Ok I have a recent friend who moved to New York a couple years ago, we still talk etc on the computer sometimes phone. I live in BC, Canada. She met a boyfriend over there after she lived there a while, they broke up. Now this guy has turned psycho, he calls her leaving death threats, says hes going to burn her house down and hang her, kill her parents, torture her, kill her animals, rape her mom. Everything really, he has said all of that. She has been keeping it secret for YEARS, not telling anyone. She just told me tonight, she said she didn't tell anyone because she was scared. Now this is why she is scared, her old boyfriends brother, told her if she called the police on him, did anything to get him in trouble. He would kill her. She believes him. I asked her, whats on his criminal record? Nothing. This guy is married with children. I told her "HE IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO YOU!" She won't do anything. She believes that if she calls the police, she belives that her old boyfriends brother is going to kill her if she does something. Is there anything I can do? Like report this online to the police for her?
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Friend Scared to Call Police
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You could call Crime-stoppers.Or, e-mail the New York Police Department. Most police places have online places where you can report crime.
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Well I agree something must be done and a risk, though a small one, must be taken. She's got to tell someone or she's going to be lodged in this position forever because she thinks someone's going to kill her. Well... if she told someone someone's promised to kill her, she'd be put under the right protection and they could probably try to prevent him from doing anything...I guess she just needs some proof, though? Evidence is good for everything.But I'm never in most of these situations, so I can't provide any specifics. Good luck.
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Tell your friend to save those messages, and show it to the cops.
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she should call, and while she is at it she should report the brothers threat as well. record any phone conversations for evidence later. Myself Id pay them both a visit and put them in the hospital. I dont much care for cops, and I sure as hell hate to involve them in my life.
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Originally Posted By: Grvtykllrshe should call, and while she is at it she should report the brothers threat as well. record any phone conversations for evidence later. Myself Id pay them both a visit and put them in the hospital. I dont much care for cops, and I sure as hell hate to involve them in my life. Yeah, her brother already beat the shit out of both of them with a baseball bat a while back.