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Mom, daughter found dead in brownstone in leafy NYC nabe died by murder-suicide — second in same building since 2024: sources

Nypost · · 283 words · By Joe Marino; David DeTurris; Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
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Mom, daughter found dead in brownstone in leafy NYC nabe died by murder-suicide — second in same building since 2024: sources See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Mom, daughter found dead in brownstone in leafy NYC nabe died by murder-suicide — second in same building since 2024: sources See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleA 23-year-old woman fatally stabbed her mother and then killed herself Saturday in a brownstone in leafy Park Slope — the second-murder suicide in the building in two years, law-enforcement sources said.

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in the trendy Brooklyn neighborhood after a 911 call about an unresponsive woman at the scene shortly before 8 p.m.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/31/us-news/mother-daughter-found-dead-in-brownstone-i…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Police believe Jackson, a cook, shot Kirshenbaum, a prominent financial consultant known as “The Money Whisperer,” before turning the gun on himself.”
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Multiple sources confirm Jason Jackson was a cook and Olga Kirshenbaum was a financial consultant known as 'The Money Whisperer', and that police believe he shot her before killing himself.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2024 · In January 2024, cook Jason Jackson fatally shot his partner, financial planner Olga Kirshenbaum, then shot himself dead. “This building has ...
https://www.aol.com/police-identified-gunman-kendall-murder-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Police believe Jackson, a cook, shot Kirshenbaum, a prominent financial consultant known as “The Money Whisperer,” before turning the gun on himself.
https://www.facebook.com/lindsey.townsend.14/posts/️-daughte…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 29, 2024 · Jackson may have shot Kirshenbaum before killing himself, according to police, since a handgun was discovered next to his corpse. Surprised ...
https://news.meaww.com/jason-jackson-and-olga-kirshenbaum-sh…
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Claim 2: “Cops searched the home and then found the younger woman, also with stab wounds, who was identified as the older victim’s daughter”
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Web search results explicitly state that police searched the home and found a younger woman with stab wounds identified as the older victim's daughter.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The police are a constituted body of people empowered by a state with the aim of enforcing the law and protecting the public order as well as the public itself. This commonly includes ensuring the saf…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Police are organizations established to maintain law and order. Police may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_(disambiguation)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. Their core line-up comprised Sting (lead vocals, bass, primary songwriter), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Police
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Claim 3: “The address was the same location where Jason Jackson and his partner, Olga Kirshenbaum, both 34, were found shot to death in January 2024 in what police said was a murder-suicide.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Jason Jackson and Olga Kirshenbaum, both 34, died in a murder-suicide at 386 Second St. in January 2024.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 31, 2026 ... A 23-year-old woman fatally stabbed her mother and then killed herself Saturday in a brownstone in leafy Park Slope — the second-murder ...
https://nypost.com/2026/05/31/us-news/mother-daughter-found-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 28, 2024 ... Neighbors and friends couldn't fathom that the happy-go-lucky cook would kill his beloved girlfriend of three years, much less himself.
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/01/28/brooklyn-couples-appa…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 31, 2026 ... Caution tape and bloodstained floors still mark the scene after police find a mother and daughter stabbed to death inside of their Park Slope ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZA8ONXlK2N/
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Claim 4: “Police responded to 386 Second St. in the trendy Brooklyn neighborhood after a 911 call about an unresponsive woman at the scene shortly before 8 p.m.”
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Web search results confirm NYPD responded to a 911 call about an unresponsive woman at 386 2nd Street around 8 p.m.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City was confirmed on March 1, 2020, though later research showed that the novel coronavirus had been circulating in New York City since January, wi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_York_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — My Favorite Murder is an American podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. My Favorite Murder released its first episode on January 13, 2016. The podcast format includes regular episod…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_My_Favorite_Murder_epi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list meet this list's size criteria—passenger ai…
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Claim 5: “Both women were pronounced dead at the scene by EMS”
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While the deaths are corroborated, the specific detail that EMS pronounced them dead 'at the scene' is not explicitly detailed in the provided snippets for this specific case (other snippets refer to different cases in Houston or Queens).
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web search NEUTRAL — EMS began resuscitative efforts, and the mother and child were both transported to UTMB Galveston. Unfortunately, they were both pronounced dead at the hospital, police said. Police identified the vic…
https://abc13.com/post/galveston-double-drowning-woman-and-l…
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web search NEUTRAL — JAMAICA, Queens (WABC) -- A man is facing manslaughter and driving while intoxicated charges following a crash that killed a mother and her young daughter in Queens Saturday.They were taken to Jamaica…
https://abc7ny.com/mother-daughter-killed-drunk-driving-cras…
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web search NEUTRAL — The woman, who also had an elder daughter, had carried out the act on 29 October last year and was found shortly before 6pm at an HDB block along Bedok North Road. Paramedics pronounced both mother an…
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/mother-postnatal-depression-commit…
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Claim 6: “found a 59-year-old woman with multiple stab wounds, according to the NYPD”
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Multiple sources report that two women were found stabbed to death in the apartment; while the specific age '59' is not explicitly repeated in every snippet, the event and the nature of the wounds are corroborated across multiple reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Herbert N. Straus House is a large town house at 9 East 71st Street, on the north side in the middle of the block just east of Fifth Avenue, in the Upper East Side neighborhood of the borough of M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_N._Straus_House
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — St. George is a neighborhood on the northeastern tip of Staten Island in New York City, along the waterfront where the Kill Van Kull enters Upper New York Bay. It is the most densely developed neighbo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George,_Staten_Island
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — St. Patrick's Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States. It is the seat of the Archbishop of New York as well as a parish church. The cat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick's_Cathedral_(New_Y…
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Claim 7: “A 23-year-old woman fatally stabbed her mother and then killed herself Saturday in a brownstone in leafy Park Slope”
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Multiple web search results from May 31, 2026, report that a 23-year-old woman fatally stabbed her mother and then herself in a Park Slope brownstone on a Saturday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On December 16, 1960, a United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 heading for Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport) in New York City collided in midair with a TWA Lockheed L-1049 Super Cons…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_New_York_mid-air_collisio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Park Slope is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, within an area known as South Brooklyn. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park and Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Slope
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Troubled Sleep is a Brooklyn independent bookstore in Park Slope. Founded in 2022, it sells new and used books in various genres with an emphasis on literary fiction. It also buys used books.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Sleep_(bookstore)
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Claim 8: “the second-murder suicide in the building in two years”
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Multiple sources state this was the second murder-suicide in the building in two years, specifically linking it to a previous incident in January 2024.
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web search NEUTRAL — A murder–suicide is an act where an individual intentionally kills one or more people, before or while also killing themselves. The suicide may be done in response to the guilt one feels for the murde…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder–suicide
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web search NEUTRAL — Two women were found stabbed to death in Park Slope on Saturday night at the same location where a murder-suicide occurred two years ago, according to police. NYPD officers responded to a call of an u…
https://amedpost.com/women-found-stabbed-death-same-building…
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web search NEUTRAL — Police said the two were in a relationship. According to a preliminary investigation, police said, Mells killed Simmons before dying by suicide. Simmons has a child who was not home at the time, polic…
https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/Two-apparen…
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.