‘NYPD Blue’ Actor
My Daughter Died Suspiciously
Points Finger at Ex-Boyfriend
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A Hollywood actor — who scored roles in ‘NYPD Blue’ and ‘CSI Miami’ — believes his daughter didn’t commit suicide and died beneath suspicious circumstances … and now he is suing her estranged boyfriend for wrongful demise.
Dwayne Adway filed his lawsuit Monday in L.A. County Superior Court towards Makar Kirikov, accusing him of being concerned within the demise of his daughter, Daelena Mackay.
In the go well with, Adway says Daelena and Kirikov lived collectively for a few 12 months in an L.A. condo and, throughout that point, Daelena “experienced multiple incidents of domestic violence” at the arms of Kirikov.
As a outcome, Adway says his daughter determined to chop off the connection with Kirikov and had begun “communicating with another romantic partner.”
Adway says Kirikov then turned jealous and more and more agitated, resulting in a heated argument between the ex-couple inside Daelena’s condo on the evening of May 23, 2024.
According to Adway, Kirikov says he left the condo after the forwards and backwards with Daelena and got here again to search out Daelena hanging from a bathe rod by a shawl — however Adway insists this account has by no means been verified.
Adway claims the LAPD simply accepted Kirkov’s model of the occasions and did not conduct an intensive investigation. He’s additionally suing the town and county of Los Angeles for negligence and failure to coach and supervise its officers.
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Adway additionally says LAPD by no means recovered a suicide word and says the investigation confirmed a “systemic disregard for properly evaluating suspicious deaths involving young Black women.” And get this — Adway says there have been a number of indicators of potential foul play throughout Daelena’s physique within the type of abrasions and bruising.
Adway is suing for, amongst different issues, wrongful demise and civil rights violations.
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When reached for remark, LAPD advised TMZ they do not touch upon pending litigation. We reached out to Kirikov … thus far, no phrase again.
Side word: Last 12 months, TMZ Studios featured Daelena’s story on its present, “Strange and Suspicious.”
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