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Karina Nieves

Case from Northampton, MA dated Jan 03, 2019

Victim Details

Karina Nieves

Female

White / Caucasian

Northampton

MA

2019-01-03

24

Karina

Nieves

07/15/2026

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In a quiet Northampton, Massachusetts apartment complex, a tragedy unfolded that cut short the life of a young woman. On January 3, 2019, 24-year-old Karina Nieves was found deceased in her home at the Hilltop Apartments West. Her death, a result of a gunshot wound, was not an isolated incident but the grim outcome of a domestic tragedy.

Alongside Karina, authorities discovered the body of 26-year-old Nelson Cardona. Investigators quickly pieced together the sequence of events, determinin ...
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  • Daily Hampshire Gazette: Police investigate 2 deaths in Northampton
  • NBC10 Boston: DA: Deaths of 2 at Northampton Home Were Murder-Suicide
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