Columbia mourns model Lina Marulanda

Columbia is in mourning today after learning of the death of top Columbian model Lina Marulanda after a fall from her Bogota apartment.

Suicide is suspected but has not been confirmed in 30-year-old Marulanda’s death. Friends say the model was distraught after splitting with her second husband, businessman Carlos Oñate. A Colombian news source confirmed Marulanda’s death and indicated exact cause of death is pending. (Translated from Spanish.)

According to Alberto Acevedo, director of the Technical branch of the Office Research (CTI), the authorities are awaiting the postmortem report by the Judicial Police, while declaring that had not yet established the cause of death, which fact was announced at noon on Thursday.

The news of (Marulanda’s) death was confirmed by (her) former colleagues of the W Radio and the authorities at 12:15 noon. There is still no official version of the reasons which caused the death of the presenter and model.

Some outlets are reporting that police have confirmed that Marulanda’s death was a suicide.