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Breaking: Instagram Model Found Dead, Stalker Murder-Suicide

November 1, 2021

An Instagram model has been found dead in her home in Richmond, Texas. She was reportedly killed by a crazed fan in a murder-suicide. Her body was found by her father on August 29th.

“She’s a person. That was our baby,” Jeanetta Grover said, speaking about her daughter. “She was so famous in her world, and so loved in ours.”

“Unfortunately, someone basically was stalking, and killed my baby,” Grover added.

Jenae Gagnier, 33, known on social media as Miss Mercedes Morr, had almost three million followers on her Instagram, one of whom decided to stalk her and ultimately kill her.

After not hearing from Jenae over the weekend, her father, Mark Gagnier, and his girlfriend went to check on her. Mark had been concerned for a while about his daughter’s fanbase, and recalled a conversation he had with her often.

“My monthly conversation is: ‘Jenae you have all these followers. Some probably because they love you, some because they like your look, some more crazy, and some obsessed,’” he remembered telling her.

“My daughter was beautiful,” he added. “That scared the hell out of me.”

When Mark Gagnier and his girlfriend arrived at Jenae’s home, they discovered that the doors were locked, and the Instagram model still wasn’t answering her phone. Fearing the worst, her father kicked the door in.

“I knew something was up, so I didn’t hesitate to kick the door down,” Mark said. “What I saw, I wouldn’t want any parent to go through.”

At first, he thought his daughter had had an accident, as he found her body curled up at the base of the staircase with her clothes torn. But, as soon as he walked upstairs into her bedroom, he realized the horrific truth.

BREAKING: The model, who was identified as 33-year-old Janae Gagnier, also known as Miss Mercedes Morr on social media, was found dead in a Richmond apartment in what investigators believe may have been a murder-suicide.https://t.co/N3U1YVVMDO

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In Jenae’s bedroom was Kevin Alexander Accorto, 34, with a knife stuck in his neck.

“He was twitching, he was gurgling,” Mark Gagnier said. “I could look in the room and there’s writings all over the wall.”Accorto, who eventually died from the self-inflicted wound, had written all over the walls using Jenae’s lipstick. His writings included everything from declarations of love to unhinged rants.

“Janae led me to think she cared about me but wore another man’s ring,” read one, according to Rolling Stone.“I should’ve stayed in Florida,” read another.

“I wish I’d never met her,” another said.

“I was used for money,” said another.

Despite all of these claims in Accorto’s writings, investigators do not believe that Jenae and the stalker had any connection beyond social media.

According to the coroner’s report, the Instagram model died from traumatic concussion and strangulation.

“She was so loving and such a kind spirit,” Jenae’s mother told Rolling Stone. “She was Mercedes Morr to so many. But she was Jenae Gagnier to her family and her loved ones, who miss her dearly.”