Partner of Delaware Woman Shot Dead by Hunter Says Killing Was 'No Accident'
Walter Moorhead was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after allegedly mistaking Santos Maria Chilel Soto for a deer, her partner told a local outlet.
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The partner of a Delaware woman shot and killed by a hunter has said he does not believe her death was an accident, according to the Guardian.
Santos Maria Chilel Soto was killed six days before the report was published, after a hunter identified as Walter Moorhead allegedly mistook her for a deer, the Guardian said. Moorhead has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.
'No excuse,' partner says
Soto's partner, Minivaldo Velásquez, told the Delaware public news outlet WHYY in an interview published Thursday that the shooting made no sense and that Moorhead had "no excuse."
"I have never seen a deer with only two legs," Velásquez said, according to the Guardian's account of the WHYY interview. He described the killing as "senseless," the Guardian reported.
Further details on the exact circumstances of the shooting, and on any plea entered by Moorhead, were not included in the available report.
Sources
- Partner of woman killed by US hunter who allegedly mistook her for deer says death ‘no accident’ — The Guardian — World
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