California prosecutors allege that Justin Smith murdered the Darlene Flynn, the famous 58-year-old shoe collector, with a wooden bat.
Police arrested Smith on July 22. Deputies who were responding to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance found her body in the pool at her home. His bail is $1 million dollars.
Darlene “had injuries consistent with blunt force trauma,” Sargent Todd Torrenti told local CBS station KCAL9 .
Concerned neighbors called police after hearing what sounded like a fight coming from their residence.
"All of the fights that happened there — it was ridiculous," neighbor Carina Cazarez told MSN News . "But I never expected this to happen."
Darlene is best known for her enormous shoe collection. She once appeared on a TLC show called My Collection Obsession."
She began collecting shoes after her divorce in 2001. Last year, she amassed the world’s largest shoe collection.
"My most favorites [pairs of shoes] are the ones that are the most unique or the ones I bought in the different states and countries I traveled in," Flynn told Guinness World Records .