Her husband killed her for ‘failure to lose weight’ and threatening to leave him, SoCal prosecutors say

A woman who moved to the U.S. to pursue her dream of becoming a defense attorney was killed and dismembered by her husband in Hollywood, according to authorities.

According to a GoFundMe page, 37-year-old June Bunyan took the bar exam in the U.S. and moved from the U.K. to pursue a legal career.

“June was known for her vibrant personality, infectious laugh, and deeply compassionate heart,” according to the page. “Exceptionally accomplished, she held multiple degrees, but her proudest achievement was earning her law degree.”

On Sept. 11, Ventura County Sheriff’s Department deputies were summoned to a motel room in Newbury Park after workers entered one of the rooms and discovered a suicide note that included a homicide confession and a man in the bathtub who had slit wrists but was alive, according to a search warrant affidavit filed by Los Angeles police.

The man in the bathtub was identified as Jonathan Renteria, 25, and in his note he mentioned his siblings and 1-month-old child, and confessed to killing Bunyan, the affidavit said.

Deputies alerted the Los Angeles Police Department, which sent officers to an apartment in the 5300 block of Franklin Avenue in Hollywood.

With the door locked, the officers opened a window to get inside and “were immediately met with the smell of decomposing flesh,” the affidavit said.

Inside, officers found Bunyan’s dismembered body in the kitchen, according to the affidavit. They continued to search the apartment — looking for the couple’s child — and found a trash bag in the bathroom with arms and legs inside, the document said. The officers did not locate the couple’s child or Renteria’s siblings.

Renteria was eventually booked on suspicion of murder, police said. He was also charged with mutilation, dismemberment and sexual contact with human remains.

According to court records obtained by ABC7, Bunyan and Renteria were married for a year and had a 1-month-old baby.

Renteria allegedly told prosecutors in a recorded interview that he got into a fight with his wife about her “failure to lose weight following her pregnancy,” and that she told him he’d never see their daughter again, ABC7 reported. He “admits to putting the victim in a rear naked chokehold” and killing her.