Boyfriend Kept Woman's Body on Ice for a Year at SoCal Hotel

[bijou]

Not a new story, but some amazing new details.

NEWPORT BEACH, California —  Police thought they were handling a routine drug bust at a ritzy hotel — until they opened a large Rubbermaid container and found a woman's body preserved on a bed of dry ice.

In the days since the chilling discovery, the tale has only gotten more bizarre.

Friends insist that Monique Trepp, 33, an aspiring model, died a year ago and her boyfriend, a convicted drug dealer from New Zealand, held a wake in her honor at the hotel where he lived for three years. Authorities said she had been dead "a while," but released few other details.

The person who likely knows more, Trepp's boyfriend, Stephen David Royds, 46, made a cryptic statement from jail, where he is being held on $1 million bail on felony drug charges and a warrant from a 2002 conviction for selling cocaine.

Prosecutors have not said whether they will charge Royds with an offense related to keeping her body or not reporting her death. An autopsy found no signs of homicide. Toxicology tests are pending, but authorities have said Trepp likely overdosed on drugs.

...In his executive suite, Room 966, Trepp's well-preserved body was stuffed into a giant-sized Rubbermaid container packed with dry ice. The suite, featuring marble floors, a powder room, and a private balcony, goes for up to $400 per night.

A spokeswoman for the hotel said Royds had negotiated a discounted rate because of his extended stay, but did not elaborate.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,337388,00.html

[jtyangel]

That's a hard looking 33 so drug overdose seems likely. What a waste since aside from the hardness, she's a decent looking lady.




drug dealer is a hard looking 40 something too.