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Kara Welsh

Death by Force

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A promising life was cut tragically short on August 30, 2024, when Kara Welsh, a 21-year-old White female from Whitewater, Wisconsin, was found deceased. A talented and beloved gymnast at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, she was discovered in an apartment near the campus with multiple gunshot wounds. The news of her violent death sent shockwaves through the close-knit university community just as the new academic year was set to begin.

Kara was a senior majoring in management in th ...Read More
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  • FOX6 News Milwaukee: UW-Whitewater fatal shooting of gymnast; suspect identified
  • Wiscnews.com: Man, 23, faces homicide charge after police find UW-Whitewater student dead with gunshot wounds
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    Victim Details

    Kara Welsh

    Female

    White / Caucasian

    Whitewater

    WI

    2024-08-30

    21

    Kara

    Welsh

    Yes

    11/11/2025

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    I can't stop thinking about the tragic loss of Kara Welsh. As someone who followed her gymnastics ca... ...Read More
    11/27/2024
    It's just so hard to comprehend how something like this could happen to someone like Kara, who had s... ...Read More
    10/14/2024
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