“He was murdered.” So reads a snippet of a 31-page federal lawsuit filed by the family of Gugsa Abraham Dabela which claims police ignored substantial evidence that pointed to foul play and hastily classified the black Redding attorney’s death as a suicide.
Dabela died in the early morning hours of April 5, 2014. His body was found in his overturned car, which had crashed on a windy road in the Fairfield County town. Police said Dabela — known as Abe — had a gunshot wound behind his right ear.
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