OCTOBER 31, 2015, 11:41 PM LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2015, 1:17 AM
BY ABBOTT KOLOFF AND MONSY ALVARADO
STAFF WRITERS |
THE RECORD
Could it have ended differently?
Suzanne Bardzell left a long trail of criminal complaints against her ex-boyfriend over the past month leading up to her death. She obtained a temporary restraining order and called Midland Park police in desperation again and again to report he violated that order. At some point, perhaps fearing for her life, she had a camera surveillance system installed at her home.
For all of her precautions, police say her former boyfriend fatally stabbed her in her driveway on Oct. 22 after a tumultuous 17 days that began when he allegedly broke into her home, threatening her life, and included a massive manhunt after he allegedly violated a restraining order. The available court records in Bardzell’s case are incomplete, and make it unclear, in hindsight, whether any steps were missed by law enforcement and the court system in their efforts to protect her.
