Man killed fiancee day before wedding

[one...two...tree 2,762]

AP

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. - A man who thought there was an intruder in his house shot and killed his fiancee the day before they were to be married, police said Friday.

“Right now everything points to a tragic accident,” Police Chief Kevin Brunell told The Associated Press, adding investigators were awaiting forensic results.

John Tabutt, 62, told investigators he got his gun when he thought he heard an intruder, then fired at a figure in the hallway, according to Brunelle. It was Tabutt's live-in fiancee, 62-year-old Nancy Dinsmore, who family members say he was going to marry Saturday. Tabutt told authorities he thought she was next to him in bed the whole time.

A message left for a phone number listed for the house was not returned.

Brunelle said no charges have been filed against Tabutt, adding the information he provided has been verified and he appeared “very distraught.”

Tabutt was “very concerned about her well-being,” standing by while she was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, Brunelle added.

The couple planned to wed in a small ceremony Saturday at St. Stephen Catholic Church

in Winter Springs, Dinsmore's son-in-law Scott Sposato, of Vero Beach, told the Orlando Sentinel.

“They loved each other,” he said. “It was quite apparent.”

Tabutt called 911 shortly after 2:30 a.m. Friday, moaning and sobbing, the newspaper reported.

“I thought I had an intruder in the house,” he told the emergency dispatcher. “Honest to God, she looks dead.”

He then thought he heard her take a breath.

“Hang in there, Honey. Hang in there,” he said.

Winter Springs is about 15 miles north of Orlando.

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[Rings 10]

wow

[scandal 951]

he got his gun when he thought he heard an intruder, then fired at a figure in the hallway,

Wouldn't you, like, want to make sure who that 'figure' is before firing?

Like, oh I don't know, calling out 'who's there? Is that you honey?'. Just something like that....

[meowmeowmeow 1]

what a pity :(

[redglasses 1]

It's a tragedy... R.I.P.

[Mary Lou 681]

How sad is that

[one...two...tree 2,762]

he got his gun when he thought he heard an intruder, then fired at a figure in the hallway,

Wouldn't you, like, want to make sure who that 'figure' is before firing?

Like, oh I don't know, calling out 'who's there? Is that you honey?'. Just something like that....

Exactly. Why this isn't being treated as a homicide is beyond me. Even if it was negligence, it was homicide. What a jackass.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

he got his gun when he thought he heard an intruder, then fired at a figure in the hallway,

Wouldn't you, like, want to make sure who that 'figure' is before firing?

Like, oh I don't know, calling out 'who's there? Is that you honey?'. Just something like that....

Exactly. Why this isn't being treated as a homicide is beyond me. Even if it was negligence, it was homicide. What a jackass.

Really. You live with someone else in your house and you fire at a shadow in the hallway because you think it's an intruder. If I thought there was an intruder in my house, I'd check to make sure my family was ok before I started firing blindly away. Maybe old people shouldn't have guns or be allowed to drive.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Morons + Guns = Idiots

[BishopMnA 0]

I know that I could never safely own a gun, for the same reason that I could never own a motorcycle: I am quite irresponsible...

[ddartt1 2]

So sad! May she RIP

[Minya's wife 25]

He lived with her and yet when he awoke and saw a shadowy figure his first instinct was to think "intruder" and fire?!? While very tragic...I think this is negligent homicide. If have a gun in your home, you should be more responsible than this. Seeming broken up over the fact that you just shot and killed the woman you were about to marry should not be the meter by which negligence (or lack therof) is decided. How sad!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

he got his gun when he thought he heard an intruder, then fired at a figure in the hallway,

Wouldn't you, like, want to make sure who that 'figure' is before firing?

Like, oh I don't know, calling out 'who's there? Is that you honey?'. Just something like that....

Exactly. Why this isn't being treated as a homicide is beyond me. Even if it was negligence, it was homicide. What a jackass.

Pretty much. What an idiot.

Its not the first case of that nature I've heard.

Two for the price of one bullet.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

He lived with her and yet when he awoke and saw a shadowy figure his first instinct was to think "intruder" and fire?!? While very tragic...I think this is negligent homicide. If have a gun in your home, you should be more responsible than this. Seeming broken up over the fact that you just shot and killed the woman you were about to marry should not be the meter by which negligence (or lack therof) is decided. How sad!

Yep. Unfortunately, some gun rights extremists believe self protection supersedes safety.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yeehaw!