Augustine-McCaskill (Continued)

Leave it to the Daily Mail to give its spin on the tragic Augustine-McCaskill murder-suicide of Monday night.

Supposedly the two of them fought up to four times a month, not really a big deal unless they had come to blows. A few things "breaking" unless they are bones isn't proof of much, unless the police had been called.

I didn't know this, but Dallas Augustine had run for political office in Nevada a few years ago and was defeated. She ran as a Republican for the very seat her mother won when she first entered politics. Dallas was defeated by the incumbent by more than 6,000 votes. She moved from Nevada and was working in Arizona for the Department of Corrections at the time of her death.

A video report:

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Apparently she had a strained relationship with her mother's family.

Obituaries

This is sad almost beyond belief: Dallas Augustine, daughter of murdered Nevada State Controller Kathy Augustine, has been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide.

Her mother, as the world knows, was murdered in 2006 by her husband, Chaz Higgs, when he injected her with a paralyzing drug. Higgs is currently serving his term at High Desert Correctional Center near Las Vegas. He was sentenced to life with a possibility of parole after 20 years.

Dallas was only 32 years old:

Phil Alfano says his 32-year-old niece, Dallas Augustine, is one of two women found dead in a Phoenix home.

Police in Phoenix haven't released names, but say they responded to a call on North 11th Place Monday night after a concerned family member was unable to reach the victim. Officers say a 32-year-old suspect and a 50-year-old victim were found dead.

Dallas was married in California to another woman, 50-year-old Jessie McCaskill, and apparently there was some kind of domestic dispute.

Miscellaneous II.

Dallas Augustine, daughter of slain Nevada controller Kathy Augustine, is planning to run for state assembly.
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Walter Witthoeft's truck engine didn't purr, it growled.

The dog is okay.
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The Olympic torch has made it to Mount Everest (no link yet).