A high-profile boyfriend of a Los Angeles businessman, and mother-of-5 who was a close friend of Nicki Minaj and the Kardashians is being arrested for her’murder’.

  • Angela Kukawski (55) was found in her trunk on Thursday morning.
  • Jason Barker, her 49-year old boyfriend, is facing murder charges and is currently held at Ventura County Jail with a $3,000,000 bond 
  • Kukawski died from blunt and severe head injuries. 
  • Barker, police believe, killed his girlfriend at Sherman Oaks. He then took her body to Simi Valley and drove on to another relative. 
  • Kukawski worked as a business manager at Boulevard Management with high-profile clients including the Kardashians, Nicki Minaj and Kanye West










According to authorities, the boyfriend of Nicki Mnaj’s popular Los Angeles business manager has been indicted after his wife was discovered murdered inside her car on Thursday morning. 

Angela Kukawski, 55, was found dead with a stab wound in the Simi Valley neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles police reported. 

Jason Barker was Kukawski’s boyfriend and was taken into custody hours after the body of Kukawski was discovered. According to police, the 49-year-old was taken into custody at Van Nuys Jail under a $3,000,000 bond. 

Barker was charged with murder in Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Police believe the boyfriend killed Kukawski in their Sherman Oaks home on December 22, put her body in his car, and drove to a relative’s home in Simi Valley. 

Kukawski’s murder was ruled a homicide. Her cause of death was blunt and sharp force injuries to the neck and head, and strangulation. This is according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office. DailyMail.com. 

Boulevard Management was the company that employed her mother-of-five. They specialize in providing financial management services for entertainers and athletes as well as high-net-worth individuals. 

“Angela is truly the best. “She cared deeply about us all and made impossible situations possible,” the Kardashian family stated in a statement to DailyMail.com 

Los Angeles business manager Angela Kukawski, who worked with the Kardashians, Nick Minaj and Kanye West was found dead in the trunk of a car early Thursday morning (Pictured: Kuakski's clients Kourtney, Khloe, and Kim Kardashian)

Angela Kukawski (Los Angeles business manager), who was involved with Kanye and Nick Minaj in their relationship, was found dead in a trunk inside her vehicle on Thursday morning.

Jason Barker is Kukawskis boyfriend and is now being held under a $2m bond.

Kukawski worked as a business manager at Boulevard Management. They declined to comment on her death (Pictured: Kukawski's client Nicki Minaj)

Kukawski was a Boulevard Management business manager. The couple declined to discuss her death. (Pictured by Nicki Minaj’s client Kukawski)

“She will be deeply missed, and we send our deepest condolences and sympathies to her family during this difficult time.” 

Investigators began investigating a case of missing persons. The police stated that Kukawski’s car was discovered in the 1500 block, Patricia Avenue at 2:20 a.m.  

Kukawski maintained many high-profile clients. Neben Minaj and Kardashians, Kukawski also collaborated with Kanye West and Off-set, as well as the estate of Tupac Shukar, the late rapper.   

Boulevard’s Todd Bozick (left) and Lester Knispel (right), released statements to Variety. 

“Angie was an amazing person and a wonderful friend. She will be missed greatly by everyone who knew her.” All of Angie’s loved ones and friends are our deepest sympathies.

Vareity reports that the ‘beloved mother’ and friend was remembered as hard-working and a “straight shooter” by a loved one. 

Kukawski’s murder remains under investigation. 

Barker will appear at Van Nuys Municipal Court, January 12, 8:30 AM.  

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