Clues Sought in January Death of Ex-Model Found at Camp Pendleton

The Navy Criminal Investigative Service was asking for the public's help Sunday in determining how a former Penthouse model turned up drowned on a restricted piece of Camp Pendleton beach with a broken neck and back in January.

Anneka Vasta, known as Anneka Di Lorenzo in the 1970s, was the 1975 Penthouse Pet of the Year and appeared in the 1979 movie "Caligula," which was co-produced by the late Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione, whom she dated—and successfully sued, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

Joggers found her body Jan. 4, washed up on the beach where Marines train. An autopsy showed she drowned, but her family and NCIS investigators are now asking for public's help in closing the case.

Investigators do not know if she committed suicide or might have met with foul play around New Year's Eve.