Man Shoots Imaginary Girlfriend, Self

"FAIRVIEW TWP, PA — A Texas man thought a York County woman was his girlfriend, but she did not, which may have been the impetus for an early-morning murder/suicide Sunday in Fairview Township, according to York County Coroner Pam Gay.

"Gay said Monees Ahmad Ansari, 30, of Round Mountain, Tex., shot Cari Stailey, 32, in the head and then turned the gun on himself, firing a bullet into his head.

"`He (Ansari) thought they were boyfriend-girlfriend; she did not,` Gay said. `She was in a relationship with another man.`

"About 12:30 a.m., officers were called to the 500 block of Benyou Lane for a report of a disturbance between a man and a woman, according to a police statement released Sunday morning.

"`Upon arrival, police saw the man take the woman behind a storage shed and then heard gunshots,` the release states. `It is believed the man shot the woman, then shot himself, police said.`

"Both people were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

"The nature of the pair's relationship and the reason for the murder/suicide are still being investigated."

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Suspect Shoots Himself As Police Arrive

"EDENVILLE, MI — The man officials said took his own life as they arrived at an Edenville Township home to investigate the case of a missing Saginaw Township woman has been identified as the suspect in the woman’s death.

"The man is Steven Michael Fabi, 30, a Midland County Sheriff’s Office media release states. Fabi’s body was found in a bedroom of the home at 5193 N. Fox Road by deputies. He died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, the release states.

"Authorities believe he killed Leigh Katherine Swanson, 45, of Saginaw Township. She also died of a gunshot wound.

"Swanson was last seen on Nov. 16, and last heard from on Nov. 18. She was reported missing on Nov. 20.

"Deputies received a tip from Swanson’s family in the form of a phone number from a caller ID, which led them to the North Fox Road home. When deputies arrived just before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, they heard the gunshot and were met by a man who said his son had just shot himself.

"Deputies later found Swanson’s body in a wooded area across the street from the home.
Officials confiscated computers from Swanson’s home and the home in Edenville Township for forensic analysis and forensic experts looked at the rounds that killed Swanson and Fabi to determine if they came from the same gun."

From ourmidland.com...

"He Seemed Normal"

"OVERLAND PARK, KS — Bambi Hilburn, 38, of North Kansas City, and the boyfriend she’d met on the Internet just a few months back had never been to a shooting range.

"On Tuesday, they went to the Bullet Hole in Overland Park and now both are dead.

"Police were called to the shooting range at 6201 Robinson Road about 11:20 a.m. and found a man and a woman shot. Police do not think anyone else was involved in the deaths.

"`It was just a spur of the moment thing, them going,` Christy Gregor, Hilburn’s sister, said late Tuesday. `A detective came out and told us she was dead. We don’t know what happened.`

"She said she had met the boyfriend, but did not know much about him.

"`He seemed normal,` Gregor said.

"Matthew Bregel of the Overland Park Police Department said gunfire in the building was obviously common so the shooting did not draw attention. The layout is such that Hilburn and the man could have been the only two in a section, he added."

"The man had not been identified Tuesday.

"Gregor said her sister worked at a grocery store in the Northland.

"`The detective told us he would know something else` today, Gregor said.

"The popular shooting range has seen other killings, the most recent being in March 2010 when a man committed suicide there.

"In 1997, three people killed themselves at the Bullet Hole with guns they rented there. In response, the business instituted a 24-hour waiting period for new members."

From The Kansas City Star...

UPDATE:

09/07/2011 — "She said he treated her like a queen and kept saying, 'I'm so happy...'"

Internet Love Affair Leads To Attempted Murder/Suicide

"ORLANDO, FL - Orlando police are investigating a bizarre attempted murder-suicide case in West Orlando.

"They say the suspect is a woman the victim met on the Internet.

"Police said the woman thought she and the [man had] dated, but the man said he didn't recognize her until after they showed him a picture of his attacker.

"Police said the man returned home from grocery shopping to his Elm Court apartment in Middlebrook Pines about 10:30 Sunday night.

"According to the police report, the man heard noise outside on his patio and when he came outside to investigate he was confronted by a woman with a handgun, shouting at him that he wasn't returning her calls.

"They said the woman then started shooting, hitting him in the groin and leg area three times.

"She reloaded the weapon and started shooting again, then shot and killed herself.

"The man was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center, but is recovering and doing well enough to talk to investigators about this bizarre story.

"Police said the strange part is, once they pulled the woman's identification, they found she lives in Georgia.

"They said it looks like she drove for hours to meet the man she fell in love with online, and that he says he barely remembers."

Source: cfnews13.com...