Rebecca Marlowe, 38, died February 19 at her Indianapolis home. Marlowe, who was a sheet metal tech at Hawker Beechcraft and was not in any way famous for a modeling career, was found with a gunshot wound when police responded to a 911 call placed by her boyfriend, Joshua Phillips, 40. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Phillips, who has all of his limbs and is not in any way famous as an athlete, claimed he shot Marlowe accidentally as he brandished a gun to frighten her during an argument. Police arrested Phillips on a preliminary charge of murder. Marlowe's father, Walter Marlowe, said that Phillips and his daughter had long had a contentious, even violent, relationship. "They fought a lot, and I used to beg her to leave him," said a tearful elder Marlowe. "But I never thought in a million years that someone who isn't a famous athlete could ever do this to someone who isn't a famous model. I just never thought this kind of thing happened among regular people. It's not like you ever hear about it."
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