2 L.A. models found dead in downtown apartments, just days apart

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Nichole (Nikki) Coats, 32, were discovered late last week in apartments just a few miles from each other.Mooney’s death is being investigated as a murder, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) says, while Coats’ death is not being investigated as a homicide at this time.However, a family member of Coats said the family believes she was murdered.“I couldn’t recognize her,” Coats’ aunt, May Stevens, told KTLA about the moment family members discovered Coats in her apartment on Sept. 10.“I believe it was murder, I really do.

One of her legs was up in the air in a kicking position. That’s not somebody who just laid in their bed and died.”Coats’ mother, Sharon, told the news station that the scene of her daughter’s death was bloody and gruesome.Mooney’s body, meanwhile, was discovered two days later, on Sept.

12, when officers received a call asking to check on her welfare.Details of what they discovered are slim, and police say they do not know the cause of death at this time, but the LAPD is asking for help in identifying the persons or people responsible for the crime.Asked if the cases could be linked, a police spokesperson told ABC News on Monday, “it’s too soon” to tell and that they are still awaiting the coroner’s reports.However, Lt. Ricard Lopez told the Los Angeles Times that Coats’ death is still under “active investigation,” and that the cause of death is “subject to change” once the coroner’s report comes back.Mooney’s sister, Jourdin Pauline, spoke to local station KABC Friday during a rally demanding justice for her sister.

She said her family grew concerned when they couldn’t get ahold of her.A post shared by JOURDIN PAULINE (@jourdinpauline)“We’re supposed to grow old together,” Pauline told KABC. “That’s