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Swimsuit model Mayka Kukocova is the prime suspect in this month’s murder of U.K. millionaire Andrew Bush, according to multiple news reports.

Bush was found dead in his mansion in Spain, after which authorities launched a worldwide hunt for his ex-girlfriend, the stunning blonde Kukocova.

Days later, Kukocova turned up thousands of miles away in Slovakia, where she turned herself in April 8 to police in her hometown of Nova Bosaca.

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In a story lighting up British celebrity gossip tabloids, Kukocova, 23, is awaiting extradition to Spain to face a charge of "consumed intentional homicide."

Kukocova was quoted in the Slovakian media as denying the allegations and suggesting she’ll resist extradition because she is not guilty of the crime.

"I let myself into the hands of police believing my country will provide me protection and without sufficient evidence will not extradite me to Spain."

 

Bush, 48, was shot twice April 5 after returning from a trip with his new girlfriend, described as a 20-year-old Russian attending college in Bristol, England.

The new girlfriend, Maria Korotaeva, recalls hearing gunfire coming from inside the villa after she had fled the house when it appeared somebody else was there.

"Obviously I am glad I am not dead but I feel like a train has been running up and down my body ripping me to bits," Korotaeva tells the Bristol Post.

"There’s no way of putting into words how you feel when somebody you love is killed. I feel dreadful right now. We had so many plans for the future, now there’s nothing."

Bush’s ex-wife, Sam Mason, 45, a former radio host, and their 19-year-old daughter, have traveled from the U.K. to Spain as the investigation continues.

"RIP dearest Andy," Mason wrote on Facebook in the tragedy’s wake.

"We all loved you so much. Our lives will never be the same again."

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