THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, November 10, 1977

 

A 25-year-old Daytona Beach man is being held in the county jail in connection with the shooting death of a 7-year-old Favorita girl Tuesday afternoon, according to investigators from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Dept.

Paul David Harris, a DBCC student, has been charged with murder and aggravated assault in the death of Mistine “Misty” Mathen, daughter of William Mathen of Favorita, according to Lt. Donald Bullock, an investigator with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Dept.

The child was shot with a small caliber weapon during an argument her father and Harris were having about the ownership of a Doberman pinscher, Bullock said.

The girl was admitted to Bunnell General Hospital, but died two hours after the shooting, police said.