Title: Vegas Gunman’s Partner An Australian Citizen
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2017/10/03/australian-cleared-of-shooting-involvement.html
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has told Sky News she understands Australian citizen Marilou Danley has been ruled out by US authorities as a person of interest in the Las Vegas shooting that killed 59 people.
CNN is reporting Danley, 62, was in the Philippines when the shooting happened.
Multiple news outlets in Australia have reported Danley had been a resident of the Gold Coast until she moved to the United States about 20 years ago.
But the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade would not comment on the reports.
US authorities have declined to confirm her location to AAP other than to say she was ‘not in the US’.
‘We still consider her a person of interest,’ Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters on Monday.
‘We have been in contact with her and we plan to engage her upon her return to the country.’
Soon after the shooting, and before they confirmed she was overseas, authorities publicly released Ms Danley’s driver’s licence photo and descriptions of two cars.
Ms Danley reportedly had lived with Paddock in a retirement community in Mesquite, Nevada, about 130km north-east of Las Vegas.
Her social media sites showed she was a regular traveller and she described herself as a gambling and casino professional in Nevada.
The Palm Beach Post reported Paddock had bought a home in Florida in 2013 and a neighbour described Ms Danley as ‘very quiet’.
The FBI determined ‘to this point’ there was no connection between Paddock and a terrorist group.
It is not clear if any Australians were among the dead or injured.
‘If you have any concerns for the welfare of family and friends in the Las Vegas area, you should attempt to contact them directly,’ a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokeswoman told AAP.
People unable to make contact with loved ones should phone the DFAT emergency hotline: 1300 555 135, or +61 2 6261 3305.