Authorities said they found the bodies after a tip from a "source". They have not said how the victims died but TMZ reported that the bodies were found after gunshots were heard.
On Wednesday, a friend confirmed the news on Puhar's Instagram page.
"It has been confirmed," the friend, Chelsea, wrote just before 11am.
"Everyone keep family and friends in prayer. Everything is still under investigation. Thank you."
The message was later removed from the page.
Rangel has also been charged in a separate murder that occurred on Sunday morning. He is one of three people charged in connection with a homicide at a motel in Matthews, police said.
Authorities responded to reports of a shooting at 1am at the Microtel Hotel and found two men with gun wounds inside a car.
One man, Rosool Jaleel Harrell, 22, was dead and the other had suffered life-threatening injuries.
"We don't know for sure" if the two cases are related, Matthews police Officer Tim Aycock told the Observer. "It's very suspicious that the same guy is charged."
He was arrested without incident on Wednesday morning, police said.
Rangel was charged with first-degree murder in that case, along with Edward Sanchez, 19.
Another teenager, Emily Ann Isaacs, 18, was charged with accessory after fact.
Mirjana was 18 when she appeared on the reality TV show, which aired last year, and was eliminated from the show in the 10th episode.
The Serbian native was five when she moved to the U.S. with her family during the Kosovo War. With about $50 to their names, her parents ended up in New York City before moving to North Carolina around 10 years ago, she told the Charlotte Observer in an interview last year.
She dropped out of high school and worked different jobs, including at McDonald's, before becoming a model.
"I was a wild child," she told the Observer in the interview. "I went out, had fun, partied, whatever - I didn't really have the best influences around me."
But she decided to head back to school and completed her GED at a community college just before starting on America's Next Top Model. She was the youngest contestant taking part in last year's show.
While on the show, she became close to a male model on the series - but he is not the man who was found killed on Tuesday.
After news of her death, the show's winner, Keith Carlos, tweeted:
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