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Police in a Philadelphia suburb are investigating the killing of Christina Carlin-Kraft, a former Playboy model who was found strangled in her apartment Wednesday night,local outlet WTXF reports.
Lower Merion authorities say they found the body of the 36 year-old in her bedroom at 9:15 pm on Wednesday during a welfare check following a call about a potential robbery in her Ardmore condominium on Saturday. It was not immediately clear of the possible robbery is linked to Carlin-Kraft’s death. Police spent most of Thursday searching her home, local residents told thePhiladelphia Inquirer.
The coroner for Montgomery County has since performed an autopsy. The death was ruled a homicide due to “ligature strangulation,” which suggests the killer used rope or a similar device as the weapon, according to theInquirer.
Carlin-Kraft had just moved into the home, a woman in the complex told the Inquirer. Her last known residence,according to her Facebook page, was New York City.
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source: people.com
