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The grief-stricken father of a young woman found dead in her home almost a day after she made a frantic triple-0 call has demanded answers from police as he recalled how he and his wife learned about the tragic news on social news.
Tatiana 'Tania' Dokhotaru, 34, was found dead inside her Liverpool unit, in Sydney's south-west, about 8pm on Saturday - almost 24 hours after she called triple-0 begging for help alleging her partner was 'bashing' her.
Her estranged partner Danny Zayat, 28, was arrested at the scene on Saturday and has been charged with a litany of offences - including choking and breaching an AVO - which allegedly occurred in the lead up to her death.
No charges have been laid in relation to Ms Dokhotaru's death.
Tatiana's devastated parents Olga Dokhotaru and Dennis Thievin believe she may still be alive today if officers went to her apartment the night she rang for help and have labelled their response as disappointing.
Based in Canada, the couple found out about their daughter's death 'not nicely' through social media.
Tatiana Dokhotaru (pictured) was found dead in her Liverpool unit almost 24 hours after she made a frantic call to triple-0
'Pretty horrific,' Mr Thievin told Sunrise on Wednesday.
'My wife last spoke to her on last Wednesday of last week and since we typically hear from her every day or every other day, we knew that something was wrong because we hadn't heard and we could not reach her.
'On what would be Monday morning for me, I went to the site for the police station in Sydney and I read the news that there was a 34-year-old woman who had been found and it unfolded from there, that's how we found out.'
It took police four hours to respond to the triple-0 call. Initially there were unable to find Ms Dokhotaru's unit because the call did not include enough information such as the apartment number.
NSW Police has launched a critical investigation into the police response, which was slammed by Mr Thievin.
'If this had happened in Canada, which where we live, I suppose I would venture to say that it is an arrogant behaviour,' he fumed.
'Since when does somebody make a frantic call close to midnight and you more or less ignore it?
'I realise they went to the premises but they must have been aware that there was somebody in those premises, they should have been banging on doors if necessary, because surely they understood that something bad could be going on.
'I am very disappointed in all of that. Tania could be alive today had they done what they should have done.'
Tatiana's dad Dennis Thievin (pictured) is disappointed in the lack of urgency of the police response
A critical incident investigation has been launched into the police response time. Pictured are tributes outside the Liverpool apartment complex
Mr Thievin added his wife was having a real hard time dealing with their daughter's death.
They had previously begged her to go to the police over Zayat's alleged behaviour.
Mr Thievin claimed on Wednesday that his daughter
