It is unclear if the two deaths are related.
The Police of the American city of Los Angeles are investigating the deaths of two African American models, who were found in their apartments, located a kilometer away from each other, 2 days apart, the Los Angeles Times reported last Saturday.
Nichole Coats, 32, was found dead by family members on September 10, and police officers later found the body of Maleesa Mooney, 31, responding to a welfare check call.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, Mooney’s death is being investigated as homicide, while Coats’ was described as “suspicious death“.
Coats’ relatives were dismayed. “I couldn’t recognize her,” recalled May Stevens, the woman’s aunt, referring to her appearance, adding that, in her opinion, It is “a murder”. “One of her legs was in the air in a kick position. This wasn’t someone who just lays down on her bed and dies,” Stevens explained. For her part, Sharon, Coats’ mother, told a media outlet that the scene of her daughter’s death was bloody and gruesome. Meanwhile, Mooney’s cause of death remains unknown.until the autopsy is performed.
Police He did not specify whether he believed the deaths were related., despite the geographical proximity, similar age and occupation of both. The models’ relatives fear that it is a serial killer on the loose.
Source: RT
