A Minnesota man has been arrested and charged with torture and murder in the gruesome killing of a 31-year-old model and real estate agent in Los Angeles who was brutally beaten, bound, gagged and stuffed into her own refrigerator last September, authorities said Thursday.

The body of Maleesa Mooney was discovered on Sept. 12, 2023, in her downtown apartment by police performing a welfare check after her family said they hadnt heard from her, HuffPost previously reported .