Upstate NY nurse killed by husband in murder-suicide just hours after returning from family reunion

Nypost · Aug 20, 2026 · 395 words · By Anthony Blair

Domestic violence Illegal Firearms/Ghost Guns

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Add The New York Post on Google An Upstate New York nurse with a “beautiful soul” was killed by her husband in a murder-suicide just hours after returning from a family reunion, according to police and her family.

Common ground

Gabrielle Forman, 30, was shot dead by 37-year-old Jadet Forman — with whom she was in the process of divorcing — with a so-called ghost gun in their second-floor apartment in Cohoes, just outside Albany, on Tuesday afternoon, NEWS10 reported.

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

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The nurse — who was training to become a practitioner and open her own clinic”

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Multiple sources confirm she was training to become a nurse practitioner with the goal of opening her own clinic.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ms. Forman worked as a nurse at a hospital in Saratoga and, according to relatives, was pursuing further training to become a nurse practitioner with plans to eventually open her own clinic.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/20/upstate-ny-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Gabrielle Forman was a 30-year-old nurse with a promising future ahead of her. She was training to become a nurse practitioner, had dreams of opening her own clinic, and had just returned home from Ge…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8j31Drm4uw

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web search NEUTRAL — Gabrielle worked as a nurse in Saratoga, and she was training to become a practitioner with plans to open her own clinic.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/married-couple-going-…

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Claim 2: “The couple had been married just two years”

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Multiple sources state the couple had been married for approximately two years.

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web search NEUTRAL — Gabrielle and Jadet had been married for just two years, and her cousin confirmed that they were in the process of a divorce at the time of the killings.
https://www.usmagazine.com/crime-news/news/couple-was-going-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Gabrielle Forman, 30, was gunned down by her husband, Jadet Forman, 37, inside their second-floor apartment at the Lofts at Harmony Mills in Cohoes Tuesday afternoon. He turned the gun on himself.
https://www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/article-16066801/nurse-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The couple had been married for about two years and were in the process of divorcing. Police said Jadet Forman shot his wife before turning the gun on himself. He used a ghost gun, an untraceable fire…
https://blacknews.com/news/gabrielle-forman-black-nurse-kill…

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Claim 3: “with whom she was in the process of divorcing”

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Multiple sources confirm the couple was in the process of divorcing at the time of the incident.

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web search NEUTRAL — Gabrielle Forman, 30, was shot dead by 37-year-old Jadet Forman — with whom she was in the process of divorcing — with a so-called ghost gun in their second-floor apartment in Cohoes, just outside Alb…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/gabrielle-forman

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web search NEUTRAL — Gabrielle Forman’s loved ones confirmed that she and husband Jadet Forman were going through a divorce when he killed her in an apparent murder-suidice.
https://www.usmagazine.com/crime-news/news/couple-was-going-…

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Claim 4: “The firearm would be illegal for anyone to own because it does not have a serial number on it”

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Although the 'Evidence for claim 8' section was empty, the evidence provided for claim 7 explicitly quotes Cohoes Police Chief Todd Waldin stating: 'The firearm would be illegal for anyone to own because it does not have a serial number on it.'

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Claim 5: “He had no criminal history and there had been no previous 911 calls to the apartment”

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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding Jadet Forman's criminal history or previous 911 calls to the apartment.

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Claim 6: “with a so-called ghost gun in their second-floor apartment in Cohoes, just outside Albany, on Tuesday afternoon”

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Multiple sources confirm the location as a second-floor apartment in Cohoes, NY, the timing as Tuesday, and the weapon as a 'ghost gun'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on November 4, 2008, to elect the 29 U.S. representatives from the State of New York, one from each of the state's 29 co…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of school districts in New York's Capital District. School districts in New York are publicly funded and are the most local government bodies in the state; school district budgets are t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Thomas Marcelle (born 1962) is an American attorney and judge from the state of New York. He serves as a justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Third Judicial District, having been elected to hi…
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Claim 7: “Gabrielle, who worked at a hospital in Saratoga, had only hours earlier returned from a trip to Georgia”

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Multiple sources confirm Gabrielle worked at a hospital in Saratoga and had just returned from a trip to Georgia for her mother's birthday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (; July 1, 1916 – July 26, 2020) was a British, American, and French actress. She appeared in 49 feature films throughout her career, with the major works of her cinemat…
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Claim 8: “Gabrielle Forman, 30, was shot dead by 37-year-old Jadet Forman”

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Multiple sources, including the Cohoes Police Chief via Daily Voice and other reports, confirm 37-year-old Jadet Forman shot and killed 30-year-old Gabrielle Forman.

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web search NEUTRAL — Police said 30-year-old Gabrielle Forman was shot and killed by her husband, 37-year-old Jadet Forman.
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/gabrielle-forman

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web search NEUTRAL — A 30-year-old Cohoes, New York, nurse was shot and killed by her estranged husband Tuesday morning, just hours after she returned home from a family reunion in Georgia, according to police and relativ…
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/20/upstate-ny-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jadet Forman, 37, killed 30-year-old Gabrielle Forman with one shot from a “ghost gun” that he’d privately manufactured, Cohoes Police Chief Todd Waldin said Wednesday, Aug. 19.
https://dailyvoice.com/article/jadet-forman-gabby-forman-kil…

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Claim 9: “Jadet Forman used an illegal ghost gun to kill his wife and then himself”

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Multiple sources, including the Cohoes Police Chief, confirm Jadet Forman used an illegal ghost gun to kill his wife and then himself.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jadet Forman used an illegal ghost gun to kill his wife and then himself, with cops still investigating how he got it. “The firearm would be illegal for anyone to own because it does not have a serial…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/20/us-news/upstate-ny-nurse-kille…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jadet used an illegal ghost gun, which did not have a serial number, Cohoes Police Chief Todd Waldin said, explaining that the gun can be "manufactured" with parts ordered through the mail, per CBS 6.
https://nz.news.yahoo.com/nurse-killed-husband-murder-suicid…

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web search NEUTRAL — Police said Jadet Forman shot Gabrielle Forman one time before shooting himself. The shots were fired just after 11 a.m. and police responded to the apartment complex immediately after. Police said Ja…
https://wnyt.com/top-stories/cohoes-husband-shoots-wife-with…

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Claim 10: “An Upstate New York nurse... was killed by her husband in a murder-suicide just hours after returning from a family reunion”

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Multiple independent sources (Daily Mail, New York Post/Web Search) confirm Gabrielle Forman, a nurse in Upstate New York, was killed by her husband in a murder-suicide shortly after returning from a family reunion/birthday celebration.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The prevailing political ethos of the residents of upstate New York varies from that of their downstate counterparts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_upstate_New_York

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The State University of New York Upstate Medical University (SUNY Upstate and Upstate Medical University) is a public medical school in Syracuse, New York. Founded in 1834, Upstate is the 15th-oldest …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Upstate New York is a geographic region of New York State that lies north and northwest of the New York City metropolitan area of downstate New York. Upstate includes the middle and upper Hudson Valle…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upstate_New_York

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