Welcome back to Current Affairs, our show about the stories of Love Gone Fatally wrong that are in the news right now.

These shorter contemporary stories come out on Fridays,

while our extensive full length,

90 minute plus main episodes come out, of course, on Wednesdays.

Today, we begin with an update in a story we covered last month.

On October 13th, we covered the story of Melissa Mooney.

Melissa was the second model to be found dead in Los Angeles in a short period of time,

although police said that the cases didn't appear connected.

At the time, no information was given about the cases didn't appear connected.

At the time, no information was given

about the actual crime itself,

other than it seemed clear that there was foul play involved.

Last week, the autopsy report came out,

and it was fairly shocking.

Trigger warning for extreme violence.

When Melisa was found dead in her LA apartment on September 12th, she had been beaten and bound and then stuffed into her refrigerator.

The report found blunt force trauma as well as traces of cocaine and alcohol in her system.

The medical examiner wrote,

the blunt force traumatic injuries observed at autopsy

are generally not considered acutely life-threatening

on their own.

However, based on the circumstances of how Ms. Mooney was found, these injuries suggest

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