A man mistook his fiancée for an intruder and shot her dead the day before their wedding.
- A 'distraught' man has shot his fiancée dead the day before their wedding in a case of mistaken identity.
- John Tabutt told police he seized his gun because he thought he heard someone in his Florida home.
- Thinking his live-in partner was in bed, the 62-year-old fired at a figure in a dark hallway.
He discovered too late he struck Nancy Dinsmore, also 62, who he was due to marry the very next day. - Tabutt called 911 in the early hours of Friday, moaning and sobbing, according to local newspaper reports.
- "I thought I had an intruder in the house," he told the emergency operator. "Honest to God, she looks dead."
- A "distraught" Tabutt stood by while his fiancée was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, according to police.
- He has not been charged with any offence and officers said everything pointed to a tragic accident.
- The couple planned to wed in a small ceremony at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Florida's Winter Springs, Ms Dinsmore's son-in-law Scott Sposato told the Orlando Sentinel.
- They loved each other," he said. "It was quite apparent."
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