UCLA grad student stabbed to death while working alone in Los Angeles furniture store

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Brianna Kupfer, 24, was working alone inside Croft Furniture on North La Brea Avenue on Thursday about 1:50 p.m. when a man walked in and attacked her with a knife, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

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The suspect is believed to be homeless and there is no known motive for the attack, police said.

Kupfer was working as a consultant at the high-end retailer popular with celebrities like Mandy Moore, whose Pasadena home features a Croft House sofa, according to Architectural Digest.

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Jennifer Botelho, who owns a chiropractic practice next door to Croft House, told the news site the suspect entered her business shortly before the slaying.

"He came in and asked a couple of questions: ‘Do you do orthopedics here?’ What kind of care we provide and then he left," she said.

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Police described the suspect as a tall, thin, Black male, wearing a dark hoodie, sunglasses, a white N-95 mask, dark skinny jeans, dark shoes and carrying a dark backpack.

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