As woman killed by boyfriend is laid to rest in Brooklyn, mom in Haiti demands damages

As woman killed by boyfriend is laid to rest in Brooklyn, mom in Haiti demands damages

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Marie Danielle Léonard, a vendor in the Clercine area north of Haiti’s capital, has struggled for years to raise her three daughters. But over time, she came to count on her firstborn, Dahana Jean, to lend a hand.  “If I gave her a task, it was always done by the time I returned from the market,” Léonard, 47, recalls during an interview last week. “Even when I punished her, she never got angry. She accepted when she was wrong. “…