the problems they were having," Boyce said.

News of Wells' arrest spurred Facebook users to write angry comments on his personal page accusing him of murder.

Wells is not the only person the NYPD will investigate in his wife's death. Two police officers who were supposed to check on Wells after her sister called 911 — reporting Wells was “scared” of her husband — drove by the Crown Heights brownstone without getting out of their car, said police and New York Post sources.

The Daily News reported that officers finally investigated when a neighbor heard the couple’s 2-year-old baby crying inside the brownstone the day of the murder and called 911.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams condemned the officer's behavior in a press conference outside the victim's home on Thursday, and called on the NYPD to change the way it handles domestic violence cases.

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