"It's an indictment of everybody," he said. "If this woman was in pain, which she appears to be, if she was writhing in pain, which she appears to be, why did nobody bother ... to take the most minimal interest in her, in her welfare? It's just shocking. It really is."

[Jose Prado] then knocked on the door of the county police, near the emergency room, and said, "My girlfriend needs help and they don't want to help her," according to the police report. A sergeant told him to consult the medical staff, the report said. Minutes later, Prado came back to the sergeant and said, "They don't want to help her." Again, he was told to see the medical staff.

[Edith Isabel Rodriguez]'s son, Edmundo, 25, said he still couldn't understand why his mother died. "It's more than negligence. I can't even think of the word."