Families of three women who were shot to death inside a Manchester apartment last year are filing a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Dye House Apartments and the Simon Konover Company.
Brittany Mills, 28, Kemesha Mills, 23, both of Manchester, and Artara Benson, 47, of Vauxhall, New Jersey, were shot and killed inside an apartment at the Dye House complex on Dec. 7, 2013.
When police arrived at the complex that night to investigate reports of gunshots being fired, they found John Lynn carrying a 13-month-old child, authorities said. After a brief confrontation, he put the child down and shot and killed himself.
Kenneth Blue, Kemesha Mills' father, said the past year has presented him with the difficult task of trying to explain his daughter's absence to his grandchild.
"She's always asking me for her mom, can I bring her mom back. 'Papa, I just want to hug my mom.' It's really hard," said Blue. "All I am looking for now is accountability. No amount of money can replace my daughter or give my granddaughter a mother."
The $10 million lawsuit being filed claims Lynn was an unauthorized resident of the Dye House Apartments and the Simon Konover Company knowingly allowed him to live there, despite his extensive criminal history.
"The Dye House Apartments and the Simon Konover Company failed to prevent a dangerous individual from having access to their apartment," Attorney Corey Brinson said in court Wednesday. "They sat on their hands and put profits over tenants safety."
