KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI – A female attempting to obtain her dogs was presumably shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend, according to a court file.
Tami Sue Nickles, 48, went to her ex-boyfriend Robert Nizzardini’s home on Autumns Way Boulevard to get her dogs on Friday, May 5, a likely cause affidavit from Kalamazoo County District Court said. She was contended Nizzardini’s home off KL Avenue, west of 8th Street in Oshtemo Township.
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Nizzardini, 57, was arraigned Monday, May 8, on one felony count each of open murder and felony guns, together with a misdemeanor count of domestic violence.
The couple was going through a controversial break up, the affidavit said. Nickles had actually reported May 4 that she hesitated of Nizzardini and he had actually been stalking her, the affidavit said.
Nizzardini remained in the driveway of his home at the very same time Nickles’ vehicle was, a next-door neighbor informed cops. He was packing things into his car for about 15 minutes and nobody else came to the home, the next-door neighbor’s monitoring video footage revealed, per the affidavit.
He informed cops he had actually fulfilled Nickles at his home, the affidavit said.
Nickles was discovered dead in the garage, with the home locked, the affidavit said. Nizzardini confessed to shooting Nickles with a shotgun throughout a battle, the affidavit said. She passed away from a single gunshot injury, and had many birdshot pellets in her body.
He was remaining at a cabin about 122 miles north of Kalamazoo near Baldwin, which is where he left the shotgun in an overload, the affidavit said.
Nizzardini remains in prison and was rejected bond. He’s scheduled for a likely cause conference May 18.
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