A top model who appeared as a cover girl for Prada, L'Oreal and Elle
has been found dead in her bath.
Katerina Netolicka, 26, was discovered slumped in the tub at the home
she shared with ice-hockey player boyfriend Jakub Petruzalek, 29.
Netolicka's body was found by her brother in the property in the Czech
Republic after he became worried when she did not answer his telephone
calls.
Her boyfriend was out of the country at the time taking part in a
match in Russia, where he plays for ice hockey club Avtomobilist
Yekaterinburg.
The couple had been together for five years.
After going to the apartment and failing to get an answer when he
knocked Katerina's brother broke the door down and found the model and
her two pet dogs dead.
Friends of the model, who began her modelling career in 2004 and was
also known for kickboxing after winning the Czech Championships last
month, say she was prone to depression.
A fellow model who lived with her in New York seven-years-ago but who
did not want to be named told local media: "Sometimes she acted like
two totally different people lived inside her.
"One minute she was very happy, almost ecstatic. Then sometimes she
was depressed and used to self-harm."
But another friend, Adrian Smrcka, said: "I really don't know what
could have happened.
"Maybe she got a spasm after kickbox training, or maybe it was a stroke.
"I know she had stopped self-harming and was very happy with her boyfriend."
Grieving fans and friends have now taken to the model's Facebook to
express their shock and sadness.
