STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The man who murdered Caroline Wimmer has been sentenced.

The EMT who pleaded guilty to posting a photo of her dead body on Facebook has been stripped of his certification.



Today, Martha and Ronald Wimmer brought their quest for justice to the steps of Supreme Court in St. George, where, along with attorney Ravi Batra, they announced the filing of a civil suit against a host of individuals and entities in connection with their 26-year-old daughter's death -- including the city and Facebook.

The announcement was made on the two-year anniversary of Ms. Wimmer's death.

The suit -- which seeks an unspecified amount -- names Greenleaf Arms, the West Brighton complex where Ms. Wimmer was slain; Calvin Lawson, the man convicted of her murder; Mark Musarella, the EMT; Richmond University Medical Center, where Musarella was assigned; the City of New York; Fire Department Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano and Facebook.

While the law prohibits the Wimmers from suing Facebook for money, the couple is suing to force the social networking giant to turn over the photos in question, and identify the users who saw and download the photos.

The family names Greenleaf Arms in the suit, alleging the complex's unlocked lobby door, and Ms. Wimmer's faulty apartment door allowed the killer access.

"I'm just very upset and traumatized over all this," Martha Wimmer said today. "We really need to improve our laws in New York. Mark Musarella only got 200 hours of community service. And my daughter's picture is on the Internet and I can't get it back."

Said Christina Criscitiello, the victim's sister: "I feel like Mark Musarella took the last shred of dignity she had left. I can't get those images out of my head and I don't want anybody else to see them."

Prosecutors said Lawson, a Brooklyn resident, killed Ms. Wimmer on March 28, 2009, over allegations that she'd told his girlfriend, the mother of his two children, that he was cheating on her with another woman.



Her parents found her lifeless body two days later.

In May, a jury in state Supreme Court, St. George, convicted Lawson, 30, of second-degree murder. He was sentenced to the maximum of 25 years to life in prison.