US Politics | Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock’s girlfriend pictured near luxury Venice home as daughter says ‘she’s still healing’

LAS Vegas massacre shooter Stephen Paddock's girlfriend is "still in the process of healing" and is not ready to talk five years after America's worst ever mass shooting, her daughter has said. Exclusive pictures obtained by The U.S. Sun show Marilou Danley, 67, running errands near her home in Venice, California, days before the fifth anniversary of the slaughter, which left 60 dead and more than 850 wounded. MOVI Inc.Marilou Danley, the former girlfriend of Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock, pictured near her home in Los Angeles '/ ' AP:Associated PressStephen Paddock opened fire on country music festival-goers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel on October 1, 2017 '/ ' The incident was America's worst ever mass shootingGetty Images - Getty GettyThe shooting left 60 dead and more than 850 wounded '/ ' On October 1, 2017, Paddock, 64, opened fire on country music festival-goers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel with an arsenal of semi-automatic weapons. A motive for the lone wolf attack on the Las Vegas strip has never been established by authorities. The former US Post Office, IRS and Department of Defense worker killed himself before he could be apprehended and did not leave a manifesto or social media posts explaining why he carried out the meticulously planned mass murder. Philippines-born Marilou released a statement expressing her shock in the immediate aftermath \- but since then has refused to talk publicly about the high-stakes gambler, who she met while working as a high-limit hostess at a Reno casino. More on the Las Vegas massacre MASSACRE Shooter's chilling internet searches revealed as doc recounts horror killing spree 'TIED ME UP' Vegas killer forced lover into kinky sex & said people 'don't deserve to live' These days she lives in a multi-million dollar condo with her daughter Sheila Darcey, 47 and son-in-law Micah Linton, 50. When The U.S. Sun knocked on their address ahead of the anniversary and asked to speak with Marilou, Sheila said: ...She is not in a place to be able to talk. She's still in the process of healing." Asked if there was anything that Marilou could say which might help clear up the unanswered questions for victims' families, Sheila said "No". Earlier that day, mother and daughter were spotted out and about in Los Angeles. Most read in The US Sun ON EDGE Serial killer fears after 43 murders in same area show chilling pattern DECOR WAR Teen Mom fans think Vee's new house is better than Kailyn's 'tacky McMansion' UNIMPRESSED WITH DRESS Teen Mom fans divided over Cheyenne's racy wedding dress NOT BEING CHEY! 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Officials wrote: ...Throughout his life, Paddock went to great lengths to keep his thoughts private, and that extended to his final thinking about this mass murder." Marilou was out of the country visiting family in the Philippines when Paddock unleashed death from above in Sin City. Two weeks before the shooting, he told her he had booked her a cheap flight to her home country. MOVI Inc.Danley met Stephen Paddock while working as a high-limit hostess at a Reno casino in Las Vegas '/ ' MOVI Inc.Marilou Danley steps out near her home with her daughter Sheila Darcey (L) '/ ' MOVI Inc.Five years after the deadly mass shooting, Sheila said her mother is still not ready to speak about the event '/ ' Once she was there, he sent her money and told her to buy a house for herself and her family. Marilou said it led her to believe he was breaking up with her. After the shooting, she flew back to the US and was met at LAX airport by FBI agents for questioning. SILENT KILLER In a statement released through her lawyer at the time, she said she never imagined that "kind, caring, quiet" Paddock would be capable of what he did. The statement said: "It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone. "I am a mother and a grandmother and my heart breaks for all who have lost loved ones." As the nation prepares to mark the fifth year anniversary of the tragedy, survivors have told their stories for a new four-hour documentary called 11 Minutes. Festival-goers, musicians, cops, paramedics, nurses and doctors told the Paramount+ miniseries how they still live with the horror of what they witnessed that day. Meanwhile, Marilou has chosen to remain away from the spotlight in Venice, a beachside community that is home to movie stars such as Margot Robbie and Crocodile Dundee actor Paul Hogan. The property where she lives with Sheila and Michah is described by the real estate marketplace website Zillow as a five-bedroom, four-bath property estimated to be worth $2million. In a rare social media photo from June, Marilou was pictured with Micah's family at a luxury Malibu ranch celebrating her son-in-law's birthday and Father's Day. Micah's dad is millionaire Bill Linton, founder and CEO of Promega, a biotechnology company based in Wisconsin, which is now worth $450million. Marilou was also snapped three years ago in a photo with her sisters Liza Werner and Amelia Manango, both of whom live In Australia. Before marrying American citizen Geary Danley and moving to the US in 1989, Marilou lived Down Under for 10 years and became an Australian citizen. She was married to Danley for 25 years. While Marilou has laid low, Sheila and Micah are active online and on social media, with both of them working to combine art and therapy. Sheila helps people to draw to overcome mental health issues such as anxiety. She also is also an advocate for gun control and domestic violence. After the Independence Day parade shooting in Illinois this year, which left seven dead, Sheila shared a collage that referenced Black Lives Matter and abortion, saying "images hit hard". She told her followers that on "the heels of hearing about another shooting in Chicago at a 4th of July parade, I had to share this collage & sobering words… this is America." Read More on The US Sun 'SHE SNAPPED' Shocking details revealed after girl, 7, stabbed to death by mom TIGHT SQUEEZE I'm a Hooters girl - hack I use to get my tight work shirt on every day Meanwhile, her husband Micah is a talented artist and psychologist specializing in trauma. According to his personal website, he deploys "art as a language in therapy, 'which ' uses all of our capacities to find a more successful resolution to our difficulties.... AP:Associated PressThe arsenal of semi-automatic weapons discovered at Paddock's Mandalay Bay hotel room '/ ' AP:Associated PressOver several days, Paddock wheeled dozens of semi-automatic weapons into his hotel room '/ ' AP:Associated PressAn image of the kitchen of Paddock's Las Vegas hotel room '/ ' AP:Associated PressA motive for Paddock's attack has never been determined '/ '

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