A contestant on the last year’s season of American’s Next Top Model has been found killed in a triple homicide in North Carolina.
Mirjana Puhar, 19, her boyfriend, Jonathan Cosme Alvarado, 23, and a friend, Jusmar Isiah Gonzaga-Garcia, 21, were found shot inside a home in Charlotte, North Carolina on Tuesday.
Puhar, who moved to the U.S. from Serbia with her family to escape the Kosovo War when she was five, appeared on the 21st cycle of the reality TV show but was eliminated in the 10th episode.
Emmanuel Jesus Rangel, 19, has been arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths, which police say were drug related, the Charlotte Observer reported.
Police say the victims and their killer knew each other. Puhar had just moved in with Alvarado and Gonzaga-Garcia, TMZ reported.
Authorities said they found the bodies after a tip from a ‘source’. They have not said how the victims died but TMZ reported that the bodies were found after gunshots were heard.
On Wednesday, a friend confirmed the news on Puhar’s Instagram page.
‘It has been confirmed,’ the friend, Chelsea, wrote just before 11am. ‘Everyone keep family and friends in prayer. Everything is still under investigation. Thank you.’
The message was later removed from the page.
Rangel has also been charged in a separate murder that occurred on Sunday morning. He is one of three people charged in connection with a homicide at a motel in Matthews, police said.
Authorities responded to reports of a shooting at 1am at the Microtel Hotel and found two men with gun wounds inside a car.
Source: Daily Mail
