Austin connection to woman killed by KC Cheifs football player


Uploaded by kxan on 01.12.2012

Transcript:
WHAT THE FAMILIES ARE GOING
NOW."THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AS
SCHEDULED WITH SUNDAY'S HOME
GAME AGAINST THE CAROLINA
PANTHERS ...DESPITE A FAMILY
TRAGEDY.BRIAN MOOAR ... NBC
NEWS.
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AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER -- THE
WOMAN KILLED IN THIS MORNING'S
MURDER-SUICIDE WAS FROM
CENTRAL TEXAS.
TEXAS.KXAN'S BRENT CARNEY
JOINS ME NOW WITH THE LATEST.
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KASANDRA PERKINS WAS A YOUNG
MOTHER.. BUT BEFORE MOVING TO
KANSAS CITY... SHE GREW UP IN TEXAS.
TEXAS.THE 22-YEAR-OLD
GRADUATED FROM ANDERSON HIGH
SCHOOL BACK IN 2009... BUT
WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EARLIER IN GARLAND.
GARLAND.PERKINS JUST GAVE
BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL BACK IN
SEPTEMBER.THE CHILD IS SAFE
AND IS BEING CARED FOR BY
FAMILY.WE REACHED OUT TO
PERKIN'S FATHER WHO LIVES HERE
IN AUSTIN.A COUSIN TOLD KXAN
THEY WERE NOT GOING TO RELEASE
A STATEMENT -- AND ASKED FOR PRIVACY.
PRIVACY.PERKINS' MOTHER'S
FAMILY LIVES IN THE DALLAS
AREA.AN AUNT, DEBBIE SUTHERBY
DID EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR
BELCHER'S FAMILY TOO SAYING
"OUR FAMILY HAS SUFFERED A
TRAGIC LOSS. MY HEART GOES OUT
TO MY FAMILY AS WELL AS HIS
FAMILY."
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ONLINE... PERKINS' FRIENDS
FROM ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL
SHARED THEIR CONDOLENCES.ONE
FRIEND SAID SHE WAS ONE OF THE
SWEETEST GIRLS SHE EVER MET.