PHOTOS Paula Sladewski and boyfriend Kevin Klym
The burned body of former Playboy model Paula Sladewski was found in a dumpster in Miami Sunday after someone noticed it was on fire and alerted police. The remains were so badly charred authorities had to use dental records to identify them as Sladewski.
Paula and her boyfriend Kevin Klym have reportedly had a tumultuous relationship since they began dating two years ago and he was the last person to see Sladewski before her death. Though not officially a suspect in her murder, police are calling Klym a “person of interest” in the investigation.
Paula Sladewski’s boyfriend Kevin Klym is a “person of interest” in the case.
Fox News talked to Sladewski’s ex-boyfriend David Coleman who claims she used to send him troubled text message whenever things were really bad between her and Klym:
Coleman, who lives 10 minutes from Sladewski and her current boyfriend Kevin Klym in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., said he and Sladewski dated in the late 1990s and had remained close friends. “We always had each other’s backs,” Coleman said.
Coleman said Sladewski texted him often asking for help when things got heated with Klym, including one time when he said Sladewski claimed Klym had locked her in the garage. Coleman said there seemed to be a lot of drama in the Klym-Sladewski relationship.
He says the last message he received from Sladewski was New Year’s Eve but that there was nothing suspicious about it.
Paula was subpoenaed to testify in an assault case against Klym January 4th stemming from an incident in which he allegedly punched her in the face and broke her nose during a domestic dispute. Another case was dropped last month in which Sladewski had been charged with assault after breaking a bottle over Kevin Klym’s head.
Paula’s step-father Richard Watkins confirms the stormy relationship, telling Fox News, “They had a horrible relationship. I have told them from the start that they shouldn’t be together.”
Here’s a hard to watch, emotional interview with Sladewski’s family in Michigan from WJBK in Detroit:
As far as what happened the night Klym last saw Sladewski, Fox News reports:
Klym told police that he and Sladewski got into a verbal altercation at a Miami club, and said that body guards escorted him out and would not let him back into the club, said Cuevas.
Klym said he tried to get Sladewski to leave the club because he thought she was too drunk, setting off a heated argument that ended with his getting kicked out of the club. He said Sladewski didn’t want to leave and stayed inside, according to Cuevas.
Cuevas told FoxNews.com that police were able to confirm Klym’s account of when and how he got back to his Miami hotel from the club. Klym told police that he took a taxi back to his hotel.
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Here are some more photos of Paula Sladewski and Kevin Klym – just click on a thumbnail to see a larger image in the gallery. (These are from Facebook and some of them are kind of small.)
UPDATE – A security video from the nightclub Paula was last seen in has surfaced and Lt. Neal Cuevas of the North Miami Police Department tells Fox News Investigators are looking for a “black male” who eyewitnesses say walked away from the front of the club with Sladewski. There seems to be mounting evidence that boyfriend Kevin Klym may not be guilty. According to numerous reports from friends and family, both Paula and Kevin had volatile personalities, but most believe Klym cared deeply for Sladewski and could never have committed this heinous act.
One commenter on JustNews.com claims to be a family friend and left these statements about Paula and Klym:
I knew them both very well. Paula was known to act crazy out in clubs, here in Detroit. I have personally witnessed (at least 5 times) her pull this same move (being wasted, and not wanting to leave a club/afterhours) and it causing problems. She was VERY naive as to peoples intentions toward her, and to be honest I am shocked this had not happened in Detroit already (her being found dead somewhere) She was a stripper, NOT a model. Once the media stops the Kevin witch hunt, they may finally look into HER past and see that she was OUT OF CONTROL. She did this to herself, and it is so sad to hear about. I pray for her, and her family. But most of all I pray for Kevin to hold his head up, as there is nobody more crushed right now than him. He loved that girl.
Granted they did have a volatile relationship… but I assure you that she met her demise at the hands of a stranger, who burned her to cover up dna evidence.
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“Make sure to tell the Miami cops this. We’re hearing that she texted someone saying her boyfriend was trying to kill her.”
Again…knowing her like I do…. she was very overly dramatic. I can see her saying that for attention. As a matter of fact the ex boyfriend that is throwing this out there was also accused of the same thing by her a few years ago…. At least in our circle of friends.
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Was it common for her to leave with strange men from clubs?
Yes, this was common. Unfortunately, yes… I hate to say it, but it wouldn’t be the 1st time. Probably wouldn’t be the 50th time either…
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“Maybe he was used to having fights with her and leaving alone.”
He WAS used to that…. and so was I and another friend…. she did this A LOT! For the sake of the family I won’t elaborate anymore, as it would do no good…. but seriously, Paula was CRAZY, and it finally caught up to her. 🙁
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I don’t see how telling the police that will do any good. Kevin passing a polygraph will clear this up. All my information will do is hurt her family…. and that isn’t what I want to do. I just want the average reader to know that 9 times out of 10 the boyfriend would probably be the killer… what he have here is the 1 time that it truly wasn’t the spouse.
Police are continuing their investigation and are encouraging anyone that might have any information about the night Sladewski disappeared to contact Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
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