Jan 9, 2008 10:00 pm US/Eastern
Family Of Boca Mall Murder Victims Files Suit
Anyone With Information Please Call Palm Beach Crimestoppers at 1-800-458-TIPS or Boca Police at 561-338-1352.
$350,000 Reward Being Offered For Information That Leads To The Killer
WEST PALM BEACH (CBS4) ―
The family of a mother and her daughter, who were found dead in the parking lot of a Boca Raton mall have sued the shopping center and its corporate parent, citing inadequate security.
The victims' family claims the mall failed to protect Nancy Bochicchio, 47, and her 7-year-old daughter, Joey Bochicchio-Hauser, last month even after a similar attack there in August.
Detectives have been reviewing mall surveillance tapes in hopes of catching the killer. They think this case might have some relationship to an armed robbery of a Broward County family who was kidnapped, carjacked and robbed at gunpoint in August.
The lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court this week, seeks unspecified damages. It claims mall managers and Simon Property Group acted "with reckless disregard of its duties."
David Shiner, the family's attorney, said the priority is "to make sure this doesn't happen again." He would not say how much money the family is seeking.
Mall officials had no immediate comment Wednesday.
The bodies were discovered in their SUV outside the Town Center mall on Dec. 13. They had been bound and shot to death.
No arrests have been made, but the city has offered a $350,000 reward.
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