Las Vegas gunman's girlfriend says no advance knowledge of massacre
Marilou Danley
Marilou Danley  who returned late on Tuesday from a family visit to the Philippines and is regarded by investigators as a “person of interest ”  said through a lawyer that the carnage Stephen Paddock unleashed while she was abroad caught her completely unaware.
“ He  never said anything to  me  or took any action that I was aware of that I understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen ” Danley  62  said in a written statement read to reporters by her attorney in Los Angeles  where the FBI was questioning her.
FILE PHOTO - Marilou Danley  whose live-in boyfriend carried out a shooting rampage at a Las Vegas concert Sunday night  is seen in this Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department photo released in Las Vegas  Nevada  U.S. October 2  2017. Courtesy Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
In her statement after being questioned in Los Angeles  Paddock’s girlfriend  Danley  insisted she knew Paddock as “a kind  caring  quiet man.”
“It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone.” Her lawyer  Matt Lombard  said  Danley  was “fully cooperating” with the investigation.
 Danley   an Australian citizen of Filipino heritage  said  she  flew back to the United States voluntarily “because I know that the FBI and Las Vegas Police Department wanted to talk to me  and I wanted to talk to them.”
Danley  who was twice married before  her  relationship with Paddock  became a focus of the investigation for having shared his retirement community condo in Mesquite  Nevada  northeast of Las Vegas  before leaving the United States for the Philippines in mid-September.
 Danley  said Paddock had bought her an airline ticket to visit her family and wired her money to purchase property there  leading her to worry  he  might be planning to break up with her.
Paddock’s brother Eric told reporters the $100 000 transfer was evidence that “Steve took care of the people  he  loved ” and that  he  likely wanted to protect Danley by sending her overseas before the attack.
[TGT]  who returned late on Tuesday from a family visit to the Philippines and is regarded by investigators as a “person of interest ”  said through a lawyer that the carnage Stephen Paddock unleashed while she was abroad caught her completely unaware.
“ He  never said anything to  me  or took any action that I was aware of that I understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen ” Danley  62  said in a written statement read to reporters by her attorney in Los Angeles  where the FBI was questioning her.
FILE PHOTO - [TGT]  whose live-in boyfriend carried out a shooting rampage at a Las Vegas concert Sunday night  is seen in this Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department photo released in Las Vegas  Nevada  U.S. October 2  2017. Courtesy Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
In her statement after being questioned in Los Angeles  Paddock’s girlfriend  Danley  insisted she knew Paddock as “a kind  caring  quiet man.”
“It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone.” Her lawyer  Matt Lombard  said  Danley  was “fully cooperating” with the investigation.
 Danley   an Australian citizen of Filipino heritage  said  she  flew back to the United States voluntarily “because I know that the FBI and Las Vegas Police Department wanted to talk to me  and I wanted to talk to them.”
Danley  who was twice married before  her  relationship with Paddock  became a focus of the investigation for having shared his retirement community condo in Mesquite  Nevada  northeast of Las Vegas  before leaving the United States for the Philippines in mid-September.
 Danley  said Paddock had bought her an airline ticket to visit her family and wired her money to purchase property there  leading her to worry  he  might be planning to break up with her.
Paddock’s brother Eric told reporters the $100 000 transfer was evidence that “Steve took care of the people  he  loved ” and that  he  likely wanted to protect Danley by sending her overseas before the attack.