Nurse Killed by Estranged Husband Hours After Family Trip

A Family Call Ended, Then Something Was Wrong

A 30-year-old New York nurse was killed by her husband inside their apartment just hours after returning from a family trip, police say, in a murder-suicide that left her relatives struggling to understand an abrupt and devastating loss.

Cohoes police identified the couple as Gabrielle Forman, 30, and Jadet Forman, 37. Police Chief Todd Waldin said Jadet killed Gabrielle on August 18 before taking his own life inside their apartment at the Lofts at Harmony Mills.

Gabrielle had reportedly returned from Georgia after celebrating her mother’s birthday. Family members said the couple had been separating, placing the killing against the painful background of a marriage already coming apart.

Her Mother Realized the Call Had Changed

One of the most haunting details came from hundreds of miles away.

Gabrielle had been communicating with her mother when Jadet entered the apartment, according to reporting from People and the Times Union. Her mother became alarmed after the conversation abruptly ended amid signs that something was wrong.

She contacted Gabrielle’s brother and asked him to check on her.

Police said Gabrielle’s brother went to the apartment with an employee of the complex. Their effort to determine whether she was safe ultimately led authorities to the scene.

Officers were dispatched late that morning. Police later entered the apartment and found Gabrielle and Jadet dead.

Police Called It a Murder-Suicide

Chief Waldin said the investigation and autopsy findings led police to determine that Jadet killed Gabrielle and then himself.

Authorities said the firearm recovered from the apartment was an unregistered weapon assembled from separately obtained components. Investigators were still examining how Jadet acquired it.

Police records did not show a prior criminal history or previous reported domestic incidents involving the couple, according to the Times Union.

That absence does not explain what happened inside the apartment, and authorities have not released a confirmed motive.

Family members told People that Gabrielle and Jadet were going through a separation or divorce. The Times Union reported that officials had not independently confirmed finalized divorce paperwork.

Loved Ones Remember the Woman They Lost

Gabrielle was a nurse, a daughter and a relative whose loved ones described her in deeply affectionate terms.

Family members remembered her as intelligent, caring and devoted to the people around her. People reported that relatives described her as a “beautiful soul,” while those who knew her through work also expressed grief over the loss.

Those memories stand in sharp contrast to the final hours of her life.

She had been in Georgia for a family celebration. Within hours of returning to New York, a trip centered on her mother’s birthday had become the last time some relatives would see her.

The Case Leaves a Family With Sudden Grief

Because Jadet also died, there will be no homicide trial in which Gabrielle’s family can watch evidence presented and a jury reach a verdict.

Police have nevertheless continued examining the circumstances surrounding the deaths, including the weapon involved and the couple’s relationship.

For Gabrielle’s family, the central fact is simpler and harder: someone they loved returned home from what should have been an ordinary family visit and was gone within hours.

Her mother’s interrupted conversation became the warning that something had changed. By the time relatives and authorities reached the apartment, there was no way to undo what had happened.

The investigation may establish more about those final hours. It cannot give Gabrielle’s family back the future they expected her to have.

References: Nurse Killed by Estranged Husband in Murder-Suicide | Police Release Identities of Victims in Cohoes Murder

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