R.I.P. Tina Susco. You are finally free.

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

I am sad to hear it. Hope her children will be all right.

Tina really had it together. For a woman who was married and divorced twice, and had kids spanning both husbands, she was able to balance her life as a full time maternity nurse in a busy NY hospital. She had a very strong network of family and friends. She was highly intelligent, with a huge heart. She really had no enemies, and her friends wonder how a single mother could balance so much, making things work so well for her children. In the end, she did what she had to do to protect her children from such an animal. She is a hero. And her kids will have one heck of a guardian angel. As her oldest daughter said just today,

"You were my life and I know we were yours too. You were more than a mother to me you were like my best friend..."

PS: that said, the community outcry and heartbreak is warranted. No reason those kids should have to live their life without their mom. We hope and pray the police take their time... dot their i's, and cross their t's. Because the animal that did this deserves no plea bargain. May he rot in the bottom cellars of Hell.

[thwart]

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

http://www.lohud.com/article/20110318/NEWS02/103180342/1018/I-95-bus-crash-highlights-Chinese-American-gambling-market/Family-nurse-Tina-Adovasio-devastated-by-her-killing?odyssey=nav|head

These are some more pictures, and more details from those who have sent me emails requesting more information.

I truly appreciate the kind words. It's too late for Tina, but I hope every girl, woman, female, who is in an abusive relationship, of any kind, will read this story and take heed. Truly, if but one person donates to an organization in their local community, or is in a position to someday help someone, or improve their own situation, then this thread would have been worth it to me.

Thanks again my DDO friends. Your words have uplifted me for sure.

[cdbd3rd]

No one deserves to be abused.

..

Can think of a few actually that do...


Feel Great Sadness for the loss, LG.

No worthy words.

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

I have just three words left....

My Old Friend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR1tGp5EJVY

[PurdueDave]

Sad. Prayers.

RIP

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

Quick update. Tina's son just had a very somber birthday. "What makes me really sad is my birthday is Friday," Michael Adovasio sobbed to a teacher at his Bronx school, "and my mom always makes my birthday special." So, the school threw him a party amung his peers, and is currently planning a fundraiser to raise funds so that Michael and his siblings dont need to worry about tuition. Much thanks to Villa Maria Academy in The Bronx.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/b...sn6YmpRprYBqLO

[phalaeo]

I saw that in the news this AM and was thinking about you, Leslie, and the family.

Sad times.

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

I saw that in the news this AM and was thinking about you, Leslie, and the family.

Sad times.

That's true. However, the one glimmer of hope is that the legal system can work with the evidence that's been meticulously gathered by the NYPD. Actually there's another glimmer. The NYPD is taking no chances. They have encircled the apartment he's holed up in. If he tries to run... he's going to have serious issues to contend with. Unlike what some outsiders have typed in their comments to these stories, the NYPD wants this guy bad, real bad.

[Schmoe]

The news brings such sorrow. I'm saddened to hear of the loss that all who knew her will bear.

[auximenes]

rest In Peace, Sweet Tina.

R.i.p.

[Bekki]

Aww man...

My sincere condolences on your loss.

My heart goes out to you, and all of her loved ones...

At a time like this really, words fail, but we will hold you and
Her loved ones in our prayers.

R.I.P.

[Balrogskin]

I hope this guy gets what he deserves one way or another!

I am sorry for your loss and the loss of her family.

I will be calling up a lot of "My old friends" this week and trying to hook up with them to catch up on old times. Life is too fast and too short to not take the time to enjoy the experiences and the people that have been part of, and shaped our lives. It's easy to get get caught up in the rush of life and I am not going to do it anymore. Again I am very sorry for your loss but it has motivated me to make changes in my life and I gives thanks for that and leave the thread with something positive out of something SO tragic.

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

i Will Be Calling Up A Lot Of "my Old Friends" This Week And Trying To Hook Up With Them To Catch Up On Old Times....it Has Motivated Me To Make Changes In My Life And I Gives Thanks For That And Leave The Thread With Something Positive Out Of Something So Tragic.

+1 That's just great. That's exactly what I've taken from this as well. From every negative, there is a positive. It's the act of finding the positive that can prove challenging, yet most rewarding once found.

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

My heart goes out to you, and all of her loved ones...

Appreciate it, my friend.

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

We have taken the fight to Manhattan DA Cy Vance. He knows even more then we do that laws need changing. He now has a proposal to make serial domestic abuse a felony in New York. This is one of the good guys that is trying to change laws that allow for earlier intervention and heavier punishment, that can prevent crimes like the one that happened to Tina Susco.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/...the_abuse.html

[Seikojin]

That is very sad. I feel really bad about the kids not having their loving mother around.

I really hope she gets the justice she deserves by her ex getting caught.

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

Finally. Thank you NYPD.

Ex-cop Eddy Coello arrested by NYPD police on day he skips murdered wife Tina Adovasio's funeral



Hours after a strangled Bronx mom was laid to rest Tuesday, her abusive ex-cop husband was hauled out of his crash pad in handcuffs.


Eddy Coello was arrested by detectives at a relative's apartment in the Bronx and driven to a police stationhouse soon after the wrenching funeral of wife Tina Adovasio.


"The detectives knocked on the door, announced themselves as police," NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said. "He came to the door." Coello, 38, said nothing as he was busted on second-degree murder charges. He kept his head down as he was marched into the 45th Precinct stationhouse. "It was just a matter of time," a law enforcement source said. "Outrageous he ever wore a badge."


A former Bronx housing cop, Coello was pushed off the force in 2000 amid reports he abused longtime girlfriend Glory Perez.


"It's wonderful news," Perez told the Daily News when told of Coello's arrest. "He needs to spend the rest of his life in jail."


"He used to walk around like he was high and mighty," added Scott Schnider, a longtime friend of the slain mom. "He thought he was going to get away with it. Now she can rest."
During the funeral, Adovasio's eldest son Joseph sat in the spot that Coello would have occupied - had he not been the chief suspect in his wife's murder.




Pallbearers carry the casket holding Tina Adovasio out of the St. John the Evangelist Church Tuesday.


And it was 17-year-old Joseph Adovasio's words, conveyed by a parish priest, that moved many to tears at the St. John the Evangelist Church in Mahopac, N.Y. "Tell everybody that she was a good mom," Father Pat Angelucci said, speaking for the grieving teen. "Tell everybody that she cared for her children first."


Angelucci said he spoke to the teenager on Thursday - a day after his 40-year-old mother's body was found dumped and barely clothed in the woods.


"He said to me, 'I wish my mom could see me grow up'," the priest said. "And I said to him, 'Joey, your mom does see you. Your mom is with you.'"


As the priest spoke, Adovasio's children - Joseph, Lexi, 15, Michael, 11 and Mia, 5 - looked longingly at the light-colored casket covered with a white cloth.


Coello returned to his old doorman job at a luxury building on E. 72nd St. after he lost his cop job. Tenants remember him as a "real Jekyll and Hyde" character - and a "compulsive liar."
"He told everybody in the building he was working down at the World Trade Center during 9/11," one tenant said. "When you think of all the real police officers and firefighters who died there, it shows a kind of psychosis."


Coello's short fuse eventually cost him his doorman job, sources said.


The accused strangler was questioned last week as a "person of interest," but refused to give investigators a DNA sample and Bronx prosecutors decided there wasn't enough evidence to charge Coello.


Asked if they had new evidence, Browne replied, "Sometimes there's just a comfort level with the information you have and how it's going to be presented."


Adovasio was last seen entering the Throgs Neck house she shared with Coello and their 5-year-old daughter on March 11, police sources said.


Coello had repeatedly been arrested for attacking Adovasio, once as she held their daughter. She took out an order of protection against him when she filed for divorce Feb. 25.
csiemaszko@nydailynews.com

[stainer]

"Estimates show that 248 of every 1,000 females are victims of physical assault and/or rape committed by their spouses." - National Family Violence Survey, 2000

Resources from the Mayo Clinic:

Where to find help -

In an emergency, call 911 — or your local emergency number or your local law enforcement agency. The following resources also can help:

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-SAFE or 800-799-7233. Call the hotline for crisis intervention and referrals to resources, such as women's shelters.
• Your doctor: Doctors and nurses will treat injuries and may refer you to safe housing and other local resources.
• A local women's shelter or crisis center: Shelters and crisis centers typically provide 24-hour emergency shelter, as well as advice on legal matters and advocacy and support services.
• A counseling or mental health center: Counseling and support groups for women in abusive relationships are available in most communities. Be wary of advice to seek couples or marriage counseling. If violence has escalated to the point that you're afraid, counseling isn't adequate.
• A local court: Your district court can help you obtain a restraining order that legally mandates the abuser to stay away from you or face arrest. Local advocates may be available to help guide you through the process.

No one deserves to be abused.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/dom...olence/WO00044

That is good info Leslie. No woman deserves to be abused.

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webc...entifierSearch

Case # 00937-2011

Defendant Coello, Eddy

Your clock is almost out of batteries, Eddy.