Beloved veterinarian Lauren Semanchik pleaded with local New Jersey authorities to help her, according to a chilling voicemail played Thursday — only months before she was killed in a grisly murder-suicide by her cop ex-boyfriend.
The 33-year-old woman said in a phone message to Franklin Township police – one her family alleged wasn’t returned – that she wanted to take action against state trooper Ricardo Santos, who was allegedly harassing her for months after the pair broke up.
“My name is Lauren Semanchik … I was looking to file a police report or potentially even a restraining order against my ex-boyfriend who has been harassing me,” she said in the May 20 message played at a press conference announcing impending lawsuits against the department and state police.
Less than three months later, Santos, 45, shot and killed Semanchik and her new boyfriend Tyler Webb outside her home in Pittsfield. The deranged shooter then drove about an hour away and turned the gun on himself…