A male nursing student has been charged with the murder of a bridal reality show contestant after confessing to killing her, the LAPD said Tuesday.

Lisa Marie Naegle went missing after a birthday party at the Alpine Village Restaurant in Torrance, California on Saturday night and her body was found in a shallow grave in suspect Jackie Jerome Rogers' home in Inglewood.

The family of Naegle confronted Rogers with CCTV footage from the early hours of Sunday morning showing Naegle getting into Rogers' SUV.

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Nursing student Jackie Jerome Rogers (right) has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the disappearance of former reality show contestant Lisa Marie Naegle (left), 36

Murder suspect Rogers can be seen in this still taken from surveillance footage leaving the birthday party with Naegle early Sunday, a family friend told the DailyMail.com

Naegle came in fourth place on the E! reality show Bridalplasty, where women compete for a dream wedding and plastic surgery, in 2010

The suspect had initially told them that he and Naegle were at a bar near Alpine Village when she said she wanted to go to an after-party. He claimed he was too tired and he left without her but the CCTV footage shows otherwise, reported TMZ.

Rogers has now confessed to murdering Naegle, according to the LAPD. Police didn't immediately announce a motive.

The 36-year-old nurse texted her husband Derek Harryman around 2.45 am to let him know she was grabbing food and then coming home. Two days passed without Harryman hearing a word from his wife.

Naegle, who once competed on the E! show Bridalplasty, was hit on the head seven times with a hammer early Sunday morning,TMZ reported citing law enforcement sources.

She and Rogers had just gone to a bar called Jack In The Box, and Rogers said she had just broken up with him to go back with her husband, according to TMZ.

Naegle's body was found naked and face down in Roger's yard, TMZ reported on Tuesday evening.

The coroner's office will give the final cause of death and will formally identify the remains.

Family members told the Associated Press Rogers was a student of Naegle, who taught a college nursing class.

Naegle's family had confronted Rogers after seeing surveillance footage, which they said showed Naegle getting into Rogers' car.

Naegle's sister, Danielle Naegle-Kaimona, told ABC 7 that Rogers said he was having an affair with Naegle. Naegle-Kaimona told the network that Naegle had told her Rogers was gay.

She said Rogers initially denied any involvement.

'We begged and pleaded that he'd come to our home to kind of give us details on what time, where were things, and when he left her, but while he was talking to us and telling us his story, multiple different times he said he absolutely did not go home with her, or did not take her home,' Naegle-Kaimona said.

Rogers later altered his story to say that Naegle had gotten into his car but had gotten out moments later, the family said. The family then said they called the police, who detained Rogers.

Detectives and members of the coroner's office went to the home of Jackie Jerome Rogers on Tuesday (pictured), where they believed Naegle's body was buried

Naegle (right), a registered nurse, had called her husband Derek Harryman (left) around 2.45am on Sunday morning to say she was getting food and coming home - but never returned

Officials investigated Rogers' residence on Tuesday after they said Rogers confessed to murdering Naegle. Rogers has been booked and is held on a $2 million bail

Investigators are pictured arriving at Rogers' home to search for Naegle's body Tuesday after Rogers was arrested on suspicion of murder

One of Naegle's sisters, Michelle, was seen leaving the police station in San Pedro on Tuesday afternoon, looking visibly upset

Naegle's husband (pictured) also left the police station with Michelle on Tuesday afternoon. Police retrieved Naegle's body later that day

Naegle's husband and one her sisters Michelle were seen on ABC 7 leaving the police station Tuesday afternoon, visibly upset.

Harryman husband, had expressed his concern during his wife's disappearance.

'Everyone is beyond frustrated, beyond worried,' Harryman told the Orange County Register. 'I'm flipping out.'

'We are trying to have a baby. We are looking forward to starting a family.'

Harryman, who is a vessel operations superintendent at the Port of Los Angeles, was at work when Naegle told him she was headed to the party with her brother.

Naegle had only planned to stay for a few hours because she was scheduled to teach nursing classes at West Los Angeles College on Sunday.

But when Harryman returned from work at 2 am on Sunday, he saw that his wife still wasn't home.

He said Naegle called him a minute or two later.

'She sounded really, really drunk,' he told the Daily Breeze. 'She said, "I'm going to get some food and then I'll be home." '

Harryman expected Naegle would come home with an Uber car, saying she often uses the app and the same driver to get home.

Naegle was nowhere to be found when Harryman woke up the next morning, but he believed she must have just stayed with her brother and gone straight to work.

Then Harryman found out that Naegle hadn't gone to the party with her brother, but a male nursing student - later identified as Rogers - who had picked her up.

The student had told Harryman his wife had wanted to go to an after-party. He said he did not stay with her and went home alone.

After talking to him, Harryman texted his wife: 'You didn't come home last night. This is unacceptable. You must be feeling horrible because you have to teach.'

But then Harryman received a call notifying him that Naegle had never shown up to her class. That's when he and Naegle's brother went to the police and reported her missing.

On Monday Naegle's family invited Rogers to their home. They said his story began to change as they asked him questions, and they called the police.

Naegle finished fourth on Bridalplasty, a 2010 reality show about a group of women who moved into a mansion to compete for a dream wedding and plastic surgery.

Officials found Naegel's body in Rogers' yard on Tuesday. She was found naked and having been bashed several times with a hammer, according to TMZ

Video footage from Alpine Village was discovered showing Naegle getting into a black SUV

Naegle (pictured with her husband) told Harryman she would get food and go home after going to a birthday party but never returned and didn't show up to teach class the next day

This missing poster was released after Harryman reported Naegle missing on Sunday