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Nurse and boyfriend found dead in apparent Bronx murder-suicide
Nurse Andrea Cantarini and her boyfriend were found dead in their Bronx apartment after both suffered gunshot wounds to the head.
Police are investigating the deaths as an apparent murder-suicide stemming from a domestic dispute.
Cantarini’s father said she called him during the incident and told him her boyfriend had a gun and was threatening to kill her.
He said he stayed on the phone for 14 minutes, heard gunshots and his daughter scream, and then heard her boyfriend say she was dead.
Her father said Cantarini had wanted to end the relationship, and the couple had a six-year-old daughter.
Police are investigating the incident; the sources do not say what further steps they plan to take.
A nurse and her boyfriend were found dead from gunshot wounds to the head in their Bronx apartment.
New York City police are investigating the deaths as an apparent murder-suicide stemming from a domestic dispute.
The nurse’s father said she had wanted to end the relationship.
He said he remained on the phone with his daughter during the incident and heard what sounded like gunshots.
The couple had a six-year-old daughter, and the man had a son from a previous relationship.
- Who
- Andrea Cantarini, a 37-year-old nurse, and her boyfriend, Juan Cornelio Diaz, 38.
- What
- Both were found dead from gunshot wounds to the head. Police are investigating the incident as an apparent murder-suicide.
- When
- Tuesday night. The article does not state the date of the deaths.
- Where
- The couple’s apartment in the Bronx, New York City.
- Why
- Police are investigating the incident as stemming from a domestic dispute. Cantarini’s father said she wanted to break up with Diaz.
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Andrea Cantarini called her father from the apartment and told him Diaz had a gun to her head.
Cantarini’s father said he heard what sounded like three gunshots and his daughter screaming.
Police arrived and found Cantarini and Diaz dead in the apartment.
- Andrea Cantarini
- 37-year-old nurse at St Barnabas Hospital
- Juan Cornelio Diaz
- 38-year-old Customs and Border Protection agent based at John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Location
- Couple’s apartment in the Bronx
- Deaths
- Both had gunshot wounds to the head
- Child
- Couple had a six-year-old daughter
What people are saying
She's gone, Rudy
I was on the phone with her for 14 minutes while he was holding a gun to her head
He couldn't handle it. He was a coward.