Wednesday, February 09, 2000
Couple found dead in murder-suicide
2 kids at home as parents shot
BY KRISTINA GOETZ and EARNEST WINSTON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON — A man and woman were found shot to death in an apartment here late Tuesday, the apparent victims of a murder-suicide spawned by a domestic dispute.
The victims were identified as Shante Sanders, 24, who lived in the apartment at 224 E. Robbins St., and Doug Shaw, 28, whose address wasn't immediately available.
Both were pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth Hospital North with gunshot wounds to the head.
Neighbors said Ms. Sanders and Mr. Shaw were the parents of two young children who were home shortly after 9 p.m. when four gunshots rang out. Authorities think Mr. Shaw shot Ms. Sanders then turned the gun on himself.
“The youngest baby was in there, and she was screaming,” said Dionne Stowers, 29, who lives nearby. “They're old enough to remember that.”
Ms. Stowers and other neighbors said they had heard Mr. Shaw warn Ms. Sanders repeatedly in the past not to date other men. The threat was repeated Tuesday night, they said.
“He said before he saw her with somebody else, he'd do her and do himself,” Ms. Stowers said.
Police found the pair in the living room of the apartment, with a single handgun nearby.
Ms. Stowers called Ms. Sanders “very sweet” and said the slain woman frequently baby-sat neighborhood children.
“Now for this to happen to her, that's not right,” Ms. Stowers said.
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