# Dad of murdered NYC nurse recalls killer’s chilling last words in terrifying phone call

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/dad-of-murdered-nyc-nurse-recalls-killers-chilling-last-words-in-terrifying-phone-call/
- Published: 2026-11-05T17:08:39+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T17:23:28+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/05/us-news/dad-of-murdered-nyc-nurse-recalls-killers-chilling-last-words-in-terrifying-phone-call/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- A nurse called her father during the fatal shooting.
- Her boyfriend was found dead at the scene.
- Her father says the relationship had ended.

## Summary

A New York nurse was fatally shot in her Bronx apartment by her boyfriend, a federal agent, after she called her father for help, according to her father’s account. He said the boyfriend then told him she was gone before shooting himself; the case has drawn attention to the fatal consequences of a relationship ending.

The nurse, Andrea Cantarini, was 37, and her boyfriend, Juan Cornelio Diaz, was 38 and worked for US Customs and Border Protection at JFK airport. Her father, retired NYPD officer Rudy Cantarini, said she called him at 8.47pm on Tuesday, begged for her life and remained on the phone as she was shot. Diaz was found at the scene with a gunshot wound to the head.

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