MURDER-SUICIDE VICTIM REMEMBERED IN COLLEGE AREA

December 13, 2010 (San Diego) – Hundreds gathered in front of Michel David’s College-area apartment Saturday night at a candlelight to remember the slain student after David was identified as the victim in a murder-suicide that occurred on Friday. David, 22, was a senior at SDSU. Her former boyfriend, Daniel Shoemake, is believed to have murdered David with an assault rifle before killing himself with a handgun.

“She was just an angel. She always had a positive outlook on life,” April Hernandez, aho traveled to Costa Rica with David in a study-abroad program, told ECM News partner 10 News.

David’s family issued a statement calling David “a shining light and inspiration to her family,” adding that her death leaves “a tremendous hole in our lives.”

A mass comunications major, she was slated to graduate this month at San Diego State University (SDSU).   Shoemake, a criminal justiice major, had recently graduated, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

Michele David was found by a passerby on 55th Street, where she had been shot multiple times in the torso. She was transported to a hospital, where she died. Shoemake’s body was found in his truck near the crime scene.

Counseling services are being provided to SDSDU students, the L.A. Times reports.

Funeral services will be held next Friday in Pleasanton, David’s hometown in northern California.