The sister of a South American pop star was murdered inside the luxury Los Angeles apartment she had been living in for just over a month, police said.
Melissa Mooney, 31, was found dead inside a skye at the Bunker Hill unit in Downtown Los Angeles just before 4 p.m. Tuesday when police were called to perform a well-being check. The LAPD said In a statement on Friday.
Investigators ruled that she was the victim of a homicide, although the exact cause of her death is still unknown.
Mooney is the younger sister of Jordyn Pauline, a “trap pop” singer originally from Guyana.
“I’m heartbroken I can’t believe you won’t be here with us anymore. You were so loving and so kind to everyone … It’s so sick I can’t believe my little big sister is gone. Is !!!!!” Pauline expressed regret on Instagram.
“How is it possible that you won’t be here, we were supposed to grow old together and have babies and end wars (you’re the best chef ever). It feels so real that I think about it.” Keep crying I am having a bad dream.We will get you justice my sister.I promise you will not go in vain!!!
Police could not say how long Mooney had been dead before she was discovered, but her family said they became worried last weekend when they were unable to contact her.
They called for LA police to conduct a welfare check after his iPhone text conversations with Mooney turned from blue to green, indicating they weren’t sent through his normal data service. was going, and suspicions arose.
Mooney was already dead, but her iCloud had an alert indicating that someone was using her technology, telling her loved ones that her killer had stolen her iPhone. And trying to kill the MacBook, he told ABC 7.
Mooney was an aspiring model who worked as a real estate agent at Beverly Hills-based agency Nest Seekers, though her profile was recently removed.
She moved into the nearly 450-unit luxury apartment building just last month.
Other residents told ABC 7 the high-rise has seen “a flurry of suspicious activity” in and around the building in recent weeks.
The downtown area has seen a string of stabbings, including a man who was fatally shot Thursday on a Metro train platform at Pershing Square, just a half-mile from Mooney’s home. Located at a distance.
