Famous makeup artist Maja Janeska was found dead in the home she shared with her tobacco tycoon boyfriend in South Africa
The influential person, who was 39 years old at the time, was found dead on Friday, December 9 from a gunshot wound to the head. Maja Janeska’s partner, Carnilinx co-director Kyle Phillips, said he heard a gunshot from their bedroom while he was in the bathroom brushing his teeth. Also they found Maja’s body in Bassonia Estate, Johannesburg, with a gun next to her.
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Police spokesperson Mavela Masondo said, “Upon arriving at the address supplied, police found a woman in the bedroom with a gunshot wound on the head.” A gun was on the ground close to her. When paramedics arrived, they pronounced the woman dead.
39 year old Janeska was also a well-known businesswoman, celebrity makeup artist, and diplomatic strategist, according to her professional profile and she was not married but was in a relationship with cigarette tycoon Kyle Phillips.
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Another spokeswoman, Phillips Masondo, said, “The police cannot comment on it now as that may endanger the investigation.” This was in response to a question concerning the gun’s owner. Even though police have started looking into the Maja Janeska’s death, they do not believe it to be suspicious at this time.
Maja Janeska Was Concerned About Being Murdered
In the wake of Maja Janeska’s tragic death, a relative in North Macedonia revealed to the local news station News24 that Maja had been concerned about being murdered. “This has devastated us, and we don’t know how to go. We are stuck in Europe without a way to get to South Africa due to visa complications.
“Maja Janeska is lying there in some mortuary, and we don’t know what’s truly happening,” the relative, who asked not to be identified, said. According to the family member, Phillips’ death was reported to them by a mutual acquaintance, and authorities are currently treating her death as suspicious.
Maja Janeska Was Building Diplomatic Influence
The final Instagram post by the influencer came on November 22 and featured her and Bujar Osman, the foreign minister of North Macedonia. She had amassed 1.2 million Instagram followers before her untimely death.
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