Woman Changed Story Several Times About How Boyfriend Got Shot, Police Say
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Police said a woman faces first-degree murder charges in connection to the death of her boyfriend.
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Sgt. Vincent L. Ogburn said officers responded to a shooting at 918 West Smith Street after a 5 a.m. call Wednesday to 911.
The operator said the woman who called 911, Caryn Kelley, was angry and agitated from the minute she called.
Police officers said Kelley answered the door of the College Park home and was very upset when she let them inside.
"While checking the house they located a body, a male, was deceased; he had been shot (in the master's bedroom)," Ogburn said. "A weapon was found at the scene it was unknown whose gun it was at this point and time."
The man has now been identified as Phillip Peatross, 46, and police confirmed he was in a relationship with Kelley.
Peatross ran a pool construction business, and Kelley was a realtor, officers said.
Police said Kelley got into a fight with Peatross Tuesday night after drinking. Detectives said she then grabbed a gun and shot him.
Investigators said that Kelley changed her story several times about exactly how Peatross wound up shot dead.
At first, Kelley said she shot her live-in boyfriend in self defense, then told officers they struggled over the gun, and it went off.
Police said Kelley changed her story again, saying, "He (Peatross) shot himself."
But detectives said they couldn't believe Peatross turned a handgun on himself.
Investigators said that Kelley had blood on both of her hands, wreaked of alcohol and had slurred speech.
Detectives said that Kelley admitted that she told her boyfriend, "If he left, not to come back, because she had a gun and would use it."
Officers said Kelley's statement adds up to premeditated murder.
Kelley is set to see a judge Thursday morning, officers said.
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