Influencer Who Auditioned for 'Baddies Midwest' Found Dead on Cleveland's East Side

Reyna Dunlap, a Maryland-based social media influencer, was found dead at a vacant house in Kinsman this week, police said. Credit: X / Karen Dunlap

A 30-year-old Maryland woman was recently found dead in a vacant house on Francis Avenue in Kinsman, Cleveland police confirmed to Scene on Tuesday.

Reyna Dunlap, a social media influencer better known as The Nude Queen, was discovered some three months after she flew from Maryland to Cleveland to audition for Baddies Midwest, a bawdy reality show series filmed for the Zeus Network.

Dunlap’s death was first brought to public attention by her mother and sister, who posted cries for help on social media asking those who knew about her stay, or had possible information clarifying her actions up to her death.

A GoFundMe page was created by the family on Monday to aid the investigation.

“I’m just looking for anybody who has been in contact with her, or has heard from her in the past month,” Reyna’s sister, Kira Dunlap, posted on TikTok. “It’s very, very important. Because something bad has happened to her. And we’re trying to find out what happened.”

“This incident is believed to be an overdose,” a Cleveland police spokesperson told Scene, adding that final say had yet to be determined by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office. “Depending on that, we can determine what action we need to take.”

Baddies Midwest, an offshoot of Zeus’ Bad Girls Club, is the creation of reality show producer Natalie Nunn, who brought the show and its castings to seven cities across the region. The show is popular for its grotesque, high-octane fights among women—on hayrides, in living rooms—who typically try out for the show to boost their social standing.

Posts on X suggest Dunlap stayed in Cleveland through November and December, while apparently battling a kind of mental crisis of sorts, recent posts on X suggest.

Anyone with tips surrounding Dunlap’s disappearance or death can anonymously contact Cleveland police’s tip line at 216-621-1234.

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