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A two-time contestant from Naked and Afraid has died under what has been described as “mysterious circumstances.”

Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer – has announced plans to open a winemaking facility in Cottonwood, a city in the Yavapai County of Arizona.The Caduceus Cellars Hilltop Facility, which will open next month on October 6, will be run by the same team that oversees Keenan’s winery Caduceus Cellars and his Merkin vineyard that are located in Jerome – approximately a 15-minute drive from the new Cottonwood location. AZ Central reports that the complex will also include a new restaurant named the Trattoria, a tasting room dubbed the Ventura Room and a gelateria named Pocket Park.In a press statement, Keenan said that the opening of this new facility was something he’d been “working towards” for “many years”.“One of the things I discovered when it comes to bridging the hurdle of exposing people to Arizona wine is context,” he said.

Melanie Rauscher has sadly died.

Melanie Rauscher is said to have died aged 35 after being found at her friend’s home on Sunday 17 July. Melanie rose to fame on reality TV show Naked and Afraid, where she featured on two seasons – the first in 2013, and then on its spinoff series, XL, two years later. She's thought to have featured on the spinoff series again in recent years.The late TV star had been dog sitting for friends at their home in Arizona at the time of their passing, with them returning to find Melanie dead in their guest bed.

Naked & Afraid star Melanie Rauscher has died at the age of 35, under "mysterious circumstances".Corey Kasun, a representative for the local police department explained that Rauscher had been dog sitting in Prescott, Arizona, at the time of her tragic death while the homeowners were away on holiday.TMZ reported that the body belonging to the TV star had been recovered next to a number cans of dust cleaner.The same publication also claimed the cans of compressed air were established next to her body.It is not yet known if Rauchser had absorbed the contents of the cans that were found close by.Rauchser's deceased body was discovered on the bed of the guest room by the homeowners when they had returned from their vacation on 17 July.According to police, no suicide note was left at the scene and obvious signs of foul play were unapparent and there was no drug paraphernalia.Cops also confirmed that the dog had not been harmed.The reality star's cause of death will now be determined by the Yavapai County Medical Examiner.Rauchser appeared on the popular American TV programme Naked & Afraid and proved to be one of the most promising of the 14 contestants.The Philadelphia-born star first appeared on the programme in 213 and later returned for the spin-off show XL in 2015.The shocking and tragic news left fellow campmates "broken" as they took to social media to pay tribute to the recreation specialist.

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A man who owned a recently closed business that managed human cadavers has been arrested in Arizona after dozens of human body parts, including severed limbs and heads, were found scattered in a remote area in what investigators are calling a "bizarre and grisly case." Walter Mitchell, 59, was arrested Tuesday in Scottsdale on 28 counts of abandonment or concealment of a dead body, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Mitchell owned a Seattle-based business called Future GenX, which involved the management of cadavers for research, according to the sheriff’s office.The business had recently closed.

Deputies recovered the body of a barefoot hiker killed in an apparent 100-foot fall in a red rock Arizona canyon. The accident happened in Sedona’s scenic Boynton Canyon.