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Murder of Kristin Lardner

1992 murder in Boston, Massachusetts From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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On May 30, 1992, 21-year-old Kristin Lardner was murdered in Boston, Massachusetts, by her ex-boyfriend Michael Cartier, who later killed himself.[1][2][3][4][5]

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The incident was also known as the Brookline murder.[6] Cartier stalked and shot Lardner, who had a restraining order against him, before shooting himself.[7]

Lardner's father George later released a book about the murder, called The Stalking of Kristin: A Father Investigates the Murder of His Daughter, receiving a Pulitzer Prize.[8][9][10]

Cartier was a punk rock enthusiast who, a month prior to the murder, had tried to attack Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill at a show.[11] He was described as "a nightclub bouncer with a short fuse".[7]

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