Las Vegas Gunman’s Girlfriend Is Not A Suspect

When I first heard about the Las Vegas shooting, reports mentioned the shooter, Stephen Paddock, and his roommate/girlfriend, Marilou Danley. I was originally under the impression that she acted as an accomplice, but as it turns out, she’s not even in the country right now. Police have located her and have determined that she is NOT a suspect.

Police said Paddock had used Danley’s slot card to gamble in the hotel, and that he was in Las Vegas for three days prior to Sunday’s shooting.

 

Danley is believed to be an Australian citizen and previously lived on the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia for more than a decade with her former husband, an Australian man, who has since passed away. She moved to the United States 20 years ago, according to one of her former neighbors who said she is originally from the Philippines, The Herald Sun reported.

Her now deleted Facebook page identified her as a ‘proud mom and grandma who lives life to the fullest.’

 

Danley had described herself on her LinkedIn page as a ‘gambling and casino professional’ living in Reno, Nevada. That social media page also listed her as working as a ‘high limit hostess’ at Club Paradise, Atlantis Casino in Reno between 2010 and 2013, but does not list another job since that year.

The gunman’s brother, Eric Paddock, said he only met Danley a handful of times. He described her as a “nice lady” who sends his mom cookies.

“She is a nice lady. I’ve met her 3 or 4 times. She’s got a Facebook page. She sends cookies to my mom,” gunman’s brother says of his wife pic.twitter.com/DTs69ZP7EO

— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 2, 2017

‘They might have got married, but I don’t think they’re married. She’s just his girlfriend,’ Eric said. ‘She’s a nice lady, I’ve met her three or four times. She’s got a Facebook page, she sends my mom cookies.’

 

Police were initially searching for the 62-year-old woman after Paddock was confirmed dead early in the investigation. A Hyundai Tucson vehicle understood to be owned by Danley was also found by police.

 

NBC News reported that Paddock was married and going through a divorce or somehow splitting up with his wife, though it was not clear who that woman is or if it was Danley.

Everything about this is horrific, but at this point, it looks like Danley is in the clear.

h/t Daily Mail