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Bodybuilder dubbed 'She-Hulk' beaten to death with hammer as husband found dead
The bodybuilding champion and her American husband were travelling back from a competition in Dubai and preparing for another comp in Portugal when local police found their bodies
A bodybuilder dubbed the 'She-Hulk' has been found beaten to death with a hammer in her holiday home.
Colombian bodybuilding champion Zunilda Hoyos Mendez, who called herself Amy, was found dead on Thursday afternoon after detectives went to the property in Fuengirola, Costa del Sol. The body of her American husband, Jarrod Gelling, 46, was discovered in a bathroom with what police have described in an initial statement as “apparent self-inflicted stab wounds”.
The bodybuilding star's devastated family described Jarrod as “aggressive” and said they believe that he could have lashed out after she told him she wanted a divorce.
Zunilda, also described locally as an OnlyFans model, had been missing since Saturday after flying to the Costa del Sol from Dubai where the couple were following a competition.
Zunilda’s niece Yuleydis told local newspaper Sur that this trip was the couple's final as Zunilda decided she wanted a divorce.
She said: “For my aunt it was the last trip, a goodbye. She had taken the decision to split from her husband because of his aggressive behaviour.
“They had broken up already once and were apart for quite a while but then got back together again to try to resolve things, although the mistreatment continued.”
Yuleydis explained her aunt was going to help nurse Jarrod after a knee operation before travelling to Portugal to compete and then heading back to Colombia alone after taking the divorce decision.
The couple’s bodies were found just before 2pm inside a property on a residential estate called Higueron West after a gym companion of Zunilda’s raised the alarm saying he hadn’t seen her since June 14.
A National Police spokesman in Malaga confirmed the gruesome discovery: “The National Police is investigating the death of a man and woman found lifeless at a property in Fuengirola."
The statement continued: “In the absence of official identification of the bodies, initial inquiries are pointing to them being those of a 43-year-old woman of Colombian origin and her 46-year-old partner of American origin.
“Officers went to the property on a residential estate about 1.45pm after a friend of the woman whose body was found reported her disappearance on Wednesday at the National Police Station in Torremolinos.
“Her body showed obvious signs of violence and that of the man’s signs indicating a suicide-type death which is something an autopsy will have to confirm.”
If the woman’s death is confirmed as a gender violence murder, it would be the third so far in the province of Malaga and the fifth in Southern Spain’s Andalucia region.
Daily Star Sunday
The bodybuilding champion and her American husband were travelling back from a competition in Dubai and preparing for another comp in Portugal when local police found their bodies
A bodybuilder dubbed the 'She-Hulk' has been found beaten to death with a hammer in her holiday home.
Colombian bodybuilding champion Zunilda Hoyos Mendez, who called herself Amy, was found dead on Thursday afternoon after detectives went to the property in Fuengirola, Costa del Sol. The body of her American husband, Jarrod Gelling, 46, was discovered in a bathroom with what police have described in an initial statement as “apparent self-inflicted stab wounds”.
The bodybuilding star's devastated family described Jarrod as “aggressive” and said they believe that he could have lashed out after she told him she wanted a divorce.
Zunilda, also described locally as an OnlyFans model, had been missing since Saturday after flying to the Costa del Sol from Dubai where the couple were following a competition.
Zunilda’s niece Yuleydis told local newspaper Sur that this trip was the couple's final as Zunilda decided she wanted a divorce.
She said: “For my aunt it was the last trip, a goodbye. She had taken the decision to split from her husband because of his aggressive behaviour.
“They had broken up already once and were apart for quite a while but then got back together again to try to resolve things, although the mistreatment continued.”
Yuleydis explained her aunt was going to help nurse Jarrod after a knee operation before travelling to Portugal to compete and then heading back to Colombia alone after taking the divorce decision.
The couple’s bodies were found just before 2pm inside a property on a residential estate called Higueron West after a gym companion of Zunilda’s raised the alarm saying he hadn’t seen her since June 14.
A National Police spokesman in Malaga confirmed the gruesome discovery: “The National Police is investigating the death of a man and woman found lifeless at a property in Fuengirola."
The statement continued: “In the absence of official identification of the bodies, initial inquiries are pointing to them being those of a 43-year-old woman of Colombian origin and her 46-year-old partner of American origin.
“Officers went to the property on a residential estate about 1.45pm after a friend of the woman whose body was found reported her disappearance on Wednesday at the National Police Station in Torremolinos.
“Her body showed obvious signs of violence and that of the man’s signs indicating a suicide-type death which is something an autopsy will have to confirm.”
If the woman’s death is confirmed as a gender violence murder, it would be the third so far in the province of Malaga and the fifth in Southern Spain’s Andalucia region.
Daily Star Sunday