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Stephen Paddock's girlfriend on Las Vegas shooting: Read Marilou Danley's statement in full

She said she had no idea he was going to be violent

Clark Mindock
New York
Wednesday 04 October 2017 23:47 BST
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Partner of Las Vegas gunman releases statement describing him as "kind, caring, quiet man"

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Marilou Danley, the girlfriend of the man who killed 59 people in Las Vegas over the weekend, has said that she had no idea he was planning violence.

Ms Danley, who lived with Stephen Paddock, said in a statement after returning to the US from the Philippines, said that she planned on fully cooperating with the FBI investigation into the mass murder. She said that Mr Paddock had sent her on a trip the trip overseas, and then wired her $100,000 - which concerned her because she thought that it might mean he was breaking up with her.

Read the entire statement below.

I am devastated by the deaths and injuries that have occurred and my prayers go out to the victims and their families and all those who have been hurt by these awful events.

I have faith in God and I will continue to pray for everyone who has been harmed or hurt. I am a mother and grandmother and my heart breaks for all who have lost loved ones.

I knew Stephen Paddock as a kind, caring, quiet man. I loved him and hoped for a quiet future together with him.

He never said anything to me or took any action that I was aware of that I understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen.

A little more than two weeks ago, Stephen told me he found a cheap ticket for me to the Philippines and that he wanted me to take a trip home to see my family.

Like all Filipinos abroad, I was excited to go home and see family and friends. While there, he wired me money, which he said was for me to buy a house for me and my family.

I was grateful, but honestly, I was worried that first the unexpected trip home and then the money was a way of breaking up with me.

It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone.

I have not made a statement until now because I have been cooperating with the authorities. I voluntarily flew back to America because I know that the FBI and the Las Vegas Police Department wanted to talk to me and I wanted to talk to them.

I will cooperate fully with their investigation. Anything I can do to help ease suffering and help in any way, I will do. Please respect my privacy and my family's privacy.

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