The family of Suzanna Delgado, a 27-year-old woman who died on March 10, is preparing to sue the city of Phoenix for $15 million over what they say was a bungled police department investigation into her death.
If allegations brought by the family and attorney Cash Fazal are true, the mistakes police made during the investigation could prove costly.
Delgado’s family issued a notice of claim to the city of Phoenix on Sept. 4, giving the city until Nov. 3 to respond. The document claims that Phoenix police investigators failed to secure the scene of Delgado’s death or collect key evidence and that they rushed to rule the death as an overdose despite suspicious clues…