Bodybuilder Zunilda Mendez
Dead At 43 After Hammer Attack
… Husband Found With ‘Self-Inflicted’ Wounds
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Zunilda Hoyos Mendez — a 43-year-old Colombian bodybuilder known as “She Hulk” — was found beaten to death with a hammer this week … and her husband was also discovered deceased from self-inflicted knife wounds, according to reports.
Local outlets say cops visited a rental home in the Spanish town of Fuengirola on Thursday after Mendez was reported missing by a friend a day prior. When officers arrived … they discovered Mendez and her husband, Jarrod Gelling, dead in the house.
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Canarias7 stated cops determined the wounds on Mendez’s body showed “clear signs of violence” … and the wounds on Gelling suggest he died by suicide. An autopsy will determine his official cause of death.
The two were reportedly suffering marriage problems … with family saying Gelling was being aggressive toward Mendez and she wanted a divorce.
The two were preparing for a bodybuilding competition in Portugal in a matter of weeks. According to family members who spoke with a local media outlet, the plan was for the two to divorce following the trip.
“For my aunt, it was her last trip with him, a farewell,” her niece told the outlet. “She had decided to divorce him because of her husband’s aggressive behavior.”
Fellow bodybuilders posted a series of tributes to Mendez on Instagram … calling her “the kindest woman in the world, every second in my brain are good memories of you and nothing else.”
“Rest in peace my angel.”
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