The death of a recent Auburn University graduate who was killed in an accidental shooting, allegedly by her boyfriend’s father, has been deemed a homicide.
The Jefferson County Coroner and Medical Examiner’s Office made the ruling and also determined Whitney Robeson’s cause of death – a gunshot wound to the chest, according to TMZ.
The stunning developments came after Robeson’s beau’s father, Jeffrey Scott Towers, was hit Monday with a manslaughter charge in the tragic, two-month old case.
Robeson, 22, who had just landed her dream job as a trade consultant for Restoration Hardware, was found shot dead inside a Trussville, Alabama, home around 9:30 p.m. March 7.
The Jefferson County Coroner and Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Robeson died from injuries to the “left lung, heart, aorta, due to a gunshot wound of chest,” TMZ reported.
Details of how Towers allegedly mistakenly fired at his son’s girlfriend remain unclear.
“Whitney lived with inimitable grace; keen, quiet attentiveness and loyalty; boundless generosity and an uncanny way of always knowing just what she needed to do,” Robeson’s obituary reads.
Towers’ attorneys say that “we know that the facts will show that Mr. Towers has no criminal history, has been a productive and upstanding citizen for his entire life, and is not guilty of these charges.”
