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Pistorius’ slain girlfriend’s family grieves, wonders

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June Steenkamp, center, the mother of Reeva Steenkamp, arrives for her funeral Tuesday in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The Steenkamp family has struggled with it's own grief and harbors misgivings about efforts by the Pistorius family to reach out to them with condolences.

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Mike Steenkamp, Reeva's uncle, told The Associated Press that the family of the double-amputee athlete initially did not send condolences or try to contact the bereaved parents, but had since sought to reach out in what he described as a poorly timed way.