Olympian Oscar Pistorius has been charged with
murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, a
model and budding reality TV show contestant. The
30-year-old was shot multiple times and died at
Pistorius\' upmarket home.
Oscar Pistorius Athlete Oscar Pistorius weeps in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Feb 15, 2013, at his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Oscar Pistorius arrived at a courthouse Friday, for his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend as South Africans braced themselves for the latest development in a story that has stunned the country. The Paralympic superstar was earlier seen leaving a police station in a dark suit with a charcoal gray jacket covering his head as he got into a police vehicle. Model Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed at Pistorius' upmarket home in an eastern suburb of the South African capital in the predawn hours of Thursday. (AP Photo/Antione de Ras - Independent Newspapers Ltd South Africa) SOUTH AFRICA OUT
Reeva Steenkamp In this undated handout publicity photo supplied by Stimulii taken on the island of Jamaica, Reeva Steenkamp poses on set during the shooting of the reality show Tropika Island of Treasure which premieres on state television Saturday, Feb 16, 2013. South Africa's national broadcaster says it will screen the show featuring the dead model girlfriend of double-amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius, two days after she was shot and killed at Pistorius' home. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Stimulii-HO)
AP Photo/Courtesy of Stimulii-HO
Oscar Pistorius Athlete Oscar Pistorius weeps in court in
Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Feb 15, 2013,
at his bail hearing in the murder case of his
girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Oscar Pistorius
arrived at a courthouse Friday, for his bail
hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend as
South Africans braced themselves for the latest
development in a story that has stunned the
country. The Paralympic superstar was earlier
seen leaving a police station in a dark suit
with a charcoal gray jacket covering his head
as he got into a police vehicle. Model Reeva
Steenkamp was shot and killed at Pistorius'
upmarket home in an eastern suburb of the South
African capital in the predawn hours of
Thursday. (AP Photo/Antione de Ras -
Independent Newspapers Ltd South Africa) SOUTH
AFRICA OUT
South Africa Pistorius Shooting Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius's brother Carl Pistorius looks on after his bail application appearance at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Pistorius was formally charged at Pretoria Magistrate’s Court with one count of murder after his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, a model and budding reality TV show participant, was shot multiple times and killed at Pistorius' upmarket home in the predawn hours of Thursday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
AP Photo/Themba Hadebe
Reeva Steenkamp In this undated handout publicity photo supplied by Stimulii taken on the island of Jamaica, Reeva Steenkamp poses on set during the shooting of the reality show Tropika Island of Treasure which premieres on state television Saturday, Feb 16, 2013. South Africa's national broadcaster says it will screen the show featuring the dead model girlfriend of double-amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius, two days after she was shot and killed at Pistorius' home. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Stimulii)
AP Photo/Courtesy of Stimulii
Reeva Steenkamp In this undated handout publicity photo supplied by Stimulii taken on the island of Jamaica, Reeva Steenkamp poses on set during the shooting of the reality show Tropika Island of Treasure which premieres on state television Saturday, Feb 16, 2013. South Africa's national broadcaster says it will screen the show featuring the dead model girlfriend of double-amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius, two days after she was shot and killed at Pistorius' home. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Stimulii)
AP Photo/Courtesy of Stimulii
Arnold Pistorius, Aimee Pistorius Arnold Pistorius, right, uncle of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, make a statement to selected press in Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. 16, 2013. Pistorius said that Oscar is “numb with shock, as well as grief” after the shooting death of his model girlfriend at his home in South Africa, Thursday, and his family strongly refuted prosecutors’ claims that he murdered her. On left is Aimee Pistorius, sister of Oscar Pistorius. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
AP Photo/Denis Farrell
Reeva Steenkamp In this frame-grab from state television channel SABC 1 a tribute is devoted to slain model Reeva Steenkamp, girlfriend of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius. South Africa’s national broadcaster went ahead with the screening of the reality TV show "Tropica Island of Treasure" Saturday, Feb 16, 2013, featuring the dead model. Steenkamp encouraged her family to watch in one of her last conversations with them before her shooting death at the home of Pistorius. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
AP Photo/Denis Farrell
Reeva Steenkamp In this frame-grab from state television channel SABC 1 a tribute is devoted to slain model Reeva Steenkamp, girlfriend of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius. South Africa’s national broadcaster went ahead with the screening of the reality TV show "Tropica Island of Treasure" Saturday, Feb 16, 2013, featuring the dead model. Steenkamp encouraged her family to watch in one of her last conversations with them before her shooting death at the home of Pistorius. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
AP Photo/Denis Farrell
Aimee Pistorius Aimee Pistorius outside the Brooklyn police station in Pretoria, South Africa, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, after visiting her brother Oscar Pistorius. Oscar Pistorius faces a bail hearing Tuesday and Wednesday, in which prosecutors will have to offer a great explanation about why they’ve charged the Olympian with murder over the Valentine’s Day shooting death of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius hasn’t entered a plea in the case, though his family has said they strongly deny the 26-year-old double-amputee runner committed murder. They have not, however, denied outright that Pistorius shot Steenkamp, a 29-year-old law school graduate now being featured in a South African reality television show. (AP Photo)
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South Africa Pistorius Shooting Peet van Zyl, managing agent for Olympian athlete Oscar Pistorius, talks to the press outside the Brooklyn police station in Pretoria, South Africa, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, after visiting Pistorius. Oscar Pistorius faces a bail hearing Tuesday and Wednesday, in which prosecutors will have to offer a great explanation about why they’ve charged the Olympian with murder over the Valentine’s Day shooting death of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius hasn’t entered a plea in the case, though his family has said they strongly deny the 26-year-old double-amputee runner committed murder. They have not, however, denied outright that Pistorius shot Steenkamp, a 29-year-old law school graduate now being featured in a South African reality television show. (AP Photo)
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South Africa Pistorius Shooting Kenny Oldwage, lawyer for Oscar Pistorius, foreground, and Carl Pistorius, brother of Oscar Pistorius arrive at the Brooklyn police station in Pretoria, South Africa, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Oscar Pistorius faces a bail hearing Tuesday and Wednesday, in which prosecutors will have to offer a great explanation about why they’ve charged the Olympian with murder over the Valentine’s Day shooting death of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius hasn’t entered a plea in the case, though his family has said they strongly deny the 26-year-old double-amputee runner committed murder. They have not, however, denied outright that Pistorius shot Steenkamp, a 29-year-old law school graduate now being featured in a South African reality television show. (AP Photo)
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Arnold Pistorius, Aimee Pistroius Arnold Pistorius, right, uncle of Olympic athlete
Oscar Pistorius, comforts his niece after making
a statement to selected press in Pretoria, South
Africa, Feb. 16, 2013. Pistorius said that Oscar
is numb with shock, as well as grief after the
shooting death of his model girlfriend at his
home in South Africa, Thursday. (AP Photo/Denis
Farrell)
Aimee Pistorius Sister of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, Aimee,
left, leaves the Mamelodi Hospital, east of
Pretoria, South Africa, with unidentified
persons, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 where she
visited her brother while he was being examined.
Pistorius was taken into custody after a 30-year-
old woman, Reeva Steenkamp, was shot dead at his
home. (AP Photo/Walso Swiegers)
AP Photo/Walso Swiegers
Oscar Pistorius Photo taken through a car window shows workers taking down a billboard of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius endorsing a product in Johannesburg, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Pistorius was taken into custody after a 30-year-old woman, Reeva Steenkamp, was shot dead at his home. Front billboard for Master Card has nothing to do with Pistorius story. (AP Photo/Dion Chang)
AP Photo/Dion Chang
Oscar Pistorius Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius leaves the Boschkop police station, east of Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Pistorius was taken into custody after a 30-year-old woman, Reeva Steenkamp, was shot dead at his home. (AP Photo)
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Oscar Pistorius Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius heads to the holding cells at the Boschkop police station, east of Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Pistorius will remain in custody until Friday when he will appear in court to face charges after a 30-year-old woman, Reeva Steenkamp, was shot dead at his home. (AP Photo)
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South Africa Pistorius Shooting A man runs past television cameras outside the housing estate where Olympian Oscar Pistorius lives, in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
AP Photo/Themba Hadebe
South Africa Pistorius Shooting A police vehicle leaves the housing estate where Olympian Oscar Pistorius lives in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
AP Photo/Themba Hadebe
South Africa Pistorius Shooting In this photo taken Thursday Feb. 14, 2013 a
police officer holds a gun that was allegedly
used in the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp, the
girlfriend of Olympian athlete Oscar Pistorius,
at the Boschkop police station east of
Pretoria. Oscar Pistorius arrived at a
courthouse Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, for his bail
hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend as
South Africans braced themselves for the latest
development in a story that has stunned the
country. The Paralympic superstar was earlier
seen leaving a police station in a dark suit
with a charcoal gray jacket covering his head
as he got into a police vehicle. Model Reeva
Steenkamp was shot and killed at Pistorius'
upmarket home in an eastern suburb of the South
African capital in the predawn hours of
Thursday. (AP Photo/Phill Magakoe, Pretoria
News) SOUTH AFRICA OUT
Oscar Pistorius Oscar Pistorius, centro, es conducido de la estación de Policía Boschkop en el este de Pretoria, Sudáfrica, a la corte para su audiencia de fianza, el viernes 15 de febrero de 2013. (Foto AP)
Foto AP
South Africa Pistorius Shooting Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius's father Henke Pistorius, right, gestures to his son, left, as he leaves the witness bench after his bail application appearance at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Pistorius was taken into custody after a 30-year-old woman, Reeva Steenkamp, was shot dead at his home on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
AP Photo/Themba Hadebe
South Africa Pistorius Shooting Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius , center, is lead by police officer out of the witness bench after his bail application appearance at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Pistorius was taken into custody after a 30-year-old woman, Reeva Steenkamp, was shot dead at his home on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
AP Photo/Themba Hadebe
Reeva Steenkamp This is an undated portfolio photo supplied by Ice Model Management in Johannesburg of Reeva Steenkamp, during a photo shoot. Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. Reeva Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter against rape and abuse of women, was shot four times in the predawn hours in the home, in a gated community in the capital, Pretoria, police said. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY(AP Photo/Ice Model Management)
AP Photo/Ice Model Management
Oscar Pistorius Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius leaves the Boschkop police station, east of Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 en route to appear in court charged with murder. Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was taken into custody and was expected to appear in court Thursday, after a 30-year-old woman who was believed to be his girlfriend was shot dead at his home in South Africa's capital, Pretoria. SOUTH AFRICA OUT(AP Photo/Chris Collingridge)
AP Photo/Chris Collingridge
Oscar Pistorius Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius leaves the Boschkop police station, east of Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 en route to appear in court charged with murder. Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was taken into custody and was expected to appear in court Thursday after a 30-year-old woman who was believed to be his girlfriend was shot dead at his home in South Africa's capital, Pretoria. SOUTH AFRICA OUT(AP Photo/Chris Collingridge)
AP Photo/Chris Collingridge
Reeva Steenkamp This is an undated portfolio photo supplied by
Ice Model Management in Johannesburg of Reeva
Steenkamp, during a photo shoot. Paralympic
superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday,
Feb. 14, 2013, with the murder of his
girlfriend who was shot inside his home in
South Africa, a stunning development in the
life of a national hero known as the Blade
Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. Reeva
Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter
against rape and abuse of women, was shot four
times in the predawn hours in the home, in a
gated community in the capital, Pretoria,
police said.
EDITORIAL PURPOSE ONLY(AP Photo/Ice Model Management)
AP Photo/Ice Model Management
Reeva Steenkamp This is an undated portfolio photo supplied by Ice Model Management in Johannesburg of Reeva Steenkamp, during a photo shoot. Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. Reeva Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter against rape and abuse of women, was shot four times in the predawn hours in the home, in a gated community in the capital, Pretoria, police said. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY(AP Photo/Ice Model Management)
AP Photo/Ice Model Management
Reeva Steenkamp This is an undated portfolio photo supplied by
Ice Model Management in Johannesburg of Reeva
Steenkamp, during a photo shoot. Paralympic
superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday,
Feb. 14, 2013, with the murder of his
girlfriend who was shot inside his home in
South Africa, a stunning development in the
life of a national hero known as the Blade
Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. Reeva
Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter
against rape and abuse of women, was shot four
times in the predawn hours in the home, in a
gated community in the capital, Pretoria,
police said.
EDITORIAL PURPOSE ONLY(AP Photo/Ice Model Management)
AP Photo/Ice Model Management
Reeva Steenkamp This is an undated portfolio photo supplied by
Ice Model Management in Johannesburg of Reeva
Steenkamp, during a photo shoot. Paralympic
superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday,
Feb. 14, 2013, with the murder of his
girlfriend who was shot inside his home in
South Africa, a stunning development in the
life of a national hero known as the Blade
Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. Reeva
Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter
against rape and abuse of women, was shot four
times in the predawn hours in the home, in a
gated community in the capital, Pretoria,
police said.
EDITORIAL PURPOSE ONLY(AP Photo/Ice Model Management)
AP Photo/Ice Model Management
Reeva Steenkamp This is an undated portfolio photo supplied by
Ice Model Management in Johannesburg of Reeva
Steenkamp, during a photo shoot. Paralympic
superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday,
Feb. 14, 2013, with the murder of his
girlfriend who was shot inside his home in
South Africa, a stunning development in the
life of a national hero known as the Blade
Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. Reeva
Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter
against rape and abuse of women, was shot four
times in the predawn hours in the home, in a
gated community in the capital, Pretoria,
police said.
EDITORIAL PURPOSE ONLY(AP Photo/Ice Model Management)
AP Photo/Ice Model Management
South Africa Pistorius Shooting In this Aug. 5, 2012 file photo, South Africa's
Oscar Pistorius starts in the men's 400-meter
semifinal during the athletics in the Olympic
Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Pistorius was charged Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013,
with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot
inside his home in South Africa, a stunning
development in the life of a national hero
known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech
artificial legs. Reeva Steenkamp, a model who
spoke out on Twitter against rape and abuse of
women, was shot four times in the predawn hours
in the home, in a gated community in the
capital, Pretoria, police said. (AP Photo/Anja
Niedringhaus, File)
South Africa Pistorius Shooting This aerial image taken from video provided by VNS24/7 on Thursday Feb. 14, 2013, shows the home of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius in a gated housing complex in Pretoria, South Africa. Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been arrested in the shooting death of his girlfriend, police and the woman's talent agent said Thursday. (AP Photo/VNS24/7)
AP Photo/VNS24/7
South Africa Pistorius Shooting This aerial image taken from video provided by
VNS24/7 on Thursday Feb. 14, 2013, shows the
gated housing complex with the home of Olympic
athlete Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria, South
Africa. Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been
arrested in the shooting death of his girlfriend,
police and the woman's talent agent said
Thursday. (AP Photo/VNS24/7)
AP Photo/VNS24/7
Oscar Pistorius, Reeva Steenkamp In this Nov. 4, 2012 photo, South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp, believed to be his girlfriend, at an awards ceremony, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was taken into custody and was expected to appear in court Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, after a 30-year-old woman who was believed to be his girlfriend was shot dead at his home in South Africa's capital, Pretoria. SOUTH AFRICA OUT(AP Photo/Lucky Nxumalo-Citypress)
AP Photo/Lucky Nxumalo-Citypress
South Africa Pistorius Shooting A police vehicle enters the housing estate where Olympian Oscar Pistorius lives, in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Reports say that a 30-year-old woman was shot dead at Pistorius's home earlier after being mistaken for an intruder. (AP Photo/Str)
AP Photo/Str
South Africa Pistorius Shooting A police vehicle enters the housing estate where Olympian Oscar Pistorius lives, in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Reports say that a 30-year-old woman was shot dead at Pistorius's home earlier after being mistaken for an intruder. (AP Photo)
AP Photo
South Africa Pistorius Shooting A forensics van leaves the housing estate where Olympian Oscar Pistorius lives, in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Reports say that a 30-year-old woman was shot dead at Pistorius's home earlier after being mistaken for an intruder. (AP Photo)
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Pistorius Shooting In this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, file photo,
Gold medalist South Africa's Oscar Pistorius
poses with his medal during the ceremony after
winning the men's 400 meters T44 category final
during the athletics competition at the 2012
Paralympics, in London. Olympic sprinter Oscar
Pistorius has been arrested after a 30-year-old
woman was shot dead at his home in South
Africa. Police say Pistorius, a double-amputee
known as "Blade Runner," was taken into custody
after the shooting early Thursday, Feb. 14,
2013, at his home in a gated complex in the
country's capital. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File
Oscar Pistorius In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 file photo,
South Africa's Oscar Pistorius wins the Men's 4 x
100 Relay T42-46 final at the 2012 Paralympics in
London. Pistorius has been arrested after a 30-
year-old woman was shot dead at his home in South
Africa, early Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP
Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
Olympian Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, a model and budding reality TV show contestant. The 30-year-old was shot multiple times and died at Pistorius’ upmarket home.
