Arnold Pistorius, right, uncle of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, comforts his niece after making a statement to selected press in Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. 16, 2013. Pistorius said that Oscar is numb with shock, as well as grief after the shooting death of his model girlfriend at his home in South Africa, Thursday, and his family strongly refuted prosecutors claims that he murdered her. At left is Aimee Pistorius, sister of Oscar Pistorius. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
Arnold Pistorius, right, uncle of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, make a statement to selected press in Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. 16, 2013. Pistorius said that Oscar is numb with shock, as well as grief after the shooting death of his model girlfriend at his home in South Africa, Thursday, and his family strongly refuted prosecutors claims that he murdered her. On left is Aimee Pistorius, sister of Oscar Pistorius. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
Arnold Pistorius, right, uncle of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, comforts his niece after making a statement to selected press in Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. 16, 2013. Pistorius said that Oscar is numb with shock, as well as grief after the shooting death of his model girlfriend at his home in South Africa, Thursday, and his family strongly refuted prosecutors claims that he murdered her. At left is Aimee Pistorius, sister of Oscar Pistorius. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
Arnold Pistorius, right, uncle of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, comforts his niece after making a statement to selected press in Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. 16, 2013. Pistorius said that Oscar is numb with shock, as well as grief after the shooting death of his model girlfriend at his home in South Africa, Thursday, and his family strongly refuted prosecutors claims that he murdered her. At left is Aimee Pistorius, sister of Oscar Pistorius. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
Oscar Pistorius, centre, is led from the Boschkop police station east of Pretoria, en route to court, Friday Feb. 15, 2012. Oscar Pistorius arrived at a courthouse Friday, for his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend as South Africans braced themselves for the latest development in a story that has stunned the country. The Paralympic superstar was earlier seen leaving a police station in a dark suit with a charcoal gray jacket covering his head as he got into a police vehicle. Model Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed at Pistorius' upmarket home in an eastern suburb of the South African capital in the predawn hours of Thursday. (AP Photo)
Athlete Oscar Pistorius weeps in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Feb 15, 2013, at his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Oscar Pistorius arrived at a courthouse Friday, for his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend as South Africans braced themselves for the latest development in a story that has stunned the country. The Paralympic superstar was earlier seen leaving a police station in a dark suit with a charcoal gray jacket covering his head as he got into a police vehicle. Model Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed at Pistorius' upmarket home in an eastern suburb of the South African capital in the predawn hours of Thursday. (AP Photo/Antione de Ras - Independent Newspapers Ltd South Africa) SOUTH AFRICA OUT
In this undated handout publicity photo supplied by Stimulii taken on the island of Jamaica, Reeva Steenkamp poses on set during the shooting of the reality show Tropika Island of Treasure which premieres on state television Saturday, Feb 16, 2013. South Africa's national broadcaster says it will screen the show featuring the dead model girlfriend of double-amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius, two days after she was shot and killed at Pistorius' home. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Stimulii)
FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 file photo, South Africa's Oscar Pistorius wins the Men's 4 x 100 Relay T42-46 final at the 2012 Paralympics in London. Pistorius has been arrested after a 30-year-old woman was shot dead at his home in South Africa, early Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius is “numb with shock as well as grief” after the shooting death of his model girlfriend at his home in South Africa, the runner’s uncle said Saturday, as his family strongly denied prosecutors’ claims that he murdered her. Arnold …