A professional female bodybuilder dubbed “She Hulk” was found beaten to death with a hammer at her rented Costa del Sol home.

Colombian bodybuilding champion, Zunilda Hoyos Mendez, and her partner were found dead on Thursday afternoon, June 20, after detectives went to the property.

The body of her partner, named as 46-year-old Jarrod Gelling, was found in a bathroom with what police have described in an initial statement as ‘apparent self-inflicted stab wounds.’

Zunilda, who was dubbed Colombian She-Hulk, had been missing since Saturday after flying to the Costa del Sol from Dubai, where the couple reportedly spent much of their time. 

Zunilda’s niece Yuleydis told Malaga-based newspaper Sur her aunt was going to help nurse Jarrod after a knee operation before travelling to Portugal for a competition. 

After, she planned to head back to Colombia alone after making the decision to divorce him.

‘For my aunt, it was the last trip, a goodbye’, niece Yuleydis said.

The couple’s bodies were found just before 2pm yesterday inside a property on a residential estate called Higueron West after a gym companion of Zunilda’s raised the alarm saying he hadn’t seen her since June 14.

A National Police spokesman in Malaga said yesterday: ‘The National Police is investigating the death of a man and woman found lifeless at a property in Fuengirola.

‘In the absence of official identification of the bodies, initial inquiries are pointing to them being those of a 43-year-old woman of Colombian origin and her 46-year-old partner of American origin.

‘Officers went to the property on a residential estate about 1.45pm after a friend of the woman whose body was found reported her disappearance on Wednesday at the National Police Station in Torremolinos.

‘Her body showed obvious signs of violence and that of the man’s signs indicating a suicide-type de@th which is something an autopsy will have to confirm.’