A New Jersey woman celebrating her 24th birthday has been confirmed as one of the dead in the tragic roof collapse at a Dominican Republic nightclub that killed 225.
The body of Jennifer Contreras, of Passaic, was pulled from the rubble of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo on Wednesday night, her sister, Luz Contreras, told NJ.com.
Contreras had been staying in the Dominican Republic working on her eyebrow micropigmentation certification so she could work at her nail salon, LuziBeauty, in New Jersey.
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Jennifer Contreras was killed in the Jet Set nightclub roof collapse on April 8. Jennifer Contreras/Facebook
On April 8, she went out with friends to celebrate her upcoming birthday at the Jet Set nightclub when the tragedy happened.
Luz said her
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