![]() Velasquez to a fate similar to her mother’s. In the end, the urge to save her friend led Ms. ![]() Velasquez’s aunt, Jacqueline Perez, said. “She had to leave because her friend was in danger,” Ms. As a girl, she had witnessed her mother’s gruesome murder at the hands of a romantic partner, and the trauma had instilled in her a desire to protect others. She ended up being a victim herself.įor her, however, going to her friend’s aid was more than just a principled decision. Velasquez, 25, did what many women would do for a friend in an abusive relationship, and like others who intervene to stop domestic violence, her Samaritan’s instinct put her in harm’s way. ![]() ![]() A distraught friend said her boyfriend was beating her in an apartment a few miles to the east in the Bronx. Lisa Marie Velasquez was visiting her relatives in the Melrose housing project when her telephone pinged.
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