I don’t even remember this incident being reported up here in PA. Sad, sad story.
If she can prove he had a history of violence against women, and that “co workers” heard him making threats over the phone before he went home...she MAY have a case. Especially if one of them told the Chief. Or OOD.
The Navy had the authority to prevent him from leaving the base...based on suspicion alone. Whether “the Navy” had sufficient time to react is another matter.
And my experience in the Navy says they would have prevented him from leaving until they were sure he had calmed down...if somebody, anybody in authority had known the above.
So any nutball’s boss is responsible for figuring out if he will commit violence and what? Just shoot him as he leaves?