Russian reality TV contestant's body is found in her apartment more than a month after friends last heard from her - with devastating discovery being made when neighbours reported 'strong smell'

A Russian reality TV contestant's body has been found in her apartment more than a month after her friends last heard from her - with the tragic discovery being made when neighbours reported a 'strong smell'. 

Dom-2 contestant Liberzh Kpadonu, 36, was found dead in her apartment in Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, 41 days after she died following a lung operation.

Her body was discovered at her home on March 31 after local residents reported a pungent smell coming from the apartment.

The last time she spoke to her followers was in a video filmed from her car in mid-February, in which she said that she was travelling to have surgery to remove a lump in her chest.

Through tears, she said goodbye to everyone who knew her. 

Dom-2 contestant Liberzh Kpadonu, 36, was found dead in her apartment in Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, 41 days after she died following a lung operation

Neighbours reported a 'strong smell' coming from her apartment with investigators determining hat Kpadonu had died in February while alone with nobody noticing until now

Local media said that while the young woman's fans had been wondering where she was, her family had not

It was the last time she spoke to her followers before her body was found by the authorities.

When investigators entered the reality star's home, they found the young woman's body on the floor.

They determined that Kpadonu had died in February while alone with nobody noticing until now.

A neighbour named Lyudmila told local media: 'She died. We lived next door to her. Today we found her at home, she had been lying there for a long time.'

The young woman's death was also confirmed by fellow reality TV contestant Aliana Ustinenko, with local media reporting that Kpadonu had in fact died shortly after undergoing an operation.

Aliana said: 'It's all true. Forty-one days ago. Baby, rest in peace.

'I can't say anything, there are simply no words. Now the main thing is to get through to the parents. They are not in the know and don't know anything yet.

'We kindly ask you not to be negative on any topic, but simply accept and remember the good.'

Kpadonu joined the Dom-2 show about relationships in September 2011

A neighbour told local media: 'She died. We lived next door to her. Today we found her at home, she had been lying there for a long time.'

Local media said that while the young woman's fans had been wondering where she was, her family had not.

And this is despite Kpadonu telling her followers last autumn that a tumour had been found in her right lung.

The investigation is ongoing.

Kpadonu joined the Dom-2 show about relationships in September 2011, before leaving the programme with one of the participants.

She then rejoined the show in 2013.

During Dom-2 she married participant Evgeny Rudnev, divorced six months later and left the project altogether in 2015. 

In May 2023, Kpadonu visited the show as a representative of the jury in the 'Person of the Year' competition, after which the winner was awarded an apartment.

The exact cause of Kpadonu's death has not yet been announced.