Playboy playmate, 34, is found dead in friend's Los Angeles bathtub 'after drug overdose'
- Cassandra Lynn Hensley was found dead in a bathtub on Wednesday
- Best known for being Miss February 2006, the Utah-native previously lived at the Playboy mansion
- Was staying at a friend's house in Los Angeles at the time of her death and the friend found her unresponsive in a bathtub
PUBLISHED: 19:28 GMT, 16 January 2014 | UPDATED: 22:14 GMT, 16 January 2014
A former Playboy playmate has been found dead of an apparent overdose at the age of 34. Cassandra Lynn Hensley was found in a friend's bathtub on Wednesday and police are looking into the death. Known best as 'Miss February 2006', Ms Hensley has continued her modeling career and was most recently named 'Angel of the Month' by Philadelphia's Metropolis Nights magazine.
In her heyday: Cassandra Lynn Hensley, who was found dead on Wednesday, was Miss February 2006 and she is pictured at a Playboy mansion party the following year
Two sides: Just 10 days before her death, Cassandra Lynn posted this photo of her holding up her latest spread
TMZ reported the death on Thursday and said that while there was no sign of foul play the death is still under investigation. According to her Facebook account, Ms Hensley was living in northern Virginia at the days leading up to her death but was visiting a friend in Los Angeles this week. The unidentified friend found the playmate unresponsive in a bathtub.
The friend called police and though the call has not been released, TMZ reports the friend indicated that it may have been due to an overdose.
No specific drugs have been identified. First responders were not able to revive the model when they arrived at the scene.
She was raised in Ferron, Utah and attended high school where she reportedly moved around a lot and got into some trouble, prompting her to be kicked out of several schools.
Overdose: She was found by her friend that she was staying with in Los Angeles and the friend told police that it may have been an overdose
Melding of months: Cassandra (left) is seen at a Playmate party in 2006 alongside fellow models Kara Monaco (center) and Christine Smith (right)
'She was just a nice, outgoing girl who was a little wild,' Aaron Arrington told MailOnline. Mr Arrington went to the same junior high as Ms Hensley and though they have been out of touch for some time, he told MailOnline that she had a somewhat difficult time growing up.
'She was a nice girl but I think she didn't have a really stable childhood,' he said. 'She was a little rowdy.'
Eventually she moved into the famed Playboy mansion and was living there around the time that she was made a centerfold.
In her most recent interview, she made it very clear that she is active in the glamor modeling industry and did not let 2006 career highlight put an end to her aspirations.
Making a name for herself: In recent months, Cassandra Lynn was working as a hostess at events
'Yes, there is life after Playboy, I have been a part of many great experiences: travel shows, magazine covers, and of course giving advice to young impressionable girls who think they need to act a certain way for a chance to be a model (classy not slutty),' she said to Metropolitian Nights.
Cassandra, whose nickname was 'Butterfly' for the five butterfly tattoos she had on her body, had been working in recent months as an event hostess. She recently bought a motorcycle and had been learning how to ride it in the months leading up to her death, making her decision to co-headline an autoshow afterparty with a fellow former playmate in May of last year even more fitting.
She did the same for a golf event outside of Washington, D.C. in September.
Into her ride: Cassandra Lynn recently bought this motorcycle and updated her Facebook followers about how she was learning how to ride the bike
Home life: She recently dyed her hair dark brown and regularly updated with selfies and pictures with her dog
The five-foot five-inch model still has a biography on Playboy's archives, wherein she described herself as a hopeless romantic making February the best month for her centerfold debut.
'I love Valentine’s Day. And candy. Especially conversation hearts,' she told the site.
She was active on social media and had more than 7,800 followers on Twitter. She arranged for her feed to update daily with her horoscope so the latest message posted to her account- which was set live a day after she was found dead.
'Unspoken obligations prevent you from doing what you wish today,' it read.
