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A Michigan woman who traveled to Pennsylvania to meet a “friend” was kidnapped, brutally beaten, stabbed, and tortured before her body was wrapped in a tarp and buried in a dirt basement of the Wilkes-Barre house of horrors. Five people were arrested in the gruesome death of Nicole Cuevas, 38, of Saginaw, Mich., Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce announced on Tuesday, the Times Leader reported. Cuevas’ body was buried in a basement in April 2023 and was recovered on Feb. 27, he said. “During her stay there, she was handcuffed to a basement post, and over the course of several wee…