Playboy Model Paula Sladewski's Burned Body Found in Miami Trash Bin

By: Neil Katz
Topics: Daily Blotter

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NORTH MIAMI, Fla. (CBS/AP) The body of Paula Sladewski, a 26-year-old model who once posed for Playboy, has been found horribly burned inside a North Miami trash bin, according to police.

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Authorities say they used dental records to identify Sladewski, whose body was found Sunday night. Her body was "burned beyond recognition," Lt. Neal Cuevas, a North Miami police spokesman, told the Miami Herald.

Police say she arrived in Miami with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve after visiting her relatives in Dearborn, Mich. Police said she had been living intermittently in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., for the last couple of years.

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North Miami police say that Sladewski and her boyfriend were staying in a Miami Beach hotel during their visit to South Florida.

Sladewski's boyfriend reported her missing Monday, telling authorities he became separated from her at a Miami club over the weekend.

Police have called the boyfriend, who they have not named, a person of interest, according to the Miami Herald.

Sladewski had appeared in the 2003 Playboy movie titled "Playboy: The Ultimate Playmate Search," according to IMDB.

A cause of death hasn't been released.

Anyone with information on Sladewski's death is asked to call North Miami Detective Michael Gaudio at (305) 891-8111 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.

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Playboy Model Paula Sladewski's Burned Body Found in Miami Trash Bin

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by libbcbs January 8, 2010 6:34 PM EST: They already saw the guy on tape. It's NOT the boyfriend. Read the Miami paper.; Reply to this comment


by newsterl January 8, 2010 6:28 PM EST: Police have called the boyfriend, who they have not named, a person of interest,

A cause of death hasn't been released. "

That one's easy; murderer and murder, dang Im goood :); Reply to this comment


by libbcbs January 8, 2010 5:23 PM EST: It would have to be somebody in that club that offered her a ride home or one of the bouncers! Hope they have survellience, if not they'll have to dig up withnesses. Hope they find this animal.; Reply to this comment


by libbcbs January 8, 2010 4:50 PM EST: It would have to be somebody in that club that offered her a ride home or one of the bouncers! Hope they have survellience, if not they'll have to dig up withnesses. Hope they find this animal.; Reply to this comment


by lileoj January 8, 2010 2:33 PM EST: Find the *&%$# that did this and drag them out back beat them with a concrete filled lead pipe then burn them the same way he burned her. Crimes against women need to STOP. This is ridiculous I hate how some men have tiny little "members" so they have to beat and or kill a woman to make up for the lack of control. LET THE PUNISHMENT SUIT THE CRIME!!; Reply to this comment


by fariborzzak January 8, 2010 2:02 AM EST: 2009 was a bad year for Celebs I think 2010 would be the same.; Reply to this comment


by erb0087 January 8, 2010 12:32 AM EST: by sonofsummarex January 7, 2010 8:45 AM EST
Enough of this judgemantal [sic] nonsense.
This could have been nothing more than a tanning accident!
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And to think people call you a troll...

So what are you waiting for, sonofsummarex ?

The police could use this information, and there might be a reward.

"Anyone with information on Sladewski's death is asked to call North Miami Detective Michael Gaudio at (305) 891-8111 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS."; Reply to this comment


by death2commies January 7, 2010 7:27 PM EST: I live in socal, I have seen her advertising as a prostitute for 350 an hr
she must have pissed somebody off; Reply to this comment

by cidaia January 7, 2010 12:43 PM EST

Wonder why everyone is defending the murderer by suggesting that somehow this girl made it happen, by her lifestyle and/or her profession?

I am all for teaching our daughters not to put themselves in situations where they are likely to be exploited or abused. There is a measure of responsibility all people must take for their own life. But surely there was no way this girl could have predicted or prevented a murder like this, so I don't see what the point is in blaming her.

Was she stupid in living such a lifestyle? Probably.
Does she bear a measure of responsibility for what happened to her? Yes, if she knowingly or voluntarily hung out with bad people, or otherwise put herself in harms way.

Does that make it her fault? No, let's blame the murderer for this one. I don't care WHAT you've done, you have a right to not be burned alive.

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by newsterl January 8, 2010 6:30 PM EST: "I don't care WHAT you've done, you have a right to not be burned alive."

You dont know thats what happened, she was killed and THEN burned to disguise her identity

by run2jazz2 January 7, 2010 11:40 AM EST

Whatever happen to a life worth living? One that is quiet with family, friends, decent job and a little money to take your love one out on the town occasionally? Living that fast life with the fast money and the fast people will get you put into a fast grave. RIP sweetie, as I bet if you could do it all over again you would have applied the brakes.

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by rsmik January 8, 2010 5:46 PM EST: So, she had a fast life and fast money and knew fast people? How do you know this, did you know her?

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