Miami police seek clues in slaying of Southern California model found burned in trash bin

Police in Miami are investigating the slaying of a Rancho Cucamonga model whose body was found burned inside a trash bin.

Paula Sladewski, a 26-year-old who posed for Playboy, was on vacation in Miami with her boyfriend. According to the Miami Herald, her boyfriend said the two got separated while at a club. She was found Sunday night, and police used dental records to identify her.

She was "burned beyond recognition," Lt. Neal Cuevas, a North Miami police spokesman, told the Herald. Police want to talk to the boyfriend, but officials are not calling him a suspect in the slaying.

Sladewski's neighbors in Rancho Cucamonga told KTLA that the model and her boyfriend were often heard arguing inside the home.

"You could hear slamming and stuff like that but nothing more than that, and they kept to themselves," said one neighbor, who wished to remain unidentified. Officers had been called to the home for domestic disputes.

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

--Shelby Grad

Photo: KTLA

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Comments

[sadtruth]

I saw the interview with this girls boyfriend...I could be wrong but his interview looked rehearsed to me. Pounding his fist on the desk looked a little dramatic to me. Then going from crying and pounding his fist to being totally calm...struck me as odd. I hope they catch whoever did this.

[Citizen]

Star 80!

[Jon K.]

I think we can safely say that it's 90% likely that the boyfriend did it.

[fred]

sadtruth,
I believe that video was an ex-boyfriend and NOT the one under investigation.
I do agree that the boyfriend in the video looked like he was faking grief, probably trying to do the right thing too much.......

[Mr. Hogan]

Another model/stripper killed probably by her boyfriend. The old boyfriend is still here in So Cal while she was with her new boyfriend in Miami.

[ryan]

Separated and he catches a cab back? Someone with a girlfriend that good looking is going to leave her by herself while he catches a cab back? They don''t have each others cell phone numbers on speed dial..... especially boyfriend/girlfriend? Sounds a bit odd.......

[Tara]

whoever did this really hated women!

[Joseph W. Walden Jr.]

Well folks your completely off the mark, the boyfriend is innocent.
You see the North Miami/Dade PD isnt as incompetent as the LASD/LAPD officer's and confirmed his alibi that he returned in a cab to his hotel, fact is there is video footage from Club Space that Ms.Paula Sladewski left with another man.
This man is now the primary suspect of interest but the method of disposal used by this killer is no different the badly burned body found in a Santa Fe Springs trash bin.
Meaning we have a new breed of serial killers/rapist that purposely burn thier victems to destroy all traces of residual dna evidence that remains after physical and sexual assaults.
Lets face the facts here, it isnt the least bit suspicious for anyone to have a 5 gallon can of gasoline in thier vehicle.
America has declared a war on women and until we find a better means to deal with proven sex offenders murders like this will continue to happen.
tell me has the LAPD/LASD even determine who the Santa Fe Springs victem was, race, age, anything or was she burned beyond all recognition.