On April 10, 1998, in Portland, Maine, 40-year-old Soheyla Nosrati was fatally shot by her husband, 46-year-old Karim Nosrati, who then took his own life in what authorities classified as a murder-suicide. This tragic incident was among the 26 homicides recorded in Maine that year, highlighting the persistent issue of domestic violence within the state.
The Nosratis' deaths underscored the lethal potential of domestic abuse situations. In 1998, Maine reported a homicide rate of 2.35 per
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