Is the Westfield, PA Police Department doing their job?

Westfield Woman Found Unresponsive Ouside New Year's Day

I do not personally know Gina Widnikiewicz or the individuals involved in this situation. This is my opinion on how the Westfield, PA Police Department has handled this based on the information provided so far.

The Westfield, PA Police Department has closed a case (after a couple days) based on the fact that the victim had been consuming alcohol when this incident occurred.  They didn’t even wait a respectable amount of time to close the case to wait for witnesses to come forward or to investigate the girl’s claims.

Gina gave a detailed account of what happened, even down to the description of the person who supposedly (physically) threw her out of the bar. She also has a lump on the back of her head where someone hit her and knocked her unconscious (according to Gina). How would she have otherwise sustained that type of injury? You can’t knock yourself that hard in the back of the head and the probability of sustaining that type of injury in a fall is very slim.

Also, according to a family member, Gina was “found unresponsive, beaten, and left for dead”. Did the Police Department speak to her Doctors? I think medical professionals can determine if injuries are from a beating or from a fall.

ACCORDING TO TIOGA FREEDOMIST REPORTER:

• ·    Gina was found early in the morning on January 1^st.
• ·    Breathing tube removed January 2^nd.
• ·    She was in ICU until January 5^th.
• ·    On January 6^th,  Mayor Vargeson was waiting for witnesses to come forward
• ·    SAME DAY, January 6^th, the Westfield Police Department closed the case based on video evidence and witness testimonies.

Video evidence? What video evidence? I can’t believe that a bar has surveillance video recording INSIDE the bar. Did someone have a video camera on Gina from the time she entered the bar until the time she left? That is absurd. And the witness testimonies are probably from witnesses that were in the bar and friends with the owner. Are they really going to fess up? They don’t want their “friends” to get in trouble.

Anybody see the movie “The Accused” with Jodie Foster? This situation puts me in mind of that. Cheryl Araujo was in a bar and was gang raped. Everyone claimed they didn't see or know anything. And they tried to blame HER for what happened because she was in a bar and she was drinking. Are we still in 1983 where we want to blame the VICTIM?! Wake up people – it’s 2015!!

I hope and pray that some people out there feel guilty and come forward. And my advice for Gina: if you are certain of what happened, DON’T let them sweep this under the rug. Talk to reporters, TV news crews, and people that were out that night. Look for that man you described and let the Police know who he is when you find him. And DON’T let people make you believe that it was your fault or that you deserved it because you were drinking.

Just a side note Gina: you can ask to see the police report. It is public record and you have a right to it. It might state the person's name who called it in. Maybe that person was a witness, felt guilty, and called it in. Worth a shot.