Content material warning: This story discusses homicidal violence.
Extra particulars are surfacing concerning the tragic killing of Maleesa Mooney.
The mannequin, 31, was found dead in her downtown Los Angeles apartment on Sept. 12, prompting a murder investigation. Her cause of death was later confirmed as “homicidal violence,” in accordance with the L.A. County Division of Medical Examiner, which famous that “different important situations” additionally contributed to her death.
Now, officers have decided that Mooney—who was two months pregnant on the time, in accordance with her sister—was overwhelmed and “wedged” inside her fridge, per an post-mortem report revealed by native outlet KTLA Oct. 27.
The report acknowledged that her wrists and ankles had been sure collectively after which tied behind her again utilizing “digital cords and clothes gadgets.” Mooney was additionally discovered gagged with a chunk of clothes in her mouth, with seen accidents to her head, torso and arms.
“The blunt drive traumatic accidents noticed at post-mortem are usually not thought-about life-threatening on their very own,” the medical expert stated within the report. “Nonetheless, based mostly on the circumstances of how Ms. Mooney was discovered, these accidents recommend she was probably concerned in [a] violent bodily altercation previous to her demise.”