Kids of slain NYPD officer still fighting for death benefits 8 years later

THE BRONX (PIX11) — The city once vowed it would never forget the ultimate sacrifice of Miosotis Familia, but the slain NYPD officer’s children say that promise has been broken.

Eight years later, they’re still fighting to receive their mother’s death benefits.

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Genesis Villella has been walking past a portrait of her mother for the past eight years, and her murder still doesn’t feel real. However, she vividly recalls a conversation they once had.

“She said, ‘Genesis, if anything happens to me because of my job, I need you to take care of Peter and Delilah,’” Villella recalled…

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