Aspiring model, 24, who went missing in LA three weeks ago is believed to have been murdered after a video showing a bloody female lying face down, with a belt and an electric cord wrapped around her neck is found and her car is recovered in Oklahoma City
- Ana Braga spoke to her mom in Brazil via phone on January 29, the last time she was heard from
- A car registered to Braga was discovered abandoned in a parking lot in Oklahoma City on February 12
- Surveillance footage shows two men ditching the car and jumping into a green minivan, according to authorities
- California investigators say they have surveillance footage showing the body of a woman who was lying face down and had a cord tied around her neck
Oklahoma authorities say they have recovered a vehicle belonging to a 24-year-old Brazilian model who vanished from her Los Angeles home last month.
A 2015 white Honda Accord registered to Ana Braga was recovered by authorities on February 12 after it stood vacant and abandoned for weeks in the parking lot of Remington Park casino and racetrack in Oklahoma City.
Braga was last heard from on January 29, when she spoke by telephone with her mother, Delma Felix, in Brazil, according to KTLA-TV.
Police in California say they have surveillance footage showing the bloody body of a woman lying face down with a belt and electric cord wrapped around her neck.
The woman’s body has yet to be recovered.
Ana Braga, 24, a native of Brazil who moved to Los Angeles a year ago to pursue a modeling career, has been missing since January 29
A white Honda Accord (above) registered to Braga was found abandoned in a parking lot in Oklahoma City
The car was left abandoned for weeks near the Remington Park casino and raceway in Oklahoma City
Investigators, however, have yet to recover the woman’s body, though the victim filmed in the surveillance video is feared to be Braga.
Detectives in California used GPS technology to trace Braga’s car to Oklahoma City.
A search warrant revealed that investigators went inside the vehicle and found an ID belonging to a woman named ‘Ana’, according to KFOR-TV.
Oklahoma City detectives said that the white sedan was ‘found locked in the south lot’ before it was impounded and taken into an evidence chamber ‘inside a climate-controlled storage facility.’
California investigators say they have surveillance footage showing the body of a woman with her face down and an electric cord wrapped around her neck. They believe it is Braga, but the body has not been recovered
Friends and relatives are fearing the worst as Braga has been missing for weeks
Authorities in Oklahoma say that surveillance footage from February 1 shows two individuals ditching the car inside the parking lot before getting into a ‘green minivan.’
Braga moved to Los Angeles from her native Brazil a year ago to pursue a career in modeling.