Shane Walker, the U.S. Air National Guard member accused of killing his girlfriend in their South Beach home, walked into a St. George courtroom wearing a white button-down shirt.
On one side of the buttons was printed a large picture and the name of his son, Elia Walker, 3, for whose death Walker was about to be indicted on a murder charge.
His 2-year-old son Ivan’s face and name were emblazoned on the other side of the buttons. Walker was also being charged under the same superseding indictment with slaying Ivan.
On the back of the shirt, across Walker’s shoulders, was printed “Alla,” the name of his girlfriend, Alla Ausheva, the boys’ mother, whose death Walker is also charged with.
As the defendant moved to the defense table, more than a dozen members of the U.S. Air National Guard sat in the audience their eyes were glued to Walker and his shirt.
Some glared. Others shook their head in disbelief.
Some muttered beneath their breath.
“He’s got balls.” “Punk.” “Piece of s---,” were some of the things they said.
Prosecutors unsealed a superseding indictment accusing Walker, 36, of murdering his two boys between June 21 and 22
According to prosecutors’ Voluntary Disclosure Form, Walker
told detectives he killed Ausheva, but denied slaying the boys.
He said he fatally strangled Ausheva after finding the youngsters lifeless in the bathtub of their South Beach home, court records show.
“I went into the bathroom. I see my kids in the tub not breathing, so I went back into the bedroom and asked (Alla Ausheva, their mother), ‘What did you do?’” the Voluntary Disclosure Form quotes Walker as telling detectives. “She started saying, ‘I can’t live like this anymore. We are in debt like $70K.’”
“She said she doesn’t want to live anymore,” Walker continued. “I placed my hands on her throat and applied pressure until she stopped breathing, then I laid her back on the bed and left the house.”
The Voluntary Disclosure Form further alleges Walker “punctured” Ausheva’s neck twice with a knife before strangling her.
Walker told detectives he then thought about setting the house on fire while he was inside.
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