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Daniel Cruz

Case from Hatfield, MA dated Mar 10, 2018

Victim Details

Daniel Cruz

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Hatfield

MA

2018-03-10

44

Daniel

Cruz

07/31/2026

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On March 10, 2018, a gruesome discovery was made in a remote field in Hatfield, Massachusetts, where the burning body of 44-year-old Daniel Cruz was found. The investigation that followed revealed that Cruz had been fatally shot before his body was set ablaze.

The primary suspect in this heinous crime was Nerkin Morales, a 24-year-old man from Northampton, Massachusetts. Morales was accused of shooting Daniel Cruz to death, and subsequent to the murder, he allegedly set Cruz's body on fir ...
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  • masslive.com: Northampton woman provided 'false alibi' for herself, 2 suspects in slaying of man found on fire in Hatfield, prosecutor says
  • masslive.com: Northwestern DA identifies male whose body was found burning in Hatfield, death being investigated as homicide
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