Budget Rent a Car heiress assaulted and strangled during a California home invasion

The 70-year-old daughter of the man who founded Budget Rent a Car was the apparent victim of a home invasion on Thursday in which she was assaulted and strangled, authorities said

The 70-year-old daughter of the man who founded Budget Rent a Car was the apparent victim of a home invasion on Thursday in which she was assaulted and strangled, authorities said.

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Police officers arrived at her Hollywood Hills home in Los Angeles and learned that the attackers had left the woman inside after allegedly smashing her jaw and choking her.

Property records obtained by NBC Los Angeles confirmed Margaux Mirkin owns the home in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood.