Thursday, September 16, 2010

Salisbury, NC: Man indicted in killing of girlfriend

Published Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:00 PM

Denis Omar Funez-Florez has been indicted by a Rowan County grand jury in the first-degree murder of 25-year-old Kendy Patricia Funez.
Funez was killed Aug. 19. She was found on a bed with a gunshot wound to the face in a home at 165 Oakhurst Drive.

Salisbury Police said Funez-Florez confessed to killing Funez, his live-in girlfriend.

Funez-Florez did not try to flee the scene, and was there when officers arrived.

Signs of struggle in the mobile home were found, and investigators said the shooting was the result of domestic violence. Police said Funez-Florez had been drinking.

Salisbury Police Chief Rory Collins said calls to the Oakhurst Drive home for domestic violence investigations have never been made, but police did respond to a call about suspicious drug activity at the residence.

Funez-Florez is the sixth person to be charged with murder this year. If found guilty, he could face life in prison or death.

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