Inside the final months of a Sydney socialite Annabelle Price who was found dead in her apartment - and the chilling sign something was wrong

By KARLEIGH SMITH, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and LUCY MANLY, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA and MARTA JARY, SHOWBUSINESS NIGHT EDITOR, AUSTRALIA Published: 04:23, 6 April 2026 | Updated: 04:29, 6 April 2026 A Sydney socialite with a troubled romantic history had isolated herself from her friendship circle in the months before her body was discovered in an apartment. Glamorous mother of two Annabelle Price, 34, was found dead in a unit in Maroubra last Sunday after Eastern Beaches Police Area Command responded to reports of a concern for welfare at a property on Wride Street. 'With assistance of Police Rescue, entry was forced into the unit, where the body of a woman aged in her 30s was located,' police said in a statement to the Daily Telegraph. NSW Police said that while a crime scene was established, there are no suspicious circumstances and a report is being prepared for the coroner. It is unclear why Price was at the Maroubra address, given she was known to live in Sydney's more glamorous eastern suburbs. She was last understood to be staying in Double Bay. Concerns were raised for Price in November last year following the end of her engagement to playboy investor Tom Fennell, who was 14 years her senior and nicknamed the 'Hugh Hefner of the East'. Ms Price is understood to have deleted her public social media accounts, but recently began using a 'burner account' instead.  Glamorous socialite Price seen in Sydney in March last year Tom Fennell announced their short-lived engagement in 2022 At the time, Price proudly debuted a dazzling engagement rock  She had also distanced herself from the Eastern suburbs glamour set, and was no longer attending glitzy lunches with her galpals. Last year, the Sunday Telegraph reported her 2022 engagement to Fennell had 'ended quickly', with sources telling the publication he was subsequently linked to a number of her friends, who are also in their 30s, since.  On Monday, a well-connected source said Price had been relegated to 'social Siberia' after her friends aligned with her ex, Fennell. Price was well known among Sydney's elites and had made headlines for her colourful, and often troubled, romantic history. The ex-model made a name for herself dating the Harbour City's wealthy financiers. Price shared custody of two children with her private wealth advisor ex-husband Freddie Blencke. The pair split in 2020 after what was a tumultuous relationship which included accusations of assault. Price split from her husband Freddie Blencke in 2020 after a tumultuous marriage It is understood Price found herself in 'social Siberia' in recent months Price and her two children had been living in Fennell's Rose Bay apartment in 2022 Blencke, who had maintained his innocence, was cleared of assaulting his wife and breaching an AVO in 2022. Before calling time on their marriage, Blencke and Price tied the knot in an intimate wedding at Maison des Polytechniciens in Paris. Daily Mail has requested comment from Blencke via his legal representation.  Price again made headlines in 2022 when friends said the mum-of-two had been displaying 'impulsive' and 'out-of-character' behaviour following an incident on Mark Taylor's multimillion-dollar One O One superyacht. She had reportedly argued with Taylor's model girlfriend Anna Kedzior over a pair of expensive designer sunglasses. In 2022, her sudden engagement to Fennell - who was previously married to charity fundraiser and Real Housewives of Sydney star Vanessa Fennell - set Eastern suburbs groups chats ablaze. Fennell, 52, known as a 'playboy' investor, is the managing director of Tama Capitol investment group. According to reports, Price and her two children moved into Fennell's Rose Bay apartment in 2023. She had been displaying impulsive and out of character behaviour That relationship is believed to have ended on poor terms later that year, and Fennell's home is now understood to be a party palace for attractive young women. 'Everyone knows that if the night isn't quite over, you head to Tom Fennell's,' one insider told the Daily Telegraph. 'He is basically the Hugh Hefner of the east... Always surrounded by glamorous young women and always ready with the keys to his house.' If you or anyone you know needs immediate support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or via lifeline.org.au. In an emergency, call 000. 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