BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Could Buffalo Police have done more to protect a woman who texted 911 begging for help, only to be found dead just days later, beaten and stabbed to death by her boyfriend? That's the question at the core of a lawsuit seeking to hold the City of Buffalo and its police department accountable.

Jena MacDiarmid was a mother, a sister, a daughter and a friend. Known for her kindness, she'd give anyone the shirt off her back if they needed it. She leaves behind three children, who her sister Jamie Near says are still devastated two years later.

"I knew one day, it was going to come to this," Near said. "I always knew in my gut that he was a killer."

Near told News 4 Investigates that her sister Jena begged for help, texting 911 in the early morning hours of Aug. 3, 202

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