Reeva Steenkamp

Fighting back tears, Pistorius said in a trembling voice: ‘There hasn't been a moment since this tragedy happened that I haven't thought about your family. I wake up every morning and you're the first people I think of, the first people I pray for.

A South African court charged the double amputee track star on Monday, August 19, 2013. He will also face a charge of illegal possession of ammunition when he goes on trial March 3, 2014 in a court based in the South African capital, Pretoria.

Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was arrested on Thursday, February 14, 2013 on suspicion of murder after the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.