Slađana "Slađa" Guduraš ( sr-cyr, Слађана "Слађа" Гудураш; 11 August 1987 – 10 December 2014) was a Bosnian recording artist, bit actress and nurse from

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. Her short-lived musical career ended when she died in a road accident and drowning in a canal at age 27 while en route to

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. Her disappearance and death were featured prominently by the Bosnian and Serbian media.

Early life

Guduraš was born in

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into a

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family. Her mother is Jelka Pantić.

Career

In her short career, Guduraš had only one single; "Silikoni i kubici" (''Silicone and Volume'') in 2013 featuring Serbian rapper Juice. The music video for the song premiered 22 November 2013. She also appeared in the music videos for "Reci brate" (2012) by

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and Cvija, which premiered 1 January 2013, and "Šta da radim sad" by rappers

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and Napoleon. Guduraš appeared in several episodes of popular Bosnian sitcoms ''

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'' and '' Kriza''.

Death

Guduraš spent most of 10 December 2014 at her boutique ''Leopard'' in

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and left for

at about 6 PM. On 11 December at about 11 PM, her new boyfriend Zoran Makivić reported her missing after finding it strange that she wasn't answering her phone and hadn't been on

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in over a day. Initially it was assumed that her abusive ex-boyfriend Dragan Perić from Bijeljina had something to do with her disappearance. Perić reportedly threatened Guduraš by saying she "would end up like

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," a singer who had been murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2010, and that he would commit suicide. They had been in a relationship from 2013 until November 2014, when Guduraš walked in on Perić kissing male hair stylist Aleksandar Kapriš. Another incident occurred the week before she went missing when Perić attacked her at the hotel ''Hollywood'' in

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. On 16 December 2014, a crashed

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with Bosnian license plates was found in a

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. Guduraš's body was found inside and it is believed that she swerved off the road on 10 December 2014 and crashed into the canal. The car was not seen for six days due to the area being densely overgrown with shrubbery. The autopsy results released 19 December 2014 confirmed that the body found in the car was that of Guduraš. Her death made her a new member of the

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. In the days following her death several of her friends said they believe she "foresaw" her own death. Singer Miki Mećava, who had done a talk show with her on 3 December and slept over at the same hotel in Sarajevo, said that she was afraid of being murdered. She would not leave the hotel to go to restaurants with a group of friends because she was afraid that someone would murder her. Not long before her death, she relocated to

and had her own apartment there. Guduraš was buried in the town cemetery in

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, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 20 December 2014. She was not married and had no children.

References

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