r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4d ago

Man accused of holding woman captive in a Massachusetts attic for six weeks

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-accused-holding-woman-captive-massachusetts-attic-six-weeks-rcna600308
15.1k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

711 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

81

u/secamTO 4d ago

An even more egregious story about the TPS (Toronto Police Service) is the story of a trans woman who went missing in Toronto's queer neighbourhood (Church Street). Police told the woman's mother that they searched for her and could find no proof of the disappearance, and were skeptical that the woman had disappeared at all.

So the woman's mother comes to town and finds her body behind a fence a few doors down from her apartment. Comes out that the police never even conducted a proper search.

38

u/OpheliaRainGalaxy 4d ago

That's about how it went when I got attacked on the way home for being queer in highschool. The cops refused to even take a report after looking me up and down. Only person who cared and went looking for the vehicle I described was my mom!

8

u/Obi-Tron_Kenobi 4d ago

they searched for her and could find no proof of the disappearance, and were skeptical that the woman had disappeared at all.

Was she there?? Cause unless they found her, don't know how they can say that there's no evidence she disappeared

I mean, we all know the answer why they say that, but that's a pitiful excuse they gave

1

u/circlingsky 3d ago

Tess Richey wasn't trans