Olympic Athlete Charged with Murder

[The Solution]

Anyone see this bizarre story?


http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/...eeva-steenkamp


Oscar Pistorius charged with murder

[Waylon]

Woah!

[cook]

yeah Oscar was the feel good story of the last Olympics.This will not be good

[MikeS]

Crazy!

[Jimmyinkedup]

yeah Oscar was the feel good story of the last Olympics.This will not be good

He certainly was. Even my wife who could have cared less about the Olympics remembered who he was when I just told her about this.

[huge285]

If this guy killed his gf, he's quite possibly the dumbest MO FO in the world........ People do stupid things.......No woman/man is worth killing over! Now he'll spend the rest of his life in prison (and I'm sure he won't have the latest high tech prosthetic feet at his disposal).

I heard some stupid woman on the news suggesting that PERHAPS his gf came over his house to surprise him on Valentines Day and he shot her thinking she was an intruder....... !!!

[The Solution]

I heard some stupid woman on the news suggesting that PERHAPS his gf came over his house to surprise him on Valentines Day and he shot her thinking she was an intruder....... !!!

^^^ Do you remember what channel or news source? Maybe there is an article on CNN/Fox News or Yahoo News that could lead to this or prolong the story.

[Curt James]

If this guy killed his gf, he's quite possibly the dumbest MO FO in the world........ People do stupid things.......No woman/man is worth killing over! Now he'll spend the rest of his life in prison (and I'm sure he won't have the latest high tech prosthetic feet at his disposal).

I heard some stupid woman on the news suggesting that PERHAPS his gf came over his house to surprise him on Valentines Day and he shot her thinking she was an intruder....... !!!

That might have been Pistorius's cover story initially, but...

But early on Thursday morning, the police arrived at Mr. Pistorius’s house in a gated community in Pretoria to find Ms. Steenkamp, 30, dead from multiple gunshot wounds in a puddle of blood. And before the day was out, Mr. Pistorius, 26, who ran on carbon-fiber blades that earned him the nickname Blade Runner, had been charged with murder.

Early news reports here that Mr. Pistorius, a gun enthusiast, had accidentally shot his girlfriend, thinking she was intruder, gave way to grim police news conferences announcing previous law enforcement complaints about domestic incidents at his home and the current charges of murder.


More @ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/sp...th-africa.html

[Curt James]

A police spokeswoman, Denise Beukes, said (video) earlier reports that the suspect had been surprised by his girlfriend and had thought she was an intruder had not come from police.

"The South Africa police service were just as surprised this morning to hear on the radio that allegations had been made that the deceased had been perceived to be a burglar. We were very surprised and those allegations did not come from us."

Beukes said witnesses and neighbours claim to have heard unusual sounds on Wednesday evening and when the shooting took place. There had "previously been allegations of a domestic nature at Mr Pistorius's home", she said, adding that Pistorius was being "treated like any other normal person".

"He will be bringing a bail application and we will be opposing bail." There were no other suspects in the case.

Earlier, police said they had launched a murder investigation after a 30-year-old woman was found dead in the upmarket Silver Lakes gated community, where the Paralympic and Olympic runner lives. It is believed she was shot four times.

More @ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013...e-south-africa

^^^^ And the following from that same article...

Pistorius's father said his son was sad after the shooting. "I don't know nothing," Henke Pistorius told SABC radio news. "It will be extremely obnoxious and rude to speculate. I don't know the facts. If anyone makes a statement, it will have to be Oscar. He's sad at the moment."

He's sad? :-|

If it was truly an accidental shooting then I'd say this qualifies for a little more than simply sad.

[Curt James]

From http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/sp...th-africa.html

On her Twitter account, Ms. Steenkamp had posted a message on Wednesday alluding to Valentine’s day, saying: “What do you have up your sleeve for your love tomorrow???”

Well, there's your answer to that question. =8^O


Reeva Steenkamp

[The Big Sexy]

Guys Oscar is sad right now... cut him some slack.

[Colin K]

I would never have imagined this guy to be a potential Murderer...

He doesn't have a leg to stand on!





(normally I wouldnt mock the diabled but hes a killer so i think its fair game)

[salali86]

He was making $2 million a year i think from nike. Think about having that and going to prison.

[davidcua]

He was making $2 million a year i think from nike. Think about having that and going to prison.

Think about the poor family girl and the poor girl shot ....

[Triple-H_2005]

Well, since we all know that Olympic athletes are drug-free, this won't be blamed on roid rage...