Reeva's skull crushed with bloodied cricket bat 'found' at Blade Runner's House? Horrific new claims about model's death!

Detectives reportedly recovered a bloodied cricket bat from the Paralympian’s bedroom and have established that Reeva Steenkamp’s skull had been 'crushed'. This evidence - alongside a smashed bathroom door, a 9mm pistol and the peculiar pattern of wounds on Miss Steenkamp’s body - have reportedly led detectives to believe their case against the athlete is 'rock solid'.

Reeva Steenkamp, 29, was shot four times in the early hours of Thursday morning at Oscar Pistorius’ luxury home in a secure housing estate on the outskirts of Pretoria. Police have said there was no sign of a forced entry at the modern property and that no one else was at home. They have also rubbished speculation that Pistorius - who is known to have a kept a pistol by his bed and a machine gun at his bedroom window - may have mistaken his girlfriend of four months for an intruder.

South Africa’s prosecution service have formally accused Pistorius of 'premeditated murder'. The Blade Runner, however, denies murder. While no officials would yesterday comment publicly on the case, a disturbing - though disputed - picture of what may have happened in Pistorius’ home started to emerge. The sportsman’s neighbours have told how, at around 1.30am, they heard shouting coming from the house. Then, at around 3.20am, four shots rang out.

Yesterday it was revealed that the first person Pistorius called was his father Henke, 59. When he arrived, Henke Pistorius allegedly saw his son carrying his nightie-clad girlfriend’s body down the stairs.  The law student turned magazine model had been shot in the head, hip, arm and hand.

Oscar Pistorius - and later paramedics - struggled in vain to save Miss Steenkamp’s life. As they did, police found the bloodied cricket bat in the athlete’s bedroom. The bedroom’s en-suite bathroom door was riddled with holes; a pistol’s holster was found by Pistorius’ bed and a gun cartridge was on the floor.

Pistorius, meanwhile, allegedly called his friend, Justin Divaris, to tell him: 'There has been a terrible accident, I shot Reeva.' Yesterday South Africa’s City Press quoted an unnamed police source as saying: 'The suspicion is that the first shot, in the bedroom, hit her in the hip. 'She then ran and locked herself in the toilet.  She was doubled over because of the pain. He fired three more shots. 'She probably covered her head, which is why the bullet also went through her hand.' The source allegedly told the paper that they are still examining the cricket bat in order to determine whose blood is on it.

They also want to establish whether Pistorius had taken drugs or steroids which may have caused him to become enraged.

While one scenario is that Pistorius attacked Miss Steenkamp with the bat, it has also been claimed that the model may also have used it to defend herself. A third possibility is that Pistorius used it to break down the door behind which Miss Steenkamp was hiding. However, those close to Pistorius have suggested that he may have tried to break into his own bathroom in order to 'save' his dying girlfriend. According to this theory, the confused sportsman first shot Miss Steenkamp by accident, whereupon she fled to the en-suite bathroom. He then shot at the door to try and get to her.

Yesterday, Pistorius’ father, Henke appeared to suggest it is this version that he believes.While he admitted that he had not talked to his son in detail about what happened, he told the Sunday Telegraph that he had 'zero doubt' that the sportsman thought Miss Steenkamp was an intruder.'It’s totally absurd to even suggest anything different', he told the paper. 'When you are a sportsman, you act even more on instinct. It’s instinct - things happen and that’s what you do.'

 

Culled from Dailymail.