FATHER: Daughter Was Killed By Ex-Boyfriend In Murder-Suicide

Daughter Was Killed By Ex-Boyfriend In Murder-Suicide    

 
 Two teenagers are dead, and detectives in DeLand believe it may have been a murder-suicide.  Police first got the call around 10:30 p.m. Friday on the 500 block of West May Street.

When officers arrived at the home, they found Daniel Clayton Kufner, 19, and Natasha La'May Hall, 17, dead on the front porch of Hall's home.  Investigators said both were shot with a small revolver that was found near the bodies.

Police said Kufner and Hall had been dating, and investigators believed Kufner may have been pulled the trigger.  Hall's father said his daughter was murdered.

During a vigil Saturday night, Hall's father said she recently broke up with Kufner, and began dating another man.  The father said Kufner broke into their house Friday night, found the new boyfriend's number on their caller ID and harassed him.

When Hall came home with her friend, Michelle Karpowicz, to change her clothes, Hall's father said Kufer came from the side of the house and shot her in the head.  Karpowicz said Kufner was muttering, then shot Hall in the chest.

Karpowicz says Kufner took a shot at her, before turning the gun on himself.  Hall's friends were obviously stunned, and tried to cope with the tragedy.  "This was a shock," said Travis Graham, a friend of Hall's. "I just saw her Thursday, said hello, and she was so happy. Didn't come to school Friday. Just found out today that she died."

Hall's mother told the Daytona Beach News Journal that Kufner would not take no for an answer, and refused to accept that Natasha had broken up with him three months ago.  The mother claimed Kufner physically abused Hall, and her family tried to press charges twice.

source:  http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2008/2/16/deland_police_investigate_possible_murdersuicide.html