Earlier this week, we reported that former reality star Lisa Marie Naegle was murdered in horrifically brutal fashion.
Naegle was known to the public for her involvement in the 2010 E! reality series Bridalplasty.
She was just 36 years old.
In the days since her passing, shocking new details of Naegle’s final hours have emerged.
We now know that she was bludgeoned to death by a man named Jackie Jerome Rogers, who reportedly struck Naegle in the head with a hammer seven times.
Rogers confessed to the crime early Sunday morning.
Police say surveillance footage from the night of the murder shows Naegle getting into Rogers’ car following a party at a Torrance, CA restaurant.
It was there that she told him she planned to end their affair and return to her husband.
When they returned to Rogers’ SUV, he delivered the fatal blows.
He later attempted to clean the blood from the vehicle, and buried her body in his backyard.
The deadly encounter took place shortly after Naegle and Rogers attended a birthday party for her friend.
When Naegle didn’t show up for work the next day, her family became suspicious and reported her missing.
The Naegles were told by police that there would be no investigation until she was missing for more than 72 hours, which prompted them to take the matter into their own hands.
Lisa’s sister, Danielle Naegle-Kaimoana, says she and the rest of her family immediately suspected that Rogers was involved, and they decided to confront him at his home.
He initially claimed that he’d left Lisa at the party and had not seen her since.
“We said to him ‘How could you leave someone [drunk and] go home alone? How could you let that happen?’” Naegle-Kaimoana says.
While she was speaking with Rogers, another family member went to the restaurant where the party took place and viewed the security camera footage.
Danielle says that when she confronted Rogers with screenshots from the footage, he began to show signs of severe stress.
“He started shaking,” Naegle-Kaimoana remembers.
“I wanted him to leave but at the same time I wanted him to admit [that he knew more.]”
Danielle says that she’s been overwhelmed by rage and grief in the days since she learned the truth about her sister’s disappearance.
“I’m heartbroken,” Naegle-Kaimoana says.
“I’m so angry. I was so sure she would come home.”