Beauty and the Geek Australia alum Tamika Chesser has reportedly given birth in prison after allegedly beheading her boyfriend Julian Story last year.
Australia’s 9 News reported that Chesser, 34, was pregnant at the time of her 2025 arrest but that the father of her child has not been publicly identified.
Us Weekly reached out to Chesser and South Australia Health for comment.
On June 19, 2025, investigators discovered 39-year-old Story’s burnt and dismembered body at the couple’s Port Lincoln home in the Lower Eyre Peninsula. Chesser was subsequently charged with murder, destroying human remains and perverting the course of justice.
The former model has been held at mental health facility James Nash House, near Adelaide, since her arrest last June. She is expected to appear in court in April. (Chesser has yet to enter a plea.)
Australian broadcaster ABC reported in June 2025 that police were called to the couple’s home when a neighbor noticed smoke coming from their unit. Per a police report, a witness said they “saw the accused and asked what she was doing, the accused said ‘nothing’ and then took her dogs for a walk and locked the front door.”
After the witness tried to throw a bucket of water at Chesser and Story’s unit, they eventually called emergency services. Police soon arrived on the scene and discovered Story’s beheaded body in a bathroom.
Chesser was discovered in a “catatonic and unresponsive state” in a nearby yard and taken into custody, per South Australian police.
“We know that after his alleged murder, Julian’s body was dismembered and while I won’t provide any further details about that at this time, I can tragically say that we have not recovered the head of Julian Story,” Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke announced in a media briefing last June.
Fielke went on, “I can only imagine … the grief this news is causing Julian’s family. It is crucial that we locate Julian’s head so that his family has the opportunity to lay him to rest.”
Detective Superintendent Fielke later confirmed to the media in September 2025 that Story’s skull was recovered by a local dog, per the ABC.
“One of those situations where the dog ran off into the scrub, the dog didn’t come back immediately on being called,” the police spokesperson explained.
At the time of Story’s death, his family thanked the public for their “care” as they “navigat[ed] an unimaginable loss.”
“Your care has brought comfort amid the chaos,” his family told the ABC. “We are also deeply grateful to our family and friends and this extraordinary community whose kindness and support have helped carry us through. Your prayers, presence, and quiet strength mean more than words can say.”
Chesser was a runner-up on the second season of Australian reality show Beauty and the Geek in 2010. The reality show matched up conventionally attractive “Beauties” with “Geeks” — or, socially awkward men — in hopes of winning a $100,000 grand prize.
The reality star was introduced as “a cocktail” waitress on Beauty and the Geek and described herself as “the best person at making ‘animal noises.” In the show’s intro video, Chesser said that her “favorite feature would be my smile.”
Chesser was paired up with “Hawaiian shirt enthusiast” Thomas Richardson-Smith on the reality show but they ultimately lost to dancer Jessie Byrne and National Math Champion Michael Price in Beauty and the Geek’s season 2 finale.
