
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, December 4, 1993                   TAG: 9312040260
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: associated press
DATELINE: SUFFOLK                                LENGTH: Short

WOMAN SHOOTS YOUNG DAUGHTER, THEN SELF IN SUFFOLK MURDER-SUICIDE

A Suffolk woman killed her 16-month-old daughter and then turned the gun on herself as a result of domestic problems with the child's father, Suffolk police investigators said.

Pamela Faulk, 24, died of a gunshot wound to the head shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, police said.

Her daughter, Kiersten Jey Willis, was shot once in the chest and pronounced dead on arrival just after 8 p.m. at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, authorities said.

She had been experiencing problems with the child's father, Byron Willis of Memphis, Tenn., involving custody of the child, said Sgt. Mike Simpkins. A custody hearing was upcoming, he said.

Simpkins said the problem was "a relatively recent thing." Police had no other motive for the shooting.

by CNB