'Mistress' of Slain Houston Police Deputy Was In Patrol Car at Gas Station

[big_dog]

Source: The London Daily Mail 13:51 EST, 20 Sept 2015

A witness to the murder of a police deputy was in a 'romantic relationship' with the married officer and was in his patrol car when he was gunned down at a gas station, according to court documents.Harris County Deputy Darren Goforth, 47, was shot as he filled his patrol car with gasoline at a suburban Houston convenience store on August 28.
Shannon Miles, 30, was arrested the following day and has been charged with capital murder.
Now, according to court documents dated September 16, a witness to the murder was allegedly having an affair with the father-of-two for 15 months until his death.


ABC13 reported the woman, who has not been named, took a polygraph test and gave statements that have now been handed to defense attorneys.
Miles’s defense attorney Anthony Osso said he was aware of the filing, but it is too soon to tell what it may mean for his client’s case.


But he said his office were not responsible for the document's release.
He told the Chronicle: 'I specifically didn't want to air it out. I don't want to try this case in the media.'
ABC13 reporters had also apparently spoken to witnesses who said a woman had been seen crying over Goforth’s body on the night of his death.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241974/Mistress-slain-Houston-police-deputy-car-murdered-gas-station.html

[lib87]

1. Well well well!

[big_dog]

2. interesting that the locals are keeping it so hush hush

releasing the documents on Saturday morning in the middle of the night eastern time--- damage control?

[lib87]

7. I would think so

They knew from day one about him cheating on the job but kept it hush hush until news dump time (Friday & the weekend).

Poor wife. I hope they didn't keep this information from her until now.

[No Vested Interest]

10. And his poor kids.

Tough to find out your Dad was a cheater soon after you learn he's been killed.

[lib87]

12. Right?

Wow. This situation is messier than it appeared.

[SoapBox]

13. Well, well, well is right.

[GGJohn]

14. Why is it right?

So what if he had a mistress? How does that affect his assassination?

[SoapBox]

17. Read back to the message that I was replying to...

Before jumping on me with whatever you have to say.

My post, once again was...Well, well, well is right.

There was more going on than him just being shot, as only reported by the MSM...and who said it had anything to do with his killing? Did I say that? Please show where I said ANYTHING to that effect.

[snort]

3. Okay Okay Okay.

Bad cop, bad cop.

[jtuck004]

4. And no connection to the shooter...? n/t

[big_dog]

5. thats was the cops are saying

their story and they are sticking to it..mistress passed a lie detector (supposedly)

[A Simple Game]

6. Why did they even give her a lie detector test? Is that normal or was she a suspect? n/t

[big_dog]

9. sounds like everyone locally is in 'cover their arse mode'

the houston station was bending over backwards to spologize while they did the story. maybe the perp thought it was a dirty cop getting a sex act performed on him by a hooker in the patrol car (spitballing possible motives here)

[A Simple Game]

11. Thanks for the info, makes sense. n/t

[AtheistCrusader]

29. Mistress wouldn't be the only person with a possible motive, over their relationship.

And that's super sad, because if they gave the mistress a lie detector test (lol that's a whole other can of worms) what did they do to the widow?

Imagine that shit, losing your partner and then finding out, by way of police questioning, that your partner was cheating on you? (Presumably they weren't in an open relationship or they wouldn't have called the other woman a 'mistress' right?)

[JudyM]

8. Ugh, poor wife to lose a husband and get hit in the gut about who he was with. Nt

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

15. Daily Mail is tabloid

Article as expected of a tabloid is sketchy on details and seems to be implying more than anything.

[AtheistCrusader]

30. +1 fuck the daily mail.

[Midnight Writer]

16. This is the kind of BS that stops witnesses from coming forward

How does this in any way affect the facts of the murder? The cops should check this out on the downlow, while protecting the victim and the witness.

Honestly, how many witnesses back out when they realize the consequences of their identity and their actions being trumpeted in the press. In Canada, it is illegal for information about suspects, witnesses and testimonies to be publicized until (and unless) there is a conviction. Makes sense to me.

[branford]

18. The First Amendment would unquestionably prevent laws like you describe in Canada.

However, nothing would not stop responsible journalists from adopting voluntary codes of conduct to prevent such salacious disclosures unrelated to the crime itself, in a manner similar to how virtually all reporters voluntarily will not release the names of rape victims.

[Piasladic]

19. Agreed - nt

[jtuck004]

20. Or, maybe it's a coverup, and she was a girlfriend of the shooter. a lot of people agree with you, w

want to sneak around and do things behind closed doors - especially our cops that murder unarmed black folks, it appears. It was wildly popular with the secret police, the Stasi, in East Germany, and with some folks here, it appears.

If there was a relationship between his mistress and the shooter it would raise large questions about the "hero being killed by some random person".

And people don't ask nearly enough questions about the cops here,

[jberryhill]

24. If that were so, we'd be hearing it from the shooter

Not from documents provided by the prosecution.

[bonniebgood]

22. According to Fox no news, It's because of black live matter. How

is fox new any different than those two white women who killed their husband and their kids and blame it on a black guy? You see, Cops who get killed are not human just super heros.

[Sunlei]

23. More sorrow for the family. Was this 'affair' the motive of the shooter?

[LisaL]

25. There is nothing to suggest the alleged affair had anything to do with the murder.

From what is being reported, there is no connection between the shooter and the alleged mistress.

[Sunlei]

26. what about the shooters after arrest statements? I don't think anyone has read those yet.

Have you read those?

[GGJohn]

27. People are really reaching her aren't they?

Anything to smear this slain police officers name and reputation.
As you said, there is zero connection of the affair to the murderer.

[Chakab]

28. How is that assertion any worse than the claims that BLM and practically anybody who'd ever

criticized unprofessional and overly aggressive policing in the US were directly responsible for creating a"hostile environment" against police officers and hence responsible for the deputy's death?

If there hadn't been a bunch of people using Deputy Goforth's death to advance a political agenda, then I doubt anybody would be "smearing" his reputation by speculating about the circumstances of his well-publicized demise.

[riderinthestorm]

31. +10 million!!!! Nt