According to news reports and even direct quotes from police at times as per media, the story ranges: There were no signs of obvious trauma, she had visible bruising all over her body, there were visible signs of strangulation. A tooth was cracked, her teeth were cracked from biting the killer, her teeth were smashed in the attack, she never knew what hit her and was grabbed, she fought back, she was knocked out as she was grabbed and dragged. She was a writer, she received a degree in Communications, she was a speech therapist, she was working as a waitress, she worked in a lounge, she was a caterer in a lounge also working as a speech pathologist.
For some reason, the narrative about this victim has created a mythical image in place of what, from what I can tell, has been truly confirmed. I find this sad because the image of the victim starts to override the person who was actually murdered. No matter what she was in life and where she worked, or whether we say "caterer" vs "waitress' or "therapist" vs "pathologist", or whether or not she fought back like a trooper, she died on a jogging trail doing what was her business and no one else's - all because a pathetic coward who hunts women who can't see him coming wanted a victim that day. You hear about victims who are poor or unattractive or unknown to a community as being 'lesser' victims in the eyes of the media and greater culture. But I think it's equally unfair for a beautiful woman with a fit body to become a poster character for fighting off her perp with valor. Maybe it's all true and she gave this perp a run for his money. Part of me hopes for her sake that she got some licks in. But that also means she was conscious, and then I hope she was in fact knocked out and never knew a thing.
Whatever the case, no victim image is a 'good' one.
So, I just hope the police can find this individual before he kills the next woman, which I believe is a given if he's not caught in short order. Even if it was someone who saw her film or passed her in a bar or didn't like Italian girls with firefighter fathers, or whatever his deal may have been, I seriously doubt that his homicidal behavior is confined to 'getting' Karina.
I've lost a child. It's scathing. I wish her parents peace. And I wish the police a huge stroke of luck. I'm sure they are frustrated.
I'm so sorry for your loss...