Marilou Danley, the Filipina partner of Stephen Paddock, the gunman in the Las Vegas shooting that killed 59 people and injured over 500 others, arrived in Los Angeles late Tuesday night (California time).
While she had been cleared of involvement in the shooting, United States federal agents met her at the airport when she arrived, according to a New York Times report.
Reuters reported this morning that Marilou Danley was the intended beneficiary of US$100,000 wired to the Philippines by Paddock. Danley had reportedly entered the country on Sept. 25, a week before the shooting.
While she is still not being identified as a suspect, Danley is again a person of interest, according to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, who was quoted in local media on Tuesday.
Investigators think Danley could fill in some of the blanks as to why Paddock was able to obtain at least 40 guns and bring 23 of them into his hotel room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
“We anticipate some information from her shortly,” Lombardo said.
She was first identified as a Filipina American but it was later discovered that she actually holds an Australian passport. Danley has been living in the United States for at least two decades.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said yesterday in a tweet that U.S. investigators had been in contact with Australian authorities about Danley.
Bishop said that her Australian ID had been used for booking the hotel but “has not had contact with Marilou Danley directly.”
Paddock shot at the crowd of about 20,000 people from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino for nine minutes using a collection of automatic weapons.
His motive for the attack is still unknown.
