A Minnesota man charged in the murder of L.A. model Maleesa Mooney, who was found stuffed inside her refrigerator, made his first court appearance and pleaded not guilty to charges he's facing.made his first court appearance Thursday and pleaded not guilty.
Mooney was beaten, bound and found stuffed inside the refrigerator at her downtown L.A. apartment in the 200 block of South Figueroa Street. The grim discovery was made Sept. 12 when police arrived at the apartment following a request for a welfare check from family. "We are very pleased that an arrest was made," Heather Hammock, Mooney's aunt, said outside the courthouse. "We're full of so many different emotions. We are very grateful and thankful that he was caught. Please continue to pray for our family. We just want justice for my niece."