Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Mum: ‘I blame the police for Holly’s death’
Lorraine pleaded for daughter to be arrested
THE American mum of a woman brutally murdered by a convicted rapist in Dundee blames the police for her daughter’s death.
In an exclusive interview with the Tele from her home in Florida, Lorraine DiPalermo revealed she begged city police to arrest her daughter for her involvement in drug dealing.
Lorraine, 58, said if they had arrested Holly when she asked them to, she would “still be alive”.
“The police knew Holly was using drugs and dealing drugs but they did nothing. I blame them 100% for Holly’s death because they knew what was going on but refused to take action,” she said. “I will never understand that.” Holly Alexander and Ronnie Kidd were stabbed to death by Krzysztof Gadecki at a flat on Rosefield Street in December 2016.
The 38-year-old was jailed for life in October 2017 after being found guilty of the killings and a significant case review (SCR) has now found the deaths could have been avoided.
The findings of the SCR state: “It is absolutely apparent that if Person X, ( Gadecki) had been detained pending deportation Person X would not have been in the community or had the opportunity to commit the murders.”
Lorraine said: “I am becoming more and more angry at the mistakes which were made. However, while I am obviously distressed at the findings of the SCR I lay the blame for Holly’s death squarely with the police in Dundee.”
Lorraine said as soon as she received a distressed phone call in October 2016 from her son-in-law, Forrest Alexander, telling her that Holly had left and was living with Ronnie Kidd – she immediately came to Dundee to plead with her to go home to America “to get better”.