Coppi's Organic Co-Owner Found Dead
NoraNori AmayaNoraNori Amaya, co-owner of popular U Street restaurant Coppi's Organic, was found dead Monday night in her apartment in the 3600 block of 16th Street NW, NBCWashington.com is reporting. A call to Coppi's this afternoon confirmed the news, though a restaurant spokesperson declined to comment any further at this time.
D.C. police said they are waiting on a determination on cause of death from the medical examiner's office.
Amaya co-owned Coppi's with her brother, Carlos Amaya. She was 38.
UPDATE 3:40 p.m.: Amaya's Facebook page provides some eerie evidence of her demise. At 8:57 p.m. on Friday night, she updated with a reminder about a performance scheduled for Sunday night at Coppi's: "Rumba Flamenca !!!! and the EXOTIC Belly Dancers !!!!! This Sunday !!!," she wrote. Then there's nothing on her wall until earlier today, when news of her death first broke, and friends and loved ones began posting heartfelt messages about the loss of Amaya.
The Post is now reporting that Amaya's death is being treated as a homicide by D.C. police, pending autopsy results.
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Sad news indeed. I don't know the owners, but defintely LOVE the restaurant. Good beer. Good pizza. Reasonable prices compared to most of the new places popping up around U St. And named after the greatest cyclist of all time, almost too good to be true.
it's funny, because i remember a point in years past when people claimed that coppi's was one of the most expensive places on the strip...
Here name is Nori, not Nora, FYI. NBC had it wrong too.
*Her
From the updated NBC Washington article...
"Nori Amaya's death has been ruled a homicide. The cause of death was determined to be strangulation."
How awful. Rest in peace.
This is so sad!!! I did not know her but I know her brother.. If you read this bro I am so so sorry for your lost and I hope they find the person that did this to your sister. God bless you and your family, my prayers are with you...