"Right now everything points to a tragic accident," said Kevin Brunelle, the police chief in the town of Winter Springs, 15 miles north of Orlando. He said investigators were awaiting forensic results.
John Tabutt, 62, told police he got his gun when he thought he heard an intruder, then fired at a figure in the hallway, according to Mr Brunelle. But the victim turned out to be Mr Tabutt's live-in fiancee, 62-year-old Nancy Dinsmore, whom family members say he was planning to marry on Saturday. Mr Tabutt told authorities he thought she was next to him in bed the whole time.
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