Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Meet America's Next Top Model contestant, 19,Whom her boyfriend found murdered in 'drug-related' triple homicide at their North Carolina home
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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 appeared on the 21st cycle of the reality TV show, which aired last year, 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.
Murdered: Mirjana Puhar, pictured last
August, has been found killed in the home she shared with her boyfriend
and a friend in Charlotte, North Carolina. She appeared on America's
Next Top Model last year
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.
Model: She is pictured in images on her Instagram, including with Tyra Banks, the creator of the show
Star: She appeared on the 21st cycle of the show, which aired last year, but left in the 10th week
One man, Rosool Jaleel Harrell, 22, was dead and the other had suffered life-threatening injuries.
'We
don't know for sure' if the two cases are related, Matthews police
Officer Tim Aycock told the Observer. 'It's very suspicious that the
same guy is charged.'
Arrest: Emmanuel Rangel, 19, has been charged with their deaths and another murder on Sunday
He was arrested without incident on Wednesday morning, police said.
Rangel was charged with first-degree murder in that case, along with Edward Sanchez, 19.
Another teenager, Emily Ann Isaacs, 18, was charged with accessory after fact.
Mirjana
was 18 when she appeared on the reality TV show, which aired last year,
and was eliminated from the show in the 10th episode.
The
Serbian native was five when she moved to the U.S. with her family
during the Kosovo War. They ended up in New York City before moving to
North Carolina around 10 years ago, she told the Charlotte Observer in an interview last year.
She dropped out of high school and worked different jobs, including at McDonald's, before becoming a model.
'I
was a wild child,' she told the Observer in the interview. 'I went out,
had fun, partied, whatever – I didn't really have the best influences
around me.'
But
she decided to head back to school and completed her GED at a community
college just before starting on America's Next Top Model. She was the
youngest contestant taking part in last year's show.
While on the show, she became close to a male model on the series - but he is not the man who was found killed on Tuesday.
Scene: Police swarmed the house on Norris Avenue after the three people were found dead on Tuesday
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