Business Manager to the Kardashians Found Dead in California

In a grueling story, the business manager to many celebrities including some of the Kardashians has been found dead this week.

Angela Kukawski, 55, was found dead in her car and her boyfriend has been charged with murder as well as torture.

Kukawski had been reported missing Dec. 22 from the Sherman Oaks neighborhood where she lived, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The LAPD said in a news release that the following day, police from Los Angeles and Simi Valley found Kukawski dead in her car, which was parked on Patricia Avenue in Simi Valley.

Kukawski’s boyfriend, 49-year-old Jason Barker, was arrested later that day on suspicion of murder. He was booked into Van Nuys Jail, where he’s being held in lieu of more than $3-million bail, according to inmate records.

According to detectives, Barker may have killed Kukawski inside their residence, put her in her car and drove to Simi Valley, where the vehicle was left.

The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office has charged Barker with one count of premeditated murder and one count of torture, both felonies, according to a criminal complaint provided to The Times.

Kukawski died from sharp and blunt force injuries of the head and neck, as well as strangulation, said the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office.

It’s alleged a knife and firearm were used during the attack and the complaint says was undertaken with “intent to cause cruel and extreme pain and suffering for the purpose of revenge, extortion, persuasion and for a sadistic purpose, [to] inflict great bodily injury,” as defined in the penal code for torture.

Prosecutors in the complaint say the crime took place between Dec. 21 and 22.

Inmate records show that Barker has a court date set for Jan. 12.

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