Aug 13, 2008 6:08 am US/Pacific
Coroner: O.C. Body Found On Dry Ice Well-Preserved
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.
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The body of an O.C. woman found on dry ice was described as well-preserved.
CBS
The body that was found packed in dry ice in a Newport Beach hotel room in March showed no evidence of physical trauma, according to a final autopsy report released by the Orange County coroner's office.
Monique Felicia Trepp, 33, died from a combined overdose of cocaine and alcohol, according to the report, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
Coroner's officials originally confirmed the cause of death in May.
Trepp's body, which was described in the autopsy as "moderately decomposed," was stored in a 2-foot-by-3-foot plastic bin in a room at the posh Fairmont Newport Beach hotel, where she and her boyfriend, Stephen David Royds, 47, had lived.
Police who were searching the room March 6 while investigating Royds on suspicion of possessing and selling cocaine discovered Trepp's body stashed on ice. Investigators believe she may have been dead for as long as a year, The Times reported.
Trepp, a former stripper and waitress who also had lived in Huntington Beach, was found wearing a beige, floral halter top and black underwear, and had dyed blond hair, "pink-orange" toenail polish and no signs of defensive injuries on her extremities, according to the coroner's report quoted by The Times.
Authorities described Royds and Trepp as drug abusers who crashed at the upscale hotel near John Wayne Airport, The Times reported.
Royds, a New Zealand native, was arrested on one felony count of selling cocaine and one count of possessing cocaine for sale. He remains in custody in Orange County Jail in Santa Ana, ineligible for bail, according to The Times.
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