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Las Vegas shooting: Paddock's 'girlfriend' arrives in US | Las Vegas shooting: Paddock's 'girlfriend' arrives in US |
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The woman believed to be the girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock has arrived in the United States, where she is wanted for questioning. | The woman believed to be the girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock has arrived in the United States, where she is wanted for questioning. |
Marilou Danley, who was in the Philippines, was met by federal agents when she landed in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, US media report. | Marilou Danley, who was in the Philippines, was met by federal agents when she landed in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, US media report. |
Reports said Paddock transferred US$100,000 (£75,400) to her in the Philippines before Sunday's shooting. | |
He killed 58 concert-goers and injured more than 500 in Las Vegas. | |
The retiree sprayed bullets into a crowd attending a country music festival from his hotel room at the Mandalay Bay Hotel, before apparently killing himself. | |
Paddock had no criminal record and was not known to police, who have yet to state his motives for the shooting, the worst in US modern history. | Paddock had no criminal record and was not known to police, who have yet to state his motives for the shooting, the worst in US modern history. |
US authorities have since named Ms Danley a "person of interest" in the investigation, and said they had been in contact with her seeking information on Paddock shortly after the shooting. | |
She had been in the Philippines since late September, local media reported. | |
Her sisters told Australian outlet 7News that Ms Danley had not known about the trip until Paddock told her he had bought her a ticket to the Philippines. "She was sent away... so that she will not be there to interfere with what he's planning," they said. | |
Paddock checked into the Mandalay Bay Hotel on 28 September, reportedly using some of Ms Danley's identity documents. | Paddock checked into the Mandalay Bay Hotel on 28 September, reportedly using some of Ms Danley's identity documents. |
The Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation told AFP news agency it was investigating reports that Paddock sent US$100,000 to Ms Danley in the Philippines days before the shooting. | |
Ms Danley's sisters also told 7News that she had been wired that amount in the Philippines. | |
An unnamed US official told Reuters news agency that investigators were assuming the amount was intended as a form of life insurance for her. | An unnamed US official told Reuters news agency that investigators were assuming the amount was intended as a form of life insurance for her. |
Eric Paddock, the youngest brother of Stephen Paddock, told The New York Times that his brother loved and doted on Ms Danley. | Eric Paddock, the youngest brother of Stephen Paddock, told The New York Times that his brother loved and doted on Ms Danley. |
"She was probably one of the only people I've ever seen that he'd go out of his way to do a little thing for." | "She was probably one of the only people I've ever seen that he'd go out of his way to do a little thing for." |
Who is Marilou Danley? | Who is Marilou Danley? |
Sources: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, US media outlets | Sources: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, US media outlets |