Ex Playboy model Christina Carlin-Kraft beaten to death in her home by a drug dealer in August of 2018

Christina Carlin-Kraft was strikingly beautiful. With her stunning looks, enviable figure and a love of fashion, it came as no surprise that she became a successful model.

Christina, 36, was a small-town girl from New Jersey who worked her way up to appear in top magazines such as Vanity Fair and Maxim , and model for brands including cosmetic companies and Victoria’s Secret.

Christina had even been a Playboy model and had been photographed with the late Hugh Hefner at events.

In her profile she described herself as having an ‘olive complexion and green eyes’ and said she was of a ‘Russian and German background with a hint of Swedish’.

Christina said she was looking for work in high fashion and enjoyed tasteful lingerie and swimwear shoots.

Despite living a glamorous life in New York for a while, dining at top restaurants and carrying designer handbags, Christina’s loved ones knew her as a kind, graceful, animal lover who made time for her friends and family.

However, she did have a fiery personality and in 2016, it had got her into trouble when she had a physical argument with a manager of a Manhattan restaurant over a bill. Reports said she was drunk at the time.

Charges were eventually dropped on the condition that she stay out of trouble for the following six months, which she did.

By 2018, Christina was engaged to her long-term boyfriend Alexander Ciccotelli.

He had bought a condo in an affluent area in Ardmore, Philadelphia, for her to live in, and she was there when they weren’t at their other home at the beach.

Christina hadn’t been at the condo for long when she told police she’d had a drink spiked by a man in a bar, who had come back to her home and stolen some of her jewellery and designer bags.

The man, Andre Melton, was later found guilty of burglary, criminal trespassing, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property.

It had shaken her,

but Christina refused to shut herself away. In the early hours of August 22, she got a Lyft taxi – a ride-sharing service – into the bustling city centre.

Later that day, Alex arrived and couldn’t get into the condo. It was dead-bolted from the inside, so his key didn’t work.

Christina wasn’t answering her phone, either. Worried, he called the police and they went to the apartment to investigate.

When police entered, they found Christina dead. Her bloodied, beaten body was under a blanket.

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