Pictures have emerged of the woman whose body was found wrapped in plastic in a man’s room by his worried mother, who was checking out a “gas smell” at her South Los Angeles home.
The victim, identified by authorities as Hannah Rachel Collins, had only moved to Los Angeles from Mississippi in June, a heartbroken relative told The Post.
Collins, who would call to check in with her family “like clockwork” each week, last spoke to relatives on August 7, days after celebrating her 30th birthday.
The suspect in Collins’ killing has been described as a 26-year-old Hispanic man, but the Los Angeles Police Department has not revealed any further details and he remained at large as of Wednesday afternoon.
The disturbing incident began to unravel around 1:15 a.m. Sunday when the suspect’s mother entered his bedroom after noticing a “gas smell.”
When she walked in, she made the horrifying discovery of Collins’ body wrapped in plastic.
A social media picture of Hannah Collins, who family confirmed had been found in the South LA home Facebook/Lisa Collins
The Mississippi native’s body was found wrapped in plastic by the mother of a man suspected of having some connection to her death. Facebook/Lisa CollinsThe stunned mother immediately called paramedics to her South Central LA home.
EMS soon arrived and pronounced Collins dead.
It was not immediately known when Collins died or how. The LA County coroner said an autopsy had been completed but the cause of death has not yet been made public.
The woman’s son was nowhere to be found at the time of the gruesome discovery.
The body of Hannah Collins, 30, was discovered wrapped in plastic inside a man’s room by his horrified mother. KABC
Hannah Collins had just turned 30 days before her body was found. Facebook/Lisa CollinsIt’s unclear how long Collins had been in his bedroom or how she knew the suspect.
A family member of Collins confirmed to The Post she had been found inside the South LA home.
A friend, who did not want to be identified, told The Post the pretty blonde was “fun, kind and loved music and dancing but, ultimately, drugs took a hold of her.”
The friend said Collins’ comes from a “wonderful family,” who tried their best to help her, but that they drifted apart when Collins started to pursue a party lifestyle.
“I don’t like to hang out with people who do drugs or are intoxicated while they’re driving or stealing things,” the friend said.
“I’m in shock because what I want to associate with Hannah is the happier and healthier memories I have of her. She probably sought that lifestyle with drugs, but you never imagine the end would be so cold and cruel.”
The LAPD has launched a homicide investigation, but officials remained tight-lipped about it when asked by The Post.
Collins’ Facebook profile shows she was from Richland, Mississippi, and had also lived in Jackson. She posted in 2015 that she had gotten engaged, but the post didn’t say to whom.
She also said she had studied radiology at Holmes Community College and worked at a Smoothie King store.
