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Brandi Jo Murphy

Monday, September 19, 2011

Kiefer Had Drugs, Alcohol in System During August Murder/Suicide

Kendall County Coroner's jury rules Brandi Jo Murphy's death a homicide.

A Kendall County Coroner’s inquest Thursday revealed that the man who shot and killed an Oswego woman Aug. 17 had marijuana and alcohol in his system at the time of the murder and subsequent suicide. The coroner’s jury ruled the cause of death of Daniel Kiefer, 39, of Boulder Hill, to be suicide by a single gunshot to the mouth, according to Rob Sherwood, Oswego Police's media relations officer who testified at the inquest.  The woman, Brandi Jo Murphy, 38, of the 300 block of  Fox Chase Drive, had marijuana, alcohol and cocaine in her system at the time of her death, Sherwood confirmed. The jury ruled her cause of death a homicide from two gunshot wounds. Sherwood said a total of three shots were fired with the first fatal bullet to …

Willis Crowder

12:30 pm on Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Wow, I'm shocked there's been only one response to this. Is it because of the drugs found in Brandi's system?   more ›

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Court Records Detail Domestic Violence Leading Up to Murder-Suicide

Police say Daniel Kiefer shot Brandi Jo Murphy in Oswego before turning the gun on himself.

Updated: 2:51 p.m. Wednesday The 39-year-old Boulder Hill man who police said fatally shot his girlfriend before killing himself Tuesday night had been accused of hitting and threatening her before, court records show. Daniel Kiefer, of the first block of Fieldpoint Road, shot his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Brandi Jo Murphy, 38, before taking his own life about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at her home in the 300 block of Fox Chase Drive North in Oswego, police said. The apparent murder-suicide happened a little more than a year after Murphy received an order of protection against Kiefer after she said she had received threatening messages from him. Kiefer previously had threatened to come to her workplace with a baseball bat and to kick her …

Kate

7:57 pm on Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Wow I am not shocked by his actions at all. My heart goes out to Danny's parents for loosing both children and my condolences go out to the Murphy Family also. This should not have happen at all. I dated Danny and I too had these problems and more with him. I tried the restaining order and I was denied by the judge.His actions cost me and my family a lot of money and in the end he walked away. …   more ›

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