COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - A 50-year-old Coos County man told investigators at the scene of a fatal shooting near Bandon, Ore., that he aimed and fired a double-barreled derringer at a computer Kelly Twiggs was using. However, deputies found the 44-year-old woman dead last Saturday night.
Coos County District Attorney R. Paul Frasier has charged Joseph Miller Lankford with murder. Judge Richard Barron set bail at $2 million Monday and appointed the public defender's office to represent Lankford.
In court papers, Deputy Adam Slater says the man and woman had returned home after a family reunion. The deputy says Lankford told authorities he drank some alcohol and Twiggs began a discussion of his behavior at the reunion.
Lankford identified Twiggs as his ex-girlfriend in a 911 call. The district attorney says her children say the couple had been married for about 15 years at the time of her death.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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