the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.<\/a><\/p>\nOfficials remove the body of Heather Asendorf from a Hollywood Beach in Florida on Dec. 26, 2025. NBC6 Florida<\/p>\n
Her cause of death was not revealed, but foul play was suspected.<\/p>\n
Asendorf had been residing at a hotel a block from where her body was found, her friend Steve Sarsfield told the outlet.<\/p>\n
She was known as \u201cBarbie\u201d by her friends because of her colorful personality and bright outfits, including blonde wigs.<\/p>\n
\u201cRainbow Brite and Barbie mixed together,\u201d Sarsfield said.<\/p>\n
The Hallandale Beach resident last saw his friend on Dec. 24 at the Hollywood Beach Bandshell, an outdoor theater and plaza, where Asendorf was known to hang out and dance during her Florida trips.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was a really sweet girl. Everybody really liked her. She did her own dance,\u201d Sarsfield said about his friend of 25 years.<\/p>\n
Brandon Ward McCray was charged with two counts of sexual assault with a weapon sexual battery of a victim over 12 years of age, kidnapping, battery by strangulation and battery. Broward County Sheriffs Office<\/p>\n
Asendorf\u2019s cause of death was not revealed, but foul play was suspected. NBC6 Florida<\/p>\n
Officials revealed that Asendorf and McCray had known each other, but did not offer further information about their relationship.<\/p>\n
McCray was arrested on Dec. 30 and charged with two counts of sexual assault with a weapon sexual battery of a victim over 12 years of age, kidnapping, battery by strangulation and battery, according to records viewed by The Post.<\/p>\n
He has not been charged with Asendorf\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n
The 310-pound suspect has three distinct tattoos, including \u201cSophia,\u201d \u201cStay Humble Hustle Hard,\u201d and \u201cLove Yours,\u201d according to arrest records viewed by The Post.<\/p>\n
Asendorf\u2019s body was discovered by a passerby on a beach in Hollywood, Florida, near Cleveland Street just after 7 a.m. on Dec. 26. NBC6 Florida<\/p>\n
McCray has not been charged with Asendorf\u2019s murder. NBC6 Florida<\/p>\n
Police did not reveal how they connected McCray to Asendorf\u2019s death and sealed his arrest warrant.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis case remains an active criminal investigation,\u201d Hollywood police said. \u201cThere is no indication of a broader threat to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
McCray was arrested less than two weeks before Asendorf\u2019s death, on an outstanding warrant for disorderly intoxication and resisting in 2023. He bonded out of jail on Dec. 19.<\/p>\n
He is being held in North Broward County Jail on a $770,000 bond with GPS monitoring, records stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida man is suspected of abducting, strangling and sexually harassing a 56-year-old Pennsylvania woman who was later…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4864,10822,28,30,29,17366,56780,4278],"class_list":{"0":"post-111424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-arrests","9":"tag-deaths","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-headlines","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-sexual-harassment","14":"tag-strangling","15":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}