两名患有精神健康问题的黑人妇女被一名虐待历史的男子谋杀;警方未能采取行动,尽管警告,导致凶手终身监禁和正在进行的调查对警察不当行为. Two Black women with mental health issues were murdered by a man with a history of abuse; police failed to act despite warnings, leading to a life sentence for the killer and ongoing investigations into officer misconduct.

菲奥娜·霍尔姆48岁和纳俄米·亨特41岁, 两人来自非洲加勒比地区的背景, 有心理健康问题. 他们在16个月间隔被卡尔·库珀谋杀, Fiona Holm, 48, and Naomi Hunte, 41, both from African-Caribbean backgrounds with mental health challenges, were murdered 16 months apart by Carl Cooper, a man with a history of domestic abuse. 霍尔姆于2023年6月失踪,她的家人曾多次对库珀的暴力过去提出担忧,包括之前用螺丝刀袭击过她,但警方未能采取行动,尽管有证据表明他出售了女儿的衣服和在他的家中发生可疑活动. Holm disappeared in June 2023 after her family raised repeated concerns about Cooper’s violent past, including a prior attack with a screwdriver, but police failed to act despite evidence like the sale of her clothes and suspicious activity at his home. 库珀在家人找到销售证据后才被捕,后来因两起谋杀罪被定罪,获得了终身监禁的最低期35年. Cooper was arrested only after the family found proof of the sale and later convicted of both murders, receiving a life sentence with a minimum of 35 years. 十名警察正在接受IOPC的调查, 因处理案件不当, 包括驳回袭击报告和将关于霍尔姆谋杀案的匿名提示标记为骗局. Ten police officers are under investigation by the IOPC over mishandling of the cases, including dismissing an assault report and labeling an anonymous tip about Holm’s murder a hoax. 家庭和倡导者要求问责, 理由是系统性失败以及可能的种族,性别和残疾偏见. Families and advocates are demanding accountability, citing systemic failures and possible racial, gender, and disability bias in how the women were treated.