The shocking murder of a Scottish woman in Los Feliz, CA who moved 5,000 miles for love is raising tough questions about online romance, domestic violence, and the breakdown of traditional safeguards that once helped protect young women.
Police say June Bunyan, 37, was dismembered by her husband, Jonathan Renteria, 25, inside their Los Feliz apartment — just months after she gave birth to their first child. Authorities found her remains in multiple body bags after Renteria allegedly confessed in a suicide note. “The first body bag that came down … I said that’s not all of her. And then came another bag and that’s when I knew that she was not in one piece,” neighbor Arielle Miller told KTLA.
Bunyan moved from Scotland to California about 18 months ago after meeting Renteria on X (formerly Twitter). Friends say she dreamed of becoming an attorney to help the vulnerable, but that dream was cut short by a man who allegedly turned cruel once she became a mother. Miller recalled Bunyan saying she had “never seen him so nasty before.”
While her baby was found unharmed, Bunyan’s death is a grim reminder that behind the hashtags and social media “love stories,” real evil still lurks.
