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Ashley Erin Hasti

Case from Minneapolis, MN dated Jun 01, 2016

Victim Details

Ashley Erin Hasti

Female

White / Caucasian

Minneapolis

MN

2016-06-01

31

Ashley

Erin Hasti

06/30/2026

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In the quiet Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park, the life of 31-year-old White/Caucasian female Ashley Erin Hasti was cut tragically short in early June of 2016. A promising medical student at the University of Minnesota, she was discovered deceased in her residence from multiple gunshot wounds. Her death was not an isolated incident but the first act in a cross-country murder-suicide orchestrated by her estranged husband, Mainak Sarkar.

The grim discovery of Hasti's body was made by pol ...
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  • NBC News: UCLA Gunman Mainak Sarkar Had 'Kill List,' Wife Found Dead in Minnesota
  • MSNBC.com: UCLA gunman Mainak Sarkar had kill 'list,' may have slayed Minnesota woman: LAPD
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