UCLA grad student fatally stabbed while
working at high-end LA furniture store
Posted By: Ribicon, 1/17/2022 11:43:51 AM
A UCLA grad student was fatally stabbed by a random maniac while she was working as a consultant at a high-end furniture store in Los Angeles last Thursday, reports said. Brianna Kupfer, 24, was alone and working at Croft House when an unknown male suspect, who is believed to be homeless, knifed her before fleeing through the back door and calmly walking down an alley, Fox 11 reported, citing the LAPD. Kupfer was discovered by a customer about 20 minutes later and pronounced dead on scene. The victim was studying architectural design and worked at the furniture store as a design consultant, the report said.
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