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Luiza Shinkarevskaya

Case from Newark, NJ dated Feb 16, 2021

Victim Details

Luiza Shinkarevskaya

Female

White / Caucasian

Newark

NJ

2021-02-16

40

Luiza

Shinkarevskaya

06/21/2026

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On February 16, 2021, Luiza Shinkarevskaya, a 40-year-old female, was fatally shot in Newark, New Jersey. She and her best friend, Anna Shpilberg, also 40, were killed by John Menendez, a 24-year-old Hudson County corrections officer. The two women, who had emigrated from Ukraine to the United States years prior, were returning from a vacation in Cancun, Mexico. Menendez, who was in a romantic relationship with Shpilberg, had become enraged that they went on the trip without him.

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  • RLS Media: BREAKING: Double Murder Under Investigation in Newark
  • nj: Newark police investigating double homicide after body is found near Penn Station
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