OnlyFans Model Found Murdered in Bathtub

A 31-year-old Taiwanese influencer was. found dead in a hotel bathtub in Koala. Lumpur. And at first, it looked like a. sudden death. But now, authorities say. this is a murder investigation. Who was. with her? What really happened in those. final hours? And how could her. controversial online life maybe play a. role? We're going to dive into the. twists, the clues, the questions that. investigators are racing to answer. And. we're going to break it all down with a. retired FBI agent. Welcome to Sidebar. presented by Law and Crime. I'm Jesse.

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talking about a 31-year-old Taiwanese. influencer who is known, yes, for very. bold and provocative posts who was found. dead in a bathtub. Now, at first, police. called this a sudden death. That changed. quickly because now investigators say. this is no longer a case of, let's say, natural causes or an accident. This is a. murder investigation. Her name is Iris. Sheay, a nurse turned model who built a.

massive following online and wasn't. afraid to court controversy. But what. happened during her final hours in that. hotel room, who she was with when she. died, this has turned a story about. internet fame, into something much more. sinister. So, here is what this case is. about. Can be a little complicated, but. it is chilling. Iris, whose real name is. Shiuin, was 31 years old and from. Taiwan. She made a name for herself. online as a social media influencer. And. by the way, not just an influencer. She.

was one who was known for pushing. boundaries. Okay? She had cultivated a. huge online following. We're talking. over 547,000. followers on Instagram, tens of. thousands more across Facebook and Tik. Tok and X. She actually first came to. attention for stunts that went way. beyond typical influencer behavior. Although, now that I think about it, not. outside the realm of what influencers. do, but let's just say, for example, in. 2022, she posed in a sheer lacy bra top. in front of the Louv in Paris, claiming.

it was her first time seeing the museum, and apparently the local police asked. her to leave. In Taiwan, she caused. quite a stir for taking off her. underwear while sitting on a bed at an. IKEA store, using the underwear to pull. her hair into a ponytail. But now, you. fast forward to October of 2025. Iris. travels to Koala Lumpur, Malaysia, planning to stay from October 20th to. October 24th, so just a short trip. She. checks into a hotel on Jalon Conlay. It's a street in the heart of the city. And here is a big part. She was.

reportedly in that hotel with Malaysian. rapper Namewe, whose real name is Wei. Mangchi. Now, Namewei is known locally. and regionally, and he is no stranger to. controversy himself. He is known for. satirical boundary pushing rap music. It. touches on taboo topics from religion to. censorship to China's political. policies. In fact, he was arrested in. 2016 for allegedly insulting Islam. 2021. His song fragile. It mocked. Chinese nationalism and addressed.

politically sensitive issues like Taiwan. sovereignty and Uger persecution. His. music has been both viral and banned. depending upon the region. But now we go. back to October 22nd. Okay, it's around. 1:40 p.m. local time and things take a. dramatic and tragic turn for the worse. because that is when hotel staff found. Iris unresponsive in the bathtub. Initially, the authorities classified. it, as I mentioned, as a sudden death. But things quickly shifted. Malaysian. police began looking more closely at the.

circumstances here, and soon this case. was reclassified as a murder. investigation under local law section. 302 of the penal code. So, what made. investigators suspicious? Well, for. starters, the man last seen with her. named Wii, was apparently present in the. hotel room that day. He was arrested. that day for alleged possession and use. of drugs. This is after police found. ecstasy pills. Later tested positive for. multiple substances. We're talking. amphetamines, methamphetamine, ketamine, THC. He was released on bail after.

pleading not guilty on October 24th. Namewe has denied using drugs in. connection with Iris's death. And in. fact, he posted publicly on Instagram. saying he quote felt deeply sorry about. her dying, about her passing, claiming. that the truth would come out once the. police report was released. Now, meanwhile, police in Koala Lumpur, they. have been conducting a thorough. investigation. They have apparently been. retracing every movement of both Iris. and seemingly name we reviewing CCTV. footage, hotel records, statements from.

hotel staff, security personnel, transport operators, airport staff to. figure out exactly what happened in the. hours leading up to her death. And the. post-mortem and toxicology results, they're still pending. So, the exact. cause of death hasn't been publicly. disclosed as of yet. Malaysian police, they've stated that the investigation is. examining every detail of both Iris's. and Namewe's movements in the hours. leading up to her death. And although. Naamewi has not been officially named a.

suspect in this case, according to New. Strraits Times, police have classified. him as a person of interest. So, they're. determining whether he should be treated. as a suspect depending on the evidence. that's ultimately collected. It is also. worth noting that Iris's death is tied. to a broader context of her life and. online persona. We're not saying that. anything she did online is what resulted. in her death, but it can't be taken in a. vacuum, right? She was this nurse turned. influencer who used platforms like. Instagram and Facebook and Tik Tok to.

showcase a lot, a mix of modeling and. provocative content and controversial. stunts. And her content wasn't just. bold, it was grabbing attention. The. hotel investigation combined with her. public persona, it has made this story. widely followed and discussed online. But at its core, the authorities are. focused on uncovering the truth about. what happened and determining whether. foul play was in fact involved. So. namewi remains a person of interest in. the murder probe. He hasn't been charged. with murder at this point or anything. directly connection with her death. All.

right, so I want to talk about this. Let. me bring in Colin L. Schmidt, retired. FBI agent, president, CEO of Kronos. Litigation Experts. Thank you so much. for taking the time. Good to see you. Um, is it strange when you have an. investigation that starts one way, right? that you have a death that's. initially appears to be potentially. right accidental later treated as. suspicious now classified as a murder. What do you make of that? >> Well, I think that's good police work. I. think they looked at it. They didn't. take the the the first uh hypothesis. that was presented to them. They started.

asking some questions, started digging. in a little bit, and then they found out. that there's some suspicious activity. that was surrounding her in terms of the. p last person that was with her. So, it. looks to me like the the authorities. there are are frankly doing their jobs. >> If someone's found dead in a bathtub, does that raise any kind of immediate. red flags to you? >> Well, absolutely, cuz especially the the. the age comes down. Now, if it was. somebody that was 85, 90 and they had. co-orbidity and several other health.

issues, yes, but this is a young healthy. Tik Tok influencer and there doesn't. appear any reason why she would be there. in that bathtub and why she would have. passed. And it's different from someone. who's found in their own home, right? Even aside, let's say from an apartment. building, they're found in their own. like a physical location, a home, a. residence, because if you are found in a. hotel, that's different, right? Someone. who's found dead in a hotel, how does. that hotel play into an investigation.

like that? I mentioned before looking at. the footage, maybe speaking to the. staff. What are you looking out for from. uh the hotel personnel? Well, first thing is somebody dies in a. hotel, especially if they're young, uh. that it's going to be you're going to. start eliminating obvious factors. Is it. suicide? Is it a drug overdose? And then. the last one is their foul play. So, in. this case, uh they're going to go ahead. and talk to the hotel staff. They're. going to get all of the video. Uh once. again, it's always about the video.

We're in a surveillance state. and. they're going to piece together a. timeline on when she went in there and. who she was with to to basically get the. context of of her death. >> Well, if there first of all, why do you. think they're classifying this as a. murder investigation right now? There. must have been found something that. would indicate that. Um, let's first. start there and then I want to ask you. um shouldn't it be relatively. straightforward presuming there's. surveillance footage of who was coming. in and out of that room? So, first let. me ask you, what makes you think why do. you think they're classifying this as a.

murder investigation? >> Well, I think it's I think I believe. it's in Malaysia where this is going on. If this was the United States, they. wouldn't have done that. Uh they they. were not going to classify it as. anything other than a death until they. have absolute certainty because once you. call it something like that, then you're. going to create a buzz amongst the media. and then you're going to put the police. in a position where they're going to. have to start answering questions. But. in that the case of Malaysia, the. Malaysian authorities obviously they. found something that me led them to. believe that this was a murder that she.

that somebody else took her life and. that's why they're going to follow up on. it. And then of course uh exactly what. you said. They're going to be able to. get that video and they're going to see. who was in that who went into that room. and who went out. But we are assuming. there are is video that has uh the. entrances uh covered for that uh hotel. room. If you're also dealing with. somebody who's a notable figure, like if. you work at a hotel, whether you're in. security or hotel staff, you see people. coming and going constantly, but she's a. well-known figure, right? An influencer.

You do wonder if she had more eyeballs. on her and people were paying more. attention to her. >> Well, absolutely. So, this is uh created. obviously a media buzz. uh there's a lot. of pressure on the authorities and uh. frankly it's going to create uh a a. ground swell of support where people are. going to start calling in and saying hey. this is what I know this is who I know. this is who she was with so I'm. confident that they're going to be able. to get to the bottom of this because of. her uh her platform and who she is is.

there's going to be a lot of people who. want to support this investigation. >> you think that matters if someone's more. wellknown that affects an investigation. or how quickly answers develop up. >> Unfortunately, it does. I mean, it's. human human uh human nature or behavior. that, you know, people are drawn to. drama and they also want to help if they. if they like her or they support her, they want to do whatever they can to. help this along and get justice for her, her family. >> The idea of her, you mentioned the.

platform, her social media presence. I I. mentioned uh, you know, how many. followers she has. Do investigators look. at that? Do they look at her past post? Do they look at the people following. her? I mean, how much do they actually. look into that aspect of her life? >> Oh, well, absolutely. They're It's not. necessarily the following. It's the DMs. that they're going to be looking at as. well as responses to her videos. If. there's some sort of uh negative. response or some response of threatening. uh violence towards her, then they'll. follow up on uh the the the origin of.

that threat, and then that of course. goes into the investigation. However, I. think in this case, based upon the. person that she was last with, it. appears that it's very straightforward. on uh the culprit, so to speak, but we. don't know until they complete their. investigation. >> I mean, it's interesting you mention. him, right? Name way. So, they say he's. a person of interest reportedly, not a. suspect. What's the difference there? Um, and why not just initially and why. not classify him as a suspect at this.

point? Well, once you classify him as. suspect, they're going to be forced to. arrest him, quite frankly. So, if uh you. know, he's a person of interest, um and. once again, law American law enforcement. may not even done that uh in terms of. naming people. They like to wait until. they get all the facts before they put. that out because it puts more pressure. on them. But as a person of interest, that means he was basically he has some. involvement. either either he's a. witness or he's a participant witness or. he participated in her death. So in this.

case, I think they're just following up. and they are trying to be uh strategic. about the information they push out and. they may have push pushed that out. because they want to spark some response. from the the public so they can come. forward and bring them more information. >> How does the cause of death affect us? Right. The cause of death hasn't been. publicly disclosed there. I believe. they're they're the uh toxicology. results, the postmortem results, they're. they're pending. Um how does that affect. us?

>> That that's everything is that that's. the number one witness in a homicide. investigation is the post-mortem. investigation of the body and and the. cause of death because in a bathtub, she. could have been placed in the bathtub. We don't know what was done to her body. with, you know, stabbings or if there. was needle marks or if she was uh. strangled or what. And that's basically. really going to lead them to the the. motive. based upon how the the murder. occurred as well as lead them to the. suspect because of the DNA on the body. >> And digital evidence is probably very.

important here. Aside from surveillance. footage, we talked about I was thinking. about it obviously if you're using. social media or you're using your phone. in some way. Um that can give someone an. indication about time of death. That can. give someone an indication of a. timeline. Presuming the victim is using. their actual phone and not someone else. is using their phone. How much uh is. that digital evidence going to be. crucial here? >> And once again, that's modern law. enforcement right now. That that's. almost like a fingerprint was back in.

the, you know, 50 years ago. Basically, they're going to get her phone, get. access to it, and they're going to see. the last time she accessed it. And it's. based upon her age. She lives in her. phone. So, they're going to get a very. good timeline of her activity just based. upon her own phone use. And then of. course this other person of interest, they're going to get his digital devices. and find out what was going on as well. and and maybe even match them up to see. if their GPS's reconciled or compare to. see how many times they were with each. other in the last 24, 48 or 72 hours.

>> Is it is it tough to track someone's. movements internationally if they're in. a busy city like Wala Lumpur? Um whether. it's you know I I don't I I personally. don't know what the street cameras look. like. I don't know if there's difficulty. of tracking cell phone data. internationally. Um, you tell me. >> Well, uh, in this case, they're going to. go from the phone first, which is. basically the GPS, uh, data points are. going to be on the phone, and that's the. pings off the towers as well as if she's. using internet or satellite. So, the GPS.

is going to on the phone is going to. really be able to lock her down, so to. speak, is her movement. The second step. is Koala Lumpur is a surveillance. society. They do have quite a bit of. camera coverage there in the country. And so I'm confident they're going to be. able to basically create a timeline, a. visual timeline of her for the last 72. hours. And in that way, they're going to. be able to kind of put all the pieces. together and they're going to be able to. to lock this down. And as far as like. you said, the getting the actual data. from the phone companies, some countries.

it's easier, some countries it's harder, but Koala Lumpur is a very forward. sophisticated uh uh economy. So, I'm. confident the phone companies there have. lots of data that they can share with. law enforcement. >> Yeah. I was going to ask you if there. were any um difficulties in Malaysia. with investigations from a law. enforcement perspective, a technological. perspective, a legal perspective as far. as you know. Um do you do you happen to. know whether or not there's anything we. should be thinking about there? >> I I I mean I I I would say the only.

comparison would be basically the. suspect's rights. I'm not sure what. their rights are as far as when they. question a suspect. Obviously in the. United States, you're innocent until. proven guilty and you have a right to an. attorney if you invoke that right. But. there that may not be the case and they. may have law enforcement may have more. um ability to get information from. somebody uh versus in the United States. where we have to abide by a. constitution. >> I want to go back to the hotel room for.

a second since it's the crime scene. Um, and and there's probably a lot of. answers there. We hopefully there's a. lot of answers there. Aside from, right, we talked about the CCTV footage, hotel. key logs, maybe even room service. records. Forensically, what are the. forensic tests that are done in that. bathroom, in that hotel room? >> Well, if if she was stabbed or if. there's some sort of uh struggle, they. may put Luminol down to see if there's.

any body fluids in the bathroom. other. than what uh what is on the body as well. as obviously they're going to be. swapping the area for obvious places. where there might be DNA transfer. The. touch DNA technology has gone way way. forward right now. So now you can get at. DNA if off of somebody's sweat basically. when they touch a doorork knob or. interact with a hard surface. So. depending on the the sophistication of. their crime scene people, they're going. to be able to get quite a bit of. information, so to speak, or evidence.

from that crime scene where she was uh. found. >> And going back to uh Namewe, as I. mentioned earlier, he was initially. arrested, possession, drug use, those. charges, those allegations, how does. that impact the investigation? Well, I am aware that in in that. country, possession of drugs is a very. very serious offense. So, he's got a lot. of problems just based upon that holding. charge, so to speak. But with those. charges, that was basically kind of a.

bootstrap for them because he was. apparently a suspect or actually a. person of interest to give them the. predication to question him on anything. because he's in their custody. So, those. charges were pretty straightforward. Now. they have him in custody or had him in. custody and now they have an opportunity. to sit down with him and ask him. questions and find out what what really. happened. >> So Colin, um what are you going to be. looking out for next in this? Um because. obviously there's a lot we don't know. There's some stuff we do know, but. there's a lot we don't know. What are. you going to be looking out for next?

>> Well, if they are so forward with uh. naming people or naming this as a. murder, uh they're likely going to. release the uh medical examiner report. Once again, I don't know the level of. sophistication, but Quala Lumpur is a. very forward country. So, I think that. would be the next thing we're going to. see is the the cause of death and if. there was any drugs involved and what. those drugs were. >> Colin Schmidt, thanks for taking the. time. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> And that's all we have for you right now. here on Sidebar. Everybody, thank you so. much for joining us and as always, please subscribe on YouTube, Apple.

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