I have a theory about a revenge/retaliation angle as the reason KV was brutally attacked and murdered.
It’s a long shot, but something to at least think about………. so please humor me and feel free to poke holes.
May 29, 2013, on the same street (84[SUP]th[/SUP]) in the same neighborhood (Howard Beach), a house was destroyed after it exploded and burst into flames, severely burning a woman inside the home. The house had recent repair work, some of which was reported to have been done by WDF Inc., contracted through Rapid Repairs (a NYC post-Hurricane Sandy repair service). FDNY quickly concluded, within one week, that the explosion was not caused by fixes from the city’s post-Sandy repair service.
The woman survived her critical burn injuries.
The house was condemned.
I don’t find an update to this investigation beyond one week after the explosion and fire.
What was the final determination of the FDNY investigation?
Who was on the FDNY investigative team?
Are there connections between KV’s family and WDF Inc or other contractors referred by Rapid Repairs?
Did the homeowners (burn victim and her husband) dispute the outcome of the explosion investigation?
………..
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/qns-house-collapse-gas-explosion-article-1.1357653
Woman badly burned in Queens house fire, explosion
Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 2:31 PM
A possible gas explosion gutted a Queens home on Wednesday — and left one woman inside badly burned, authorities said.
Theresa Pepitone, 49, was alone inside her 84th St. home near 163rd Ave. in Howard Beach when a sudden blast tore through the house around 2 p.m., authorities and neighbors said.
“Just shoot me! Just shoot me!” the scorched Pepitone wailed as she sprinted out of the burning two-story house.
“She came out on her own, all burned, all skin peeled back,” said Joseph Noll, 48, who ran over to the house when he heard the explosion. “Her face (and) her hair was burned. You could see her scalp.”
http://www.qchron.com/editions/sout...cle_7b5ba188-c93d-11e2-a6d7-001a4bcf887a.html
Howard Beach fire sends 1 to hospital
Sandy-ravaged house’s gas line replaced days before incident
Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:30 am
Days after repairs were made to a Howard Beach home’s gas line, it exploded, partially collapsing the house with its plume and sending one woman to the hospital, according to fire officials.
The house at 162-39 84 St. erupted into flames at 2 p.m. on Wednesday.
“We heard a large tremendous boom,” a neighbor who wished to remain anonymous said. “When we looked outside a woman was hanging outside of her window.”
Theresa Pepitone, who lives there with her husband Joseph, was brought to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center with second degree burns on half of her body. She was then transferred to the Cornell Medical Center’s burn unit.
http://qns.com/story/2013/06/05/fdny-rapid-repairs-not-behind-howard-beach-house-blast/
FDNY: Rapid Repairs not behind Howard Beach house blast
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 / 1:36 PM
A gas explosion that destroyed a Howard Beach house last week was not caused by fixes from the city’s post-Sandy repair service, an FDNY spokesperson said.
http://www.qchron.com/editions/sout...cle_379b7593-94ae-50c7-a6b5-822cf9d97513.html
Howard Beach home explosion a mystery
Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:30 am
The gas line work was approved on May 23 and included installation connections for a new furnace and water heater, but the work that was actually done is still in question.
The contractor, WDF Inc., has been used by Rapid Repairs to do similar work in at least a half dozen homes in Howard Beach. In at least two of the homes, the work was done in February and March, but the permits were issued in May, according to DOB records.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/resources/rapid.shtml
Rapid Repairs
Rapid Repairs was a first-of-its-kind pilot program to provide free, government assistance to thousands of homeowners left without heat, power and hot water after Hurricane Sandy. No other city has ever responded to a natural disaster by offering emergency repairs to allow homeowners to shelter in their own homes. Rapid Repairs restored essential, emergency services and served as a critical first step in helping residents rebuild their homes more quickly.
If the equipment installed by Rapid Repairs is no longer working.
Rapid Repairs provided free, emergency heat, hot water, and electricity so that homeowners could shelter in place while making more permanent repairs to their homes. When Rapid Repairnns completed work on your home, an independent quality inspector verified that the installed equipment was working properly. All maintenance and repairs are now the responsibility of the homeowner.