REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (AP) – The Latest on the death of professional wrestler Chyna (all times local):
12:15 a.m.
Police in Southern California say they were responding to a 911 call from a friend of former WWE wrestler Chyna when they found her dead in her apartment.
Redondo Beach police said in a statement that the friend had gone Wednesday to check on Chyna, whose real name is Joan Marie Laurer, after she had failed to answer her phone for a few days. The friend told the 911 operator that Laurer wasn’t breathing.
Police say the 46-year-old Laurer was dead when officers arrived. Several media outlets report that she was 45.