Para-Olympic, champion and global sports icon, Oscar “Blade Runner” Pistorius, has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp who was shot to death at 3:00 a.m. Valentines Day.
According to many reports, neighbors and people around the area heard yelling and other noises.
The platinum-blonde, a paralegal turned model was about to debut on a reality television show “Tropika Island of Treasure 5.” Both were icons in the South African style and celebrity scene.
Despite Pistorius having had both his legs amputated at the knee as an infant, he ran with such speed that a 2011 Nike promotion included an advertisement with the theme, “I am the bullet in the chamber.” Due to the latest news, Nike has pulled this ad.
There have been previous reports of domestic violence at Pistorius’ home and also of reports that the model’s death could have been an accident to the effect that “Pistorius accidentally shot her thinking she was an intruder.”
In Steenkamp’s Twitter profile, she describes herself as an “SA Model, Cover Girl, Tropika Island of Treasure Celeb Contestant, Law Graduate, Child of God.”
What do you think? Cold blooded murder or accident?
Additional resources:
- Reeva Steenkamp an anomaly in a world of pretty faces, FoxNews http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/02/14/slain-model-reeva-steenkamp-anomaly-in-world-pretty-faces/
- Blade Runner’s Beauty Queen: Who Was Reeva Steenkamp? The Daily Beast http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/14/blade-runner-s-beauty-queen-who-was-reeva-steenkamp.html
- 'Absolute angel on Earth': Reeva Steenkamp, found dead in home of Olympian boyfriend Oscar Pistorius, remembered for beauty and brains, New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/reeva-steenkamp-remembered-beauty-brains-article-1.1263905
- Pistorius' girlfriend killed on Valentine's Day she was looking forward to, CNN http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/14/world/africa/south-africa-model-profile/index.html
- OSCAR PISTORIUS, HIS GIRLFRIEND AND HIS GUN, New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2013/02/oscar-pistorius-...
- Oscar Pistorius murder charge: Reeva Steenkamp profile, The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafri...
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