Police close case into Prospect Park dog killer: owner

Moose, the canine who was killed by a homeless man in Prospect Park.

Police are not in search of the crazed vagrant in Prospect Park who doused a girl with urine and fatally beat her canine with a stick, the pooch’s grief-stricken proprietor stated this week.

Jessica Chrustic — whose 2-and-a-half-year-old golden retriever combine, Moose, was the sufferer of the random and unprovoked assault on Aug. 3 — stated 78th Precinct cops advised her the case was closed on Columbus Day after a noon trip in quest of the elusive attacker.

“Once they’d dropped me off, I thanked them for his or her time and that’s once they knowledgeable me that they have been closing the case,” Chrustic, 41, advised The Put up.

“I used to be clearly greatly surprised. I questioned why. He stated, ‘It’s been two months.’

“The police ought to have already been in a position to apprehend him. I've gotten a litany of excuses,” she stated. “I received’t relaxation till he’s discovered.”

Moose along with his owned, Jessica Chrustic.

Chrustic additionally accused her metropolis Councilwoman, Democrat Shahana Hanif — a defund the police socialist — of not taking the case severely.

A spokesman for Hanif’s workplace beforehand referred to as the case “difficult” and stated the NYPD was not “the car to carry security to our neighborhood.”

Chrustic stated she had not spoken to Hanif in any respect concerning the case, and solely received a name from the councilwoman after The Put up reached out.

Reps for the NYPD insisted the case stays open.

“The investigation is energetic and ongoing,” a spokesman stated. “Because the incident, the NYPD has constantly taken investigative measures to carry the person accountable to justice. The NYPD has performed canvasses of the park with witnesses, posted pictures of the suspect and elevated patrols within the space.”

Moose was buried final week beneath a favourite Hydrangea on land Chrustic owns upstate.

His killing despatched shockwaves by the Park Slope neighborhood.

“One factor is definite: Anybody who has attacked and even killed shouldn't stay on the road, posing additional hazard to dwelling, feeling beings,” stated Ingrid Newkirk, president of the nonprofit Folks for the Moral Therapy of Animals.

Moose is buried in a peaceable space upstate.

Within the absence of motion from the police, one native denizen, Kristian Nammack, tried to create a neighborhood watch, which he referred to as Park Slope Panthers. The Panthers, nonetheless, divided the neighborhood’s ultra-woke residents and confronted criticism by those that felt it will be higher to do nothing. The group lasted one assembly earlier than disbanding.

“I predicted that this is able to not work, as a result of I knew instantly what the organizer was going to face,” stated Guardian Angels’ founder Curtis Sliwa, including that he was getting ready to ship his personal troops into the park.

“Finally we wish this to include residents of the world. We'll assist them kind the park patrol. They'll name it no matter they need, however we are going to all the time be there to assist assist it,” Sliwa stated. His spouse Nancy will likely be taking a lead function within the effort.

“That is all going to acknowledge Moose, who stood his floor, in protection of his household,” Sliwa stated.