Woman found wrapped in plastic inside man’s room ID’ed as Hannah Rachel Collins

A dead woman whose body was found wrapped in plastic inside a man’s room in South Los Angeles by his horrified mother has been identified — but many questions remain about the grisly homicide.

The victim has been named as 30-year-old Hannah Rachel Collins, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office. It was not immediately known how or when she died.

Authorities described the suspect in Collins’ killing as a 26-year-old Hispanic man, but they have not released his name as they continued searching for him Tuesday.

The case began unfolding around 1:15 a.m. Sunday, when the suspect’s mother walked into her son’s room to investigate a “distinct gas smell.”

Inside, the woman came upon the disturbing crime scene with Collins’ body bundled in plastic.

Paramedics who arrived pronounced Collins dead.

The homeowner’s son was nowhere to be seeen at the time of the gruesome find.


Aerial image of the home in South Los Angeles where a woman's body wrapped in plastic was found.
The body of Hannah Collins, 30, was discovered wrapped in plastic inside a man’s room by his horrified mother.
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Hannah Collins, 30, was found inside this home Sunday
The man’s mother made the horrific discovery while investigating a “distinct gas smell.”
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It was unclear how long the 30-year-old victim had been in that room.

Collins had just celebrated her birthday two weeks ago, according to information released by the coroner’s office, which described the deceased as a Caucasian woman.

The LAPD launched a homicide investigation, but officials have remained tight-lipped about its progress when asked by The Post. There had been no arrests as of Tuesday morning.