Thousands of miles away, family and friends are mourning the loss of a woman described as being “driven by courage and determination” after she was tragically killed while pursuing her dreams in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
June Bunyan, 37, an aspiring lawyer and U.K. national, was found dead on Sept. 11 inside a residence in Hollywood, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).<\/p>\n
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department tipped the LAPD about the possible death investigation after it responded to an attempted suicide call in Newbury Park. There, Ventura County investigators discovered a male with wrist injuries at a motel and a note that stated he had killed his wife, according to the LAPD.<\/p>\n
LAPD officers responded to a call of a smell of decomposing flesh and once inside “observed limbs in a plastic bag,” in the apartment complex on Franklin Avenue. LAPD told NBC4 Investigates it believes she was murdered on Sept. 4, days before she was discovered.<\/p>\n
Jonathan Renteria, 25, was arrested and booked into county jail on suspicion of murder, according to a complaint filed with the Los Angeles County DA’s Office.<\/p>\n
Bunyan’s family back home said she held multiple degrees and moved to the United States with dreams of taking the bar exam and becoming a defence attorney.<\/p>\n
“June was known for her vibrant personality, infectious laugh, and deeply compassionate heart,” wrote Vicky Tulika, Bunyan’s best friend and organizer of her crowdfunding page. <\/p>\n
The family hopes to raise money to bring her remains back to Scotland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of miles away, family and friends are mourning the loss of a woman described as being “driven…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":255126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337,33077],"class_list":{"0":"post-255125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-ventura-county"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115268356966299521","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}