Angela Kukawski was found dead in her car in Simi Valley last week. Authorities say her boyfriend, Jason Barker, tortured and killed her at their Sherman Oaks home, then dumped her body.
The boyfriend of a celebrity business manager found dead in her car last week has been charged in connection with the woman’s torture death, authorities said Wednesday. Angela Kukawski,55, whose star-studded client roster included members of the Kardashian family, was reported missing Dec.22 from the Sherman Oaks neighborhood where she lived, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The following day, police from Los Angeles and Simi Valley found Kukawski dead in her car, which was parked on Patricia Avenue in Simi Valley, the LAPD said in a news release. Kukawski’s boyfriend,49-year-old Jason Barker, was arrested later that day on suspicion of murder and booked into Van Nuys Jail, where he’s being held in lieu of more than $3-million bail, according to inmate records.
