'Controlling' Boyfriend Arrested In Shocking Murder Of SundanceTV Reality Star Loredana Nesci –– 12 Photos From Crime Scene
Sep. 24 2015, Updated 12:06 p.m. ET
Loredana Nesci's boyfriend has been arrested in the SundanceTV reality star's murder in Redondo Beach, Calif. Wednesday, and RadarOnline.com has photos from the crime scene.
Nesci, a police officer-turned-attorney, gained fame for Loredana, Esq., a SundanceTV reality show that showcased her life and career. She was found dead at 47 in the Southern California home that she shared with her longtime boyfriend Robert Reagan, 51, and their son Rocco, 5.
The beautiful Nesci moved to the West Coast from her native Connecticut in 1996, eventually moving back to her home state where she received a law degree from Quinnipiac University in 2002.
Nesci, nicknamed "The Legal Diva," came back to California in 2004 and also moonlighted as a radio host for KCAA 1050 AM, before hitting the small screen last year with the reality series.
EXCLUSIVE: Reality star murdered: “Legal Diva”, Loredana Nesci’s body is seen being removed by the Los Angeles Coroner’s office.
Authorities cordon off the crime scene; In the initial stages of their investigation, cops said that were contacted at around 7:20 a.m. by a "distraught male."
EXCLUSIVE: Reality star murdered: “Legal Diva”, Loredana Nesci’s body is seen being removed by the Los Angeles Coroner’s office.
Authorities, upon arriving at the Nelson Avenue home, came upon the lifeless body of the 47-year-old lawyer.
EXCLUSIVE: Reality star murdered: “Legal Diva”, Loredana Nesci’s body is seen being removed by the Los Angeles Coroner’s office.
Cops took Reagan into custody, later confirming that Nesci's longtime partner had "been arrested in connection with this homicide." He's currently held on $1 million bail at the Redondo Beach jail.
EXCLUSIVE: Reality star murdered: “Legal Diva”, Loredana Nesci’s body is seen being removed by the Los Angeles Coroner’s office.
Authorities said that the reality star's death came as result of a stabbing or shooting, The Daily Breeze reported.
EXCLUSIVE: Reality star murdered: “Legal Diva”, Loredana Nesci’s body is seen being removed by the Los Angeles Coroner’s office.
Nesci and Reagan had been involved in "an altercation" prior to her death, police told the paper.
EXCLUSIVE: Reality star murdered: “Legal Diva”, Loredana Nesci’s body is seen being removed by the Los Angeles Coroner’s office.
According to officials, their 5-year-old boy Rocco wasn't home when the incident occurred.
EXCLUSIVE: Reality star murdered: “Legal Diva”, Loredana Nesci’s body is seen being removed by the Los Angeles Coroner’s office.
Nesci's friends, including her pal Laura Riffel, told the paper that Reagan was a controlling and jealous partner, and that Nesci wasn't a pushover: "Loredana was just not somebody to go quietly where you wanted her to go -- she was a strong person as a police officer and attorney."
EXCLUSIVE: Reality star murdered: “Legal Diva”, Loredana Nesci’s body is seen being removed by the Los Angeles Coroner’s office.
Nesci was "had the best hopes for their relationship," and "wanted things to be happy and be good," Riffel said, adding that she was subject to "constant second-guessing" from Reagan.
EXCLUSIVE: Reality star murdered: “Legal Diva”, Loredana Nesci’s body is seen being removed by the Los Angeles Coroner’s office.
Coroner's officials work at the scene; According to her friend Riffel, fame took a backseat to parenthood in Nesci's universe. "I think there was part of Loredana that enjoyed being a minor celebrity but that was just a hobby -- Rocco was her life -- that's the way she would want to be remembered. Everything was for him."