Reeva Steenkamp, Oscar Pistorius' slain
girlfriend, spent her final minutes hiding behind a bathroom door before he
shot her to death, a new report alleges.
The South African double-amputee Olympic
sprinter pumped four bullets through the door and into the helpless blond
beauty, a neighbor has claimed.
Details of their Valentine’s Day fight,
after which Oscar Pistorius
was charged with murder, began to emerge as police piece together
what happened.
Or what they believe happened.
Pistorius' family, while offering prayers for Reeva Steenkamp,
say they "strongly dispute" the alleged murder charge.
In any event, the gorgeous model was
found dead two hours after police were called to Pistorius’ upscale home over a
loud fight involving the couple.
Steenkamp reportedly fled in fear to
the bathroom in her boyfriend’s house before she was shot through
the closed door with a 9-mm. handgun.
She was struck in the head, chest,
pelvis and hand, local media reports say.
Security guards in Pistorius’ gated
Pretoria community found him sitting alongside the bloody body in the bathroom
with the four bullet holes obvious in the door.
The pair were alone in the house at the
time of the killing; there were no eyewitness accounts. The suspected murder
weapon was recovered at the scene.
Prosecutors, in a stunning move,
announced the six-time Paralympic gold medalist faced charges of premeditated
murder in the predawn shooting.
Pistorius wept in court but did not enter a
plea; he remains in custody.
Steenkamp and the Olympian began dating
about four months ago.
The shooting reverberated across South
Africa, where Pistorius is a national hero, and the world, where he was a
symbol of courage and determination.
An ex-girlfriend of Pistorius took to
Twitter to defend the 26-year-old sprinter-turned-suspect, insisting he had no
history of violence toward women.
“I would just like to say, I have dated
Oscar on/off for 5 YEARS, NOT ONCE has he EVER lifted a finger to me, made me
fear for my life,” said Jenna Edkins.
His former girlfriend added: “All I am
saying is let him speak, let his side be heard without jumping to conclusions.
Love and thoughts to Reeva’s family.”
However, another former ex called
Pistorius a “player" and "certainly not what people think he
is." Samantha Taylor said he had “way with women.”
Taylor’s father also weighed in on
Pistorius’ dark side.
“I have no sympathy for Oscar. I am just
glad that my daughter is safe and that she got out of the relationship in
time,” Henry Taylor was quoted as saying.
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