The failure to do a criminal background check on a convicted felon violated policy at a Charlotte, N.C. public housing complex and may have led to her death, her family said. Kenneth Cyrus is charged with the murder of 63-year-old Eva Green. Cyrus and Green were neighbors in Charlottetown Terrace, a public housing complex.
A former housing official said during her trial that Cyrus should not have been allowed to live in the complex. A background check showed that Cyrus had three felony drug charges in Maryland. The official said there was no record of housing authority officials doing a background check on Cyrus.
Neighbors said they were afraid of Cyrus who said he heard voices. Management did nothing about the complaints filed on Cyrus.
The family has filed a suit against the housing authority. However city attorneys have raised questions as to whether or not the law requires national criminal background checks.
