Shannon O'Roark Griffin Charged in Death of Psychiatrist Irina Puscariu, Who Was Having Affair With Her Husband

Monday, Jan 16, 2012 | Updated 4:40 PM CST
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Police say Shannon O'Roark Griffin drove to Missouri to kill the woman with whom her husband, retired Air Force Colonel Roscoe L. O. Griffin, was having an affair.

Police say a Granbury woman is charged with killing a Missouri psychiatrist who was having an affair with her husband.

Shannon L. O'Roark Griffin, 52, is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Irina Puscariu of Gladstone, a Kansas City suburb.

During therapy Friday morning in Great Bend, Kan., Griffin learned her husband, retired Air Force Colonel Roscoe L. O. Griffin, was having an affair and had no intention of ending it, according to a probable cause statement. Court records show O'Roark Griffin then left the meeting and later the couple talked on the phone about divorce.

Statement of Probable Cause Against Shannon O'Roark Griffin
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Gladstone police say in a probable cause statement that O'Roark Griffin went to Puscariu's house Friday shot her three times in the face, then drove away.

The statement says she called her husband and told him about the shooting and that she "felt like she did what she had to do to protect him and others from this evil woman."

The Kansas Highway Patrol began searching Interstate 35 between Kansas City and Granbury while pinging O'Roark Griffin's cell phone. Troopers arrested O'Roark Griffin on I-35 southbound Friday evening near Wichita.

When troopers pulled her over, O'Roark Griffin said she had two unloaded handguns in the car.

O'Roark Griffin is jailed in Sedgwick County awaiting extradition. Bond was set at $1 million. Court records do not indicate that she has an attorney.

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GLADSTONE, Mo. — A Texas woman accused in the shooting death of a psychiatrist in suburban Kansas City has been taken into custody in Kansas.

Shannon L. O'Roark Griffin, 52, of Granbury, Texas, was charged Saturday in Clay County with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Dr. Irina Puscariu of Gladstone, according to court records.

According to a probable cause statement filed by Gladstone police, O'Roark Griffin shot Puscariu three times at the psychiatrist's home Friday afternoon after her husband said he would not end their affair. O'Roark Griffin then called her husband, Roscoe L. Griffin, and told him what she had done. Roscoe Griffin called the police.

The Kansas Highway Patrol arrested O'Roark Griffin Friday evening near Wichita, Kan. She was being held Monday in the Sedgwick County jail without bond and was awaiting extradition to Missouri.

Court records did not indicate if Griffin has a lawyer, and a telephone number listed under her name had apparently been disconnected. The Clay County prosecutor's office was closed for the holiday Monday.

Puscariu's mother, Aneta Puscariu, told police her daughter answered the door of their Gladstone home to a woman who came inside and shot her to death, according to the probable cause statement. Aneta Puscariu later identified O'Roark Griffin as the shooter from photographs, police said.

Roscoe L. Griffin, 62, told detectives he and his wife had been to see a therapist Friday. At that meeting, they discussed divorce and he said "he would not give I. Puscariu up," according to the probable cause statement. Later his daughter telephoned to say her mother had just called to say she had shot and killed Irena Puscariu. Shannon O'Rourk Griffin then called her husband and told him the same.

A phone listing for Roscoe L. Griffin in Lyons, Kan., was disconnected Monday.

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Wow this is in my neck of the woods and hasnt even made local news???

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