A man has tweeted to express his sadness over the loss of his sister Nicole Mansfield. There is no direct confirmation that the twitter handle @montemansfield is in fact related to the Nicole Lynn Mansfield who was killed earlier this week in an embattled area of Syria.
R.I.P. to my sister Nicole Mansfield I Iove and miss you
— Monte Mansfield (@MonteMansfield) May 31, 2013
However, the man’s Facebook page does indicated he is from the Flint, Michigan area and his listed “niece” leads us to a profile picture of a teenage girl with a woman who appears to be Nicole Lynn Mansfield:
This tweet comes in the wake of a Detroit Free Press that interviewed Mansfield’s grandmother and aunt. This tweet marks the first comment made by an immediate family member since news of her death surfaced in the United States.