California student thought she was meeting ex-boyfriend one last time. Instead, he put a bullet in her head

When 18 -year -old Katina Rose Salano arrived at Pacific University in Stockton, California to start her new year in September 1 19799, she thought she was starting a new life. He broke his relationship with his high school sweetheart Steven Burns and was delighted to follow the dream of being a dentist. However, on the first day of college, he showed him on campus and surprised him. He told him to meet him for the last time in the evening, Katina Salarno’s college roommate Joan Marx said.

“He was not waiting for him to meet him, but he was waiting for the last time,” Marx “48 hours in this week’s most new phase” 48 hours “correspondent Erin Moriarti told” The Boy of the Street “, Saturday, on May 3/9C, 10/9C at Paramount+A Streaming at CBS. “He believed he would stop disturbing him,” Marx said.

At 8pm that day, Burns Katina took Salarno to a dark and deserted part of the campus to talk about their relationships. But when he refused to return with him, he pulled a gun from his waist and shot Katina in the back of his head, and slowly left her to death in blood.

“My whole world was taken from me, really, the flash of the gun, I mean, everything was gone. My life was never,” Katina Salano’s younger sister Nina Salano said “48 hours.” When Burns was convicted of the second-degree assassination in the 5th, he was only 5 years old, but his sister’s death and its consequences changed the course of his life.

Nina Salano became a prosecutor for domestic violence and worked as a District Attorney in California’s Modok County since 2021.

In 1977, Burns and his family salaornos San Francisco moved from the house to the street, and a romance between Katina Salarno and Burns was swollen – both of the high school’s Sofmors. While studying at Katina Salarno All-Girls High School, Burns became captain of his school football team. Burns had a stressful relationship with his father and Salarnos took him to their own. He was a family member grew up for faith.

At the end of their veteran year, Katina Salarno wanted to break their romantic relationship. When she began to move away from Burns, her behavior towards Katina became even more aggressive, said Nina Salarno. And that behavior continues to grow. Both Katina’s sisters said about the “48 hour” anxiety incident when Burns threatened to kill Katina. However, Nina Salarno said that Katina never took these threats seriously. His sisters did not.

“We just understood that he was just saying it. And why would we trust it because of what was our relationship over the years?” Katina’s middle sister Regina Salano-Navello says “48 hours”. “He enjoyed being part of the family. Why would he destroy the family who loved the family?”

Nina Salarno said that missing alert signs for the victims is common.

“I think it’s really hard for the victims of domestic violence – they don’t really think that the person will kill them … they think in the situation they think … they know this person … and I think it was exactly his comment that he only commented on him.” He threatened it, “he could never cross this line,” he said.

This is why Katina Salarno agreed to meet Burns that night, Nina Salarno said.

Nina Salarno said, “I think he gained strength when he left the relationship … never let him destroy where he was leading or interfering in his life.” And I think he probably did the most bold thing. However, it is also the most dangerous time in the history of domestic violence in relationships. And unfortunately, he was killed. “

According to Nina Salarno, once an abuser began to think that they had lost control over their partner, he said that when the highest rates were injured or murder in the relationship between domestic violence. Nina Salarno emphasizes the importance of avoiding this “last time” that the victims are calling on their oppressors to break a clear break and avoid the situation where they may be alone with them.

Nina said, “I think the biggest thing of the victim is to understand that they make this break once you have to do this break” to prevent the one you can do with that person “to prevent that person”

If you or someone you know is threatening domestic violence or domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline for assistance at 1-800-799-secure (7233).