Sneak peek: The Mysterious Death of Kat West | Forensic Files

[Music] people are so much more than how they're trying to survive in this world i definitely
wish my experience had gone differently but i'm pretty proud of who i am today being on the front lines in new york
city in the middle of a pandemic as a paramedic is a very scary job i wasn't making ends meet
so i made the decision to post nude photos of myself on the internet to make more money
i was definitely concerned about the risks of being so exposed on the internet and you never know what's going to
happen sometimes i think about kat west and i think about where she would be today
and how much more of her life she could have fulfilled [Music] i started getting facebook messages that
a murder had happened in calera you know a beautiful woman nude in a street in a nice subdivision
that is what doesn't happen every day around here and that's what drove the story
kat west she was 42 was found dead on january 13 2018. she was a beautiful woman she looked a
little bit like marilyn monroe female in the roadway naked cpr no longer in progress
females you believe it was murder i do it's a mysterious murder case a married mom found dead outside her home
we didn't know much about cat west at all and we certainly didn't know that her husband jeff was a suspect
jeff could not have possibly done it i believe kat was murdered but i do not believe that it was by her husband
it really turned out that kat was a lot more than just a wife and a stay-at-home mom
kat was the very out there exuberant lively she was the limelight of everything that we did
kat west was posting pictures on only fans which is a website where people pay a subscription
to see racy photos it's sort of the happy medium between porn and the brady bunch
[Music] she had several hundred followers everybody was a suspect to begin with one of her subscribers
did they come through with rage or jealousy or wanting something that they couldn't
have we were concerned do we have somebody out there that's actually killing people had you heard of
only fans no man there's a lot of things i learned in this case

A woman is found dead and the scene appeared to be staged with a bottle of absinthe. West, a Marilyn Monroe look-alike, posted on OnlyFans, a website some use to share adult content – was a fan involved? Correspondent Maureen Maher reports in an all-new "48 Hours" airing Saturday, April 10 at 10/9c on CBS.

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Brief Summary

Kat West's murder raises questions about her life as an OnlyFans model and the investigation surrounding her death.

Key points

The Mysterious Death of Kat West. Kat West, a vibrant woman, was found dead under suspicious circumstances.
A Life Exposed. Kat West's decision to share her life on OnlyFans raises questions about privacy and safety.

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I wish my experience had gone differently.

Reflecting on personal growth and challenges.

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