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Deputy's wife texted 'Kirk has lost his mind' before murder-suicide, friend says
https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/hillsborough-deputy-fatally-shoots-wife-turns-gun-on-himself-with-children-in-home-20180924/LAND O’LAKES — Kristin Kellin got a series of disturbing text messages late Sunday from friend Samantha Keithley, who complained about her husband, Kirk.
“Kirk has lost his mind Kristin,” one text said. “He’s literally losing it. He’s been harassing me for the last 6 hours and I’ve asked him repeatedly to just leave me alone because I’m sick.”
Samantha Keithley, 33, wrote that she had chucked her ring outside, an apparent reference to a wedding ring.
That was 11:50 p.m. The texts were not seen until morning. Sometime near midnight, authorities say, she was shot to death by her husband, Kirk Keithley, a 39-year-old Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputy, who then fatally turned the gun on himself.
“Kirk has lost his mind Kristin,” one text said. “He’s literally losing it. He’s been harassing me for the last 6 hours and I’ve asked him repeatedly to just leave me alone because I’m sick.”
Samantha Keithley, 33, wrote that she had chucked her ring outside, an apparent reference to a wedding ring.
That was 11:50 p.m. The texts were not seen until morning. Sometime near midnight, authorities say, she was shot to death by her husband, Kirk Keithley, a 39-year-old Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputy, who then fatally turned the gun on himself.
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They have four surviving children according to the report.
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