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Catalina M. Ruiz

Death by Force
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Sergeant Catalina Marie Ruiz, a 27-year-old Hispanic woman, was tragically killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on October 6, 2011. Ruiz, who was a supply sergeant with the 112th Signal Battalion stationed at Fort Bragg, was kidnapped from an apartment where she had been staying on Icarus Circle by Warren Cummings III, a 30-year-old man from the 400 block of Woodstream Trail. Cummings had a restraining order against him, and their relationship was not disclosed. ...Read More
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  • WRAL.com: Fayetteville murder-suicide victim was Bragg soldier
  • Catalina Ruiz NC 10-06-2011
    • Victim Details

    Catalina M. Ruiz

    Female

    Hispanic / Latino

    Fayetteville

    NC

    2011-10-06

    27

    Catalina

    M. Ruiz

    11/09/2025

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    08/02/2024
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