Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The 20-year-old accused of murdering his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend at her Arcadia home Thursday drunkenly barged into the house that morning before returning later to allegedly gun her down, her distraught family said.
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family → accuse → her
Close relatives of the slain teen, Mina Kurdian, described to the California Post the terrifying lead-up to the alleged killing — while also revealing they believed suspect Paul Anthony Cruz Jr. was only 17 years old.
“He was never presented to any of the family members,” a relative said, adding Mina’s loved ones would not have approved if they knew Cruz was an adult.
asserted
Cruz → slay → members
said the two began an on-again, off-again relationship about a year ago, but she largely kept the relationship under wraps.
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she → say → wraps
“I think she was embarrassed to say he was 20.
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he → think → ?
If I knew he was, it would be a whole different situation,” the relative said.
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relative → know → ?
On the day of her alleged murder, a disturbed Mina texted family about a frightening encounter she had with Cruz early that morning, when he showed up at her home drunk and belligerent around 5 a.m.
Family said Cruz had a bottle of Hennessy and appeared to have stayed up all night.
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Cruz → allege → Hennessy
The pair fought, and she kicked him out of the apartment.
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she → fight → apartment
“[He] was just a drunk coming there and thinking that it’s okay for him to show up whenever he wants,” a relative said, adding Cruz was emboldened to confront Mina because only her mother and sister were home at the time.
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mother → come → time
After Cruz left, Mina made plans to visit a relative’s house, her family said.
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family → leave → house
Her last text message to one family member, around 8:53 a.m., said she was going to shower and get ready.
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she → say → a.m.
Cruz then returned to the apartment around 11 a.m. and tried unsuccessfully to break a glass door, family said.
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family → return → door
He resorted to shooting through a window to gain entry, they added.
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they → resort → entry
Cruz then shot Mina in the head.
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Cruz → shoot → head
Police pronounced her dead at the scene.
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Police → pronounce → scene
Police said Cruz fled the scene and he was later found in a Petco parking lot in Pasadena with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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he → say → wound
As of Friday morning, he remained in the hospital in critical condition.
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he → remain → condition
Mina’s family hopes the accused killer lives to face justice.
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killer → hop → justice
“She was just a kid,” a second family member told The Post.
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member → tell → Post
The teenager aspired to be a cosmetologist, loved spending time with her family and enjoyed theme parks, her family said, describing her as “funny, happy and adventurous.”
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family → aspire → her
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