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Tara Reid and boyfriend Michael Axtmann were dining at The Little Door restaurant in Los Angeles on Monday night when Axtmann proposed to Reid.

Reid’s representative says PEOPLE exclusively, “Michael surprised Tara with a beautiful round brilliant cut ring. Tara was so happy, and the other patrons clapped and yelled out, ‘Congratulations.’”

The actress, 34, and Axtmann, an Internet entrepreneur started dating last year and now they are planning a smaller wedding ceremony for family and friends by this summer.

Reid posed for Playboy magazine’s January/February issue and recently finished production on the comedy Last Call as well as the thriller The Fields.

Paula Sladewski, 26, who modeled for Playboy once, was identified by Miami police on Wednesday – January 7th, 2010 – as the body found dead and “burned beyond recognition” Sunday in a trash bin.

Police are now seeking help from the public to apprehend the killer. North Miami police spokesman Lt. Neal Cuevas said CNN,” It’s so horrific. They’d have to be a monster. It’s a dastardly act. “It’s the most heinous thing that a person can do to another person.”

The body was discovered Sunday night after firefighters were called to put out a fire from a large trash bin next to a propane business. After extinguishing the fire they noticed the body, but it was impossible to identify it. According to Cuevas, “It was just total, total, disfigurement.”

Police managed to identify the body Tuesday night through dental records. They are now trying to find out how a model, who was featured in a 2003 Playboy video, who killed her and burned the body inside a trash bin.

Sladewki’s boyfriend was the last person to see her, who was vacationing with her. He has not been nominated as a suspect, but is considered a person of interest.

The boyfriend is “devastated and traumatized” by her death, according to his lawyer, Marc Beginin. The boyfriend reported to police that Sladewski is missing and even tried to locate her by calling to hospitals and hiring a private detective.

According to the police Sladewski and her boyfriend arrived on Thursday in Miami to watch the performance of Lady Gaga.

The boyfriend last seen Sladewski Sunday morning at Club Space that they visited,and where they had a dispute. He was thrown out of the club, but Sladewski decided to stay. Cuevas said that the boyfriend called the police and reported her missing when Sladewski did not showed up to their hotel by Monday.

Anyone with information on Sladewski’s death is asked to call North Miami Detective Michael Gaudio at (305) 891-8111 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.

R.I.P.