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| Christina Carlin-Kraft: Former Playboy model found dead in Pennsylvania home | Christina Carlin-Kraft: Former Playboy model found dead in Pennsylvania home |
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| A former Playboy model has been found strangled to death in her apartment in a Philadelphia suburb. | A former Playboy model has been found strangled to death in her apartment in a Philadelphia suburb. |
| Christina Carlin-Kraft, 36, was discovered by police on 22 August in the bedroom of the home in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. | Christina Carlin-Kraft, 36, was discovered by police on 22 August in the bedroom of the home in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. |
| Lower Merion police say officers found her body in the first-floor unit at 21:15 local time on Wednesday. | Lower Merion police say officers found her body in the first-floor unit at 21:15 local time on Wednesday. |
| The Montgomery County Coroner's Office determined the cause of death to be homicide by "ligature strangulation". | The Montgomery County Coroner's Office determined the cause of death to be homicide by "ligature strangulation". |
| The flat is owned by her Wall Street banker boyfriend, whom she dated for nine years, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. | The flat is owned by her Wall Street banker boyfriend, whom she dated for nine years, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. |
| A source told the Inquirer that police had been investigating a burglary at the flat, reported by Ms Carlin-Kraft after a night out on Saturday. | |
| Police recovered some of her stolen goods - including jewellery and designer handbags - in south-west Philadelphia on Wednesday. | Police recovered some of her stolen goods - including jewellery and designer handbags - in south-west Philadelphia on Wednesday. |
| They discovered her body that night while returning the goods, the Inquirer reported. | They discovered her body that night while returning the goods, the Inquirer reported. |
| Sources told the Inquirer that surveillance footage showed a male suspect at the apartment both on the evening of the robbery and on Wednesday. | Sources told the Inquirer that surveillance footage showed a male suspect at the apartment both on the evening of the robbery and on Wednesday. |
| The footage on Wednesday shows the suspect entering the Ardmore flat but not leaving. | The footage on Wednesday shows the suspect entering the Ardmore flat but not leaving. |
| Authorities have withheld the victim's name until next-of-kin are notified, but family members confirmed her death to CBS Philadelphia. | Authorities have withheld the victim's name until next-of-kin are notified, but family members confirmed her death to CBS Philadelphia. |
| In her Model Mayhem profile, Ms Carlin-Kraft lists New York City as her home and cites past work with Vanity Fair, Maxim Magazine, Victoria's Secret and Playboy. | In her Model Mayhem profile, Ms Carlin-Kraft lists New York City as her home and cites past work with Vanity Fair, Maxim Magazine, Victoria's Secret and Playboy. |