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Las Vegas shooter’s girlfriend said he would lie in bed “moaning and screaming”

The Australian-native has given a chilling account of her boyfriend's mental health.
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Marilou Danley, the Australian girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock, has given a chilling account of his mental health, according to two former FBI officials.

“She said he would lie in bed, just moaning and screaming, ‘Oh, my God,'” one of the former officials told NBC.

Another unnamed official said she spoke about her partner displaying “mental health symptoms.”

Danley, who was in the Philippines when Paddock gunned down 59 people at a country music festival, recently said she had no idea what he was planning and thought of him as a “kind, caring, quiet man.”

She also claimed the millionaire wired her $100,000 which left her worried he was breaking up with her.

In a statement delivered by her lawyer, she said: “I loved him and hoped for a quiet future together with him. He never said anything to me, or took any action that I was aware of, that I understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen.”

“A little more than two weeks ago, Stephen said he found a cheap ticket for me to the Philippines and that he wanted me to take a trip to see my family.”

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“Like all Filipinos abroad, I was excited to go home and see family and friends.”

“While there, he wired me money which he said was for me to buy a house for me and my family.”

“I was grateful, but honestly I was worried that first, the unexpected trip home and then the money, was a way of breaking up with me.”

“It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone.”

She added: “I have not made a statement until now because I am cooperating with the authorities and I voluntarily flew back to America because I knew that the FBI and Las Vegas police department wanted to talk to me – and I wanted to talk to them.”

“I will cooperate fully with their investigation, and anything I can do to help ease suffering or help in any way, I will do.”

Danley’s sisters have defended her, insisting she had no idea of Paddock’s intent and her brother said she has a “clean conscience.”

Authorities are still trying to establish Paddock’s motive.

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