By Todd Pittenger
Fri 10:13 AM 02/18/2011
Deputies arrested 40-year-old Steven Couch Jr. in connection with the shooting. He was booked into jail on charges that could include 1st Degree Murder.
A Saline County man is in jail, accused of killing his live-in girlfriend.
Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski says that deputies were called at around 10:15 Thursday night to the report of a gunshot at a home at 203 East 1st Street in New Cambria.
The first deputy on the scene found 39-year-old Carol Williams critically wounded, with a gunshot wound to the head.
Williams was transported to Salina Regional Health Center, where she died.
Kochanowski says that deputies arrested 40-year-old Steven Couch Jr. at the scene, in connection with the shooting. He was booked into jail on charges that could include 1st Degree Murder, Criminal Possession of a Firearm, and Criminal Damage to Property.
According to the Sheriff, Couch, Williams, and Couch's father all lived together in the home. The father was in a back bedroom, heard the gunshot, and called for help.
A handgun was recovered at the scene.
The sheriff says that it appears the shooting is the result of a domestic incident.
According to the Kansas Department of Corrections, Steven Couch served prison time from 1994 through 2002 for crimes committed in Saline County which include burglary, theft, and multiple DUI and driving violations.
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