Friends, Family in Nyack Mourn Slaying of Nurse, Mother of Four

Family and friends from Nyack are mourning the death of a 44-year-old Nyack Hospital nurse who was killed by her husband in an apparent murder-suicide.

Funeral arrangements for Sabine Icart, a 44-year-old mother of four children, have not yet been finalized but are being handled by Hannemann Funeral Home of Nyack.

Police said Icart was found on Friday in her Clinton Street apartment in the Town of Cornwall in Orange County, where she had been shot twice. She was taken to St. Luke's Hospital Cornwall Campus and was pronounced dead.

“Everyone at Nyack Hospital was deeply saddened by the loss of Ms. Sabine Icart," said David H. Freed, Nyack Hospital president and CEO. "We will miss her as a colleague and friend alike. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this time.”

Police said Icart's estranged husband, Bernard Icart, 46, became a person of interest in the investigation of the fatal shooting. Police in Orange County joined forces with New York City Police to track him to Ozone Park, Queens. However, when police went to the Queens home on Saturday they found that Bernard Icart had committed suicide.

Sabine Icart's children were not home at the time of the shooting. She was a registered nurse. Icart had lived in Orange County after moving there from Florida.

Further information on funeral arrangements are expected to be available Wednesday afternoon.