I think she pretty much got what she deserved.
Posted on 08/04/2005 1:33:52 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
For months, Iryna Singerman concealed her double life from her newlywed husband -- her shiny gold Mercedes, her illicit affair with a Woodland Hills playboy and the house she and her lover purchased together.
Ronald Singerman learned of her secrets last week, when his 21-year-old wife failed to come home and financial documents belonging to the aspiring model were among the blood-soaked items found in garbage bags dumped in a trash bin behind a Woodland Hills strip mall.
A decomposing body believed to be that of Iryna Singerman was found Tuesday, and police have intensified the search for her lover -- a millionaire who is fluent in Spanish and is believed to have gone to Mexico, where he's lived in the past.
"If you have a lot of resources, it's much easier to disappear because of your opportunities for acquiring ID," John Clark, chief of the Los Angeles Regional Fugitive Task Force, said Wednesday. "The more money you have, the more opportunities, regardless of where you are in the world."
The woman's body -- and a purse belonging to Iryna Singerman -- were found at a Winnetka storage facility, in the bed of a Ford F-150 pickup truck owned by Singerman's lover, Brian Joseph Cullen, 59.
Police say Cullen has access to millions of dollars and several cars through three companies owned by him and his relatives. And that, police say, could make him difficult to locate.
Police have been looking for Cullen since July 26, when a witness reported seeing him drive a gray Ford Focus hatchback into a parking lot in Woodland Hills and throw two bags into a trash bin. Those items included a bloody baseball bat and documents containing Singerman's name.
Photographs taken by nearby surveillance cameras helped lead police to Cullen. Authorities searched his Woodland Hills home July 27 and found more blood and other evidence of a struggle.
They also found evidence of Cullen's relationship with Iryna Singerman.
The young woman's husband, 50-year-old Ronald Singerman, told police his wife was a model who would frequently be gone for days at a time, Los Angeles Police Department Detective Rick Swanston said. Singerman had a modeling portfolio, but police were unaware of any modeling jobs she held.
Cullen's neighbors said Iryna Singerman spent most weekends at Cullen's house in the 5000 block of Medina Road. She drove a gold 2005 Mercedes-Benz registered to both her and her husband and kept the car at Cullen's Woodland Hills home.
Ronald Singerman didn't know she bought the car until he received insurance information in the mail, Swanston said.
She was taking real-estate classes, and she and Cullen were in the process of buying a house together in Northridge, possibly as an investment.
"The family didn't know anything about this," said Barry Greenberg, who is serving as the Singerman family spokesman. "(Ronald) had never heard of any of this until the case broke. He's devastated."
Neighbors and co-workers described Cullen as a private man with a bit of a temper. He worked as an independent contractor for Coupon Adventure, a mass-mailing company based in Chatsworth.
"He always seemed very enthusiastic and he did a great job for the company," said Coupon Adventure owner Bruce Bromberg, who has not heard from Cullen since July 22. "We're very shocked and saddened by the events that have come down. It was not the Brian Cullen we knew."
Neighbors said Cullen was in good shape and frequently sported a navy blue blazer or a gold sweat suit and always wore a gold medallion.
"When you'd first look at him, you'd think porn or swinger," one neighbor said. "It's disturbing, because I thought he was just nice. People I meet now, I'm wondering, Oh, my God, what other side do they have?"
Cullen, who also uses the name Mark Corbett, is described as 5 feet 11 inches tall, 185 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
"We want this case solved. Hopefully somebody will help the police capture this man that we believe is the murderer of (Ronald's) wife," Greenberg said.
Anyone with information about the crime or Cullen's whereabouts is asked to call detectives at the LAPD's West Valley Division homicide bureau, (818) 374-7721. After hours or on weekends, call the 24-hour Detective Information Desk at (877) LAWFULL or (877) 529-3855.
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50 and she's 21.
Nothing like true love, is there?
Valley Murder Ping
"When you'd first look at him, you'd think porn or swinger," one neighbor said.
Evidently first impressions are true.
Somewhere, a woman is yelling "He never should have married the shiksa! I told him but would he listen?"
I think she pretty much got what she deserved.
Just Desserts Ping
Ukranian golddigger?
How can she be a model with nothing on the web?
Your google is broken. It took me seconds to find that image.
No, not that image....I mean a portfolio.
LA County lists her as Jane Doe #47.
That is a basis of a Law and Order episode if I ever heard of one.
That was an incredibly ugly thing to say.
Thanks. I think.
Anyone have a picture of her loving hubby? Not that it matters...he's long gone, I'd say.
Nah.
No, the husband is around.....its the lover that fled.
Although, my dad says the husband paid the lover to whack her.
Well who knows what name she uses for that....
I need food. My blood sugar's probably too low. :)
I mean, everyone has an online portfolio...even the porno stars you can hire out for the evening!
Let that be a warning to all you balding, couch potato fatties who go shopping for mail order brides.
I'm sure some of the whackjobs will agree with you. That is your intent, isn't it?
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