After a Tacoma woman’s ex-boyfriend was sentenced to life in prison for her brutal murder, the victim’s father sought accountability from police who he alleged had mishandled his daughter’s prior calls for help.
Gilbert Valente sued the Tacoma Police Department for wrongful death on behalf of his slain 44-year-old daughter, Gaylee Valente-Curcio, in December 2024. The lawsuit alleged officers failed to enforce a domestic-violence protective order that Valente-Curcio had obtained against her ex-boyfriend shortly before she was killed.
Tacoma city attorneys pushed back on the claims that police inaction allowed Valente’s daughter to die, as they sought to dismiss the lawsuit. A judge recently ruled in the city’s favor…