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A California hooker was arrested for injecting a Google executive with a lethal dose of heroin on his yacht before cleaning the scene and stepping over his body to flee, police said.
Alix Tichelman, 26, was booked on a slew of charges that included second-degree murder, destruction of evidence and drug possession for killing Forrest Hayes, 51 - who was found dead aboard his luxury yacht in Santa Cruz on Nov. 23, 2013, KPIX-TV reported.
Tichelman - who boasted to having more than 200 clients who pay top dollar for her services - was collared on Friday after police say she agreed to meet an undercover cop who posed as a potential client offering her $1,000 for sex.
Investigators said they tracked Tichelman down after going through several text messages and emails she exchanged with Hayes - a married father of five children - before he died.
Hayes had met the high-priced call girl through SeekingArrangement.com, a website that helps 'sugar babies' hook up with rich, older men, police said.
The tatted-up Tichelman brought heroin when she went to Hayes' yacht, which was docked at the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor, police said.
Surveillance footage from cameras installed inside the craft show Tichelman inject Hayes with the drug before he passed out on the floor, cops said. But instead of calling for help, the prostitute started gathering her belongings.
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'She was so callous that she literally stepped over the victim's body to retrieve her glass of wine and finish her glass of wine as the victim is laying there dying at her feet,' Santa Cruz Deputy Police Chief Steve Clark told the news station.
Tichelman, who hails from Georgia, even reached over and pulled down a window shade to shield any passersby from seeing the body, police said.
'She showed no regard for him,' Clark told the Santa Cruz Sentinel. 'She was just trying to cover her tracks.'
The boat's captain found Hayes dead the next day. Police said the captain was reluctant to hand over videos from the surveillance cameras because of the content, but eventually gave them after a judge's order.
Tichelman, who describes herself as an aspiring model, makeup artist and exotic dancer on her social media profiles, was ordered held without bail after her arraignment on Friday.
Hayes, who was originally from Dearborn, Michigan, worked in the auto industry for several years before taking jobs with Sun Microsystems, Apple and Google, according to posts on a memorial website.
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'Forrest will be remembered above all as a loving husband and father,' read his obituary, which was published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
'More than anything else he enjoyed spending time with his family at home and on his boat. His brilliant mind, contagious smile, and warm embrace will be missed and cherished in memories by his friends and family.'
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