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UPDATE: Woman Slain In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Was Five Months Pregnant, Authorities Say UPDATE: Woman Slain In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Was Five Months Pregnant, Authorities Say
Update: Woman Slain In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Was Five Months Pregnant, Authorities Say A Jersey City restaurateur was five months pregnant when she was killed Sunday morning in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said Monday. Garima Kothari, 35, was found dead in her Christopher Columbus Drive apartment around 7:15 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Around half-hour later, police found her 37-year-old husband dead in the Hudson River near Montgomery Street and Exchange Place, Suarez said. The incident was being investigated as a murder-suicide, and Kothari's death was ruled a homicide, Suarez said Monday.  "While it remains at this time that the…

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Husband, Pregnant Wife Dead In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Were Dedicated Restaurant Owners Husband, Pregnant Wife Dead In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Were Dedicated Restaurant Owners
Husband, Pregnant Wife Dead In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Were Dedicated Restaurant Owners UPDATE: The 35-year-old Jersey City restaurateur killed in an apparent murder-suicide Sunday morning was five months pregnant, and her death was ruled a homicide, authorities announced Monday.  ** ORIGINAL STORY BELOW ** She was a talented chef, dedicated to her profession. He was an intelligent graduate of India Institute of Technology, who came to the U.S. to pursue his master's degree. Together, Garima Kothari and Manmohan Mall were a happy couple, and owners of Nukkad, an Indian restaurant a few blocks from their Jersey City high-rise apartment, relatives say.  Both were fou…

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by Cecilia Levine