Great Sunny Jesus, the woman’s embers haven’t even cooled yet, and the family’s fighting over Barbie dolls.
from www.miaminewtimes.com – It’s been nearly three months since aspiring model Paula Sladewski’s body was found burning in a North Miami dumpster. Efforts to find the killer have stalled, and now Sladewski’s family back home is in a bitter argument over her personal property.
Detroit’s Fox 2 reports that Paula’s sister Kelly Farris and mother Patsy Watkins are no longer talking after feuding over Sladewski’s belongings. Among the items: dozens and dozens of unopened boxes of Barbie dolls and a cherry-red Mustang convertible.
Sladewski, who shared Barbie’s hair and eye color, had a vast collection of the dolls.
Farris collected the items from Sladewski’s home when she feared her mother was planning on auctioning them. Watkins says she felt bad she didn’t have any money and wanted proceeds from the auction to go to a reward for information about Sladewski’s killer. Watkins has legal executorship.
Farris put up nearly $14,000 of her own money to go toward the reward but wants to hold on to Sladewski’s collection.
“I feel like I’ve lost two daughters,” Watkins says.
from www.myfoxdetroit.com – DEARBORN, Mich. – It’s a murder mystery that still hasn’t been solved. And as Florida police try to find Paula Sladewski’s killer, her family back in Michigan is now locked in a feud over who gets her things, including dozens of dolls. They’re not talking to each other, but they’re both talking to Fox 2’s Brad Edwards (click the video player to watch).
The body of 26-year-old Michigan-native Paula Sladewski was found in a burning trash can in Miami in January. Her body identified by dental records.
FOX 2’s Brad Edwards reports that Sladewski, a former Playboy model, and her boyfriend traveled to Miami for a Lady Gaga concert over the weekend and then to a Miami nightclub where they argued and then seperated. That’s when she disappeared.
There have been no arrests in the case, despite police releasing a sketch of a man seen leaving the Miami club with Sladewski and a feature on the television show ‘America’s Most Wanted.’