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In a tragic turn of events on August 13, 2010, 20-year-old Sheila Paulette Shurz, a White / Caucasian female, lost her life in her Mesa, Arizona apartment. What was initially reported as a suicide soon unraveled into a homicide investigation, placing her 21-year-old boyfriend, Bernardo Barraza, at the center of the inquiry. The young mother's life was cut short by a fatal gunshot wound to the neck.

Barraza initially contacted emergency services, claiming Shurz had taken her own life and t ...Read More
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Victim Details

Sheila Shurz

Female

White / Caucasian

Mesa

AZ

2010-08-13

20

Sheila

Shurz

11/28/2025