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Woman Is Charged in Fatal Shooting

Posted by africanpress on October 29th, 2007

 

 

(Was it caused by love triangle? Question by API/APN)

Story by By Candace Rondeauxof Washington Post - Staff WriterFriday, October 26, 2007; B03

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A woman has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old acquaintance who she said sexually assaulted her at his home in Greenbelt.

Tania R. Wallace-Bey, 42, of Philadelphia shot Julius C. Whaley Jr. in the chest at his home in the 5800 block of Cherrywood Terrace about 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Greenbelt police said.

Wallace-Bey called to report the shooting, and officers found Whaley’s body in a bedroom, said George Mathews, a spokesman for Greenbelt police. Whaley was pronounced dead at the scene.

Wallace-Bey was taken to a hospital for a medical examination, Mathews said. Police declined to comment on the alleged sexual assault. Wallace-Bey is also charged with illegal weapons use.

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Whaley’s mother, Patricia Whaley, 59, said Wallace-Bey and Whaley dated while in high school in Philadelphia. They remained friends after Whaley, a computer tech specialist, got married and had a daughter, she said.

“She was a very pleasant person from what we’ve seen of her,†Whaley’s mother said of Wallace-Bey. “But then I started hearing all these stories about how she was acting, and it seemed like there was a total personality change.â€

Whaley’s mother said friends and relatives became particularly concerned about Wallace-Bey after she allegedly gained entry to Whaley’s home last year and “tore the place apart†while he was travelling in Africa. She said the break-in occurred several months before Wallace-Bey began helping Whaley run a start-up travel agency.

“He was trying to help her, but I think she wanted more than just the travel business from him,†Whaley’s mother said.

Whaley, a Tuskegee University graduate and yoga enthusiast, was close to his family and had planned to travel to Philadelphia for a visit next week.

“He was a loving person,†his mother said. “He loved people and his family. He tried to do everything he could to help people. We’ll miss him very much.â€

Reached by phone at her home in Philadelphia, Wallace-Bey’s mother said she had not heard about the charges against her daughter and declined to comment further.

Researcher Meg Smith contributed to this report.

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