Amputee Olympic star Pistorius charged in slaying

  • By JON GAMBRELL and GERALD IMRAY

    Associated Press

  • Friday, February 15th, 2013
    In this photo taken April 22 2009 Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is photographed in his home in Pretoria, South Africa. Pistorius was taken into custody Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. after a 30-year-old woman, Reeva Steenkamp, was shot dead at his home. (AP Photo/Waldo Swiegers)

    In this photo taken April 22 2009 Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is photographed in his home in Pretoria, South Africa. Pistorius was taken into custody Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. after a 30-year-old woman, Reeva Steenkamp, was shot dead at his home. (AP Photo/Waldo Swiegers)

    FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 file photo, South Africa's Oscar Pistorius competes during Men's 100m T44 round 1 at the 2012 Paralympics in London. Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been arrested after a 30-year-old woman was shot dead at his home in South Africa. Police say Pistorius, a double-amputee known as

    FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 file photo, South Africa's Oscar Pistorius competes during Men's 100m T44 round 1 at the 2012 Paralympics in London. Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been arrested after a 30-year-old woman was shot dead at his home in South Africa. Police say Pistorius, a double-amputee known as "Blade Runner," was taken into custody after the shooting early Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at his home in a gated complex in the country's capital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

    FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2008 file photo, Oscar Pistorius of South Africa competes in the Men's 400m T44 final at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. Reeva Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter against rape and abuse of women, was shot four times in the predawn hours in the home, in a gated community in the capital, Pretoria, police said. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

    FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2008 file photo, Oscar Pistorius of South Africa competes in the Men's 400m T44 final at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. Reeva Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter against rape and abuse of women, was shot four times in the predawn hours in the home, in a gated community in the capital, Pretoria, police said. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)