Last week, an Alabama judge dismissed a murder charge against Watson, whose wife Tina Watson died on a scuba diving trip during the couples 2003 Australia honeymoon. Nicknamed the honeymoon killer,Gabe Watson served 18 months in an Australian jail after pleading guilty to a negligent manslaughteTwo months later, Kayton said she received Gabe Watsons Christmas card, which she said featured a wedding picture of Gabe and Tina Watson, along with the message: Whos that good-looking guy standing next to Tina in the picture?But Gabe Watson told Elizabeth Vargas that the card which was sent to dozens of people was simply referencing an inside joke from the wedding. Before the wedding ceremony, Watson said, one of Tina Watsons friends asked Whos this good-looking guy?
Date: Mar 03, 2012
Category: U.S.
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Judge acquits Alabama man in bride's honeymoon death
That included his refusal to let Thomas and Tina Watsons sister Alanda testify in depth about conversations they had with Watson after the death. Those could have helped show that Watson wanted insurance money, he said.from her death, and he sided with defense lawyers who said the only eyewitness testified he thought Watson was trying to save the woman. Defense attorneys had argued that Watson didnt stand to gain anything monetarily because Tina Watsons father was the beneficiary of her life insurance policy.
In opening statements, prosecutors said that Tina Watson's father, Tommy Thomas, would tell the court that his daughter came to him shortly before the wedding to say that Gabe Watson asked her to increase her insurance to $130,000. The father told her "not to worry about it" now, but tell Gabe WatsoHe told the court that Gabe Watson told him by phone shortly after his daughter died that Tina Watson gave him a thumbs-up, meaning she wanted to surface. Months later, when the father asked Watson why he didn't take her to the surface when she gave a thumbs-up, Watson allegedly said it meant that s
Defense attorneys had argued that Watson didn't stand to gain anything monetarily because Tina Watson's father was the beneficiary of her life insurance policy. They contended her death was an accident. earlier that shortly after the death, his wife, Cindy, was worried about Gabe Watson's condition. However, evidence showed relations between Watson and his wife's family frayed quickly as the Thomases began having doubts about what happened and Gabe Watson began asking for Tina Watson's belongings.
Date: Feb 23, 2012
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Alabama judge acquits man accused in honeymoon death
However, evidence showed relations between Watson, 34, and his wife's family frayed quickly as the Thomases began having doubts about what happened and Gabe Watson began asking for Tina Watson's belongings.Gabe Watson's father called to tell them about the woman's death more than 15 hours after she drowned, Thomas said, and Tina Watson's family never heard from Gabe Watson until they attempted to contact him through the U.S. consulate in Australia.
Watson is accused of killing Tina Watson, his bride of 11 days, during their honeymoon in Australia by drowning her while scuba diving off the Great Barrier Reef. The motive for the alleged crime was Watson's intention to collect on a $130,000 insurance policy and to sell her possessions, the prosec
State prosecutors are trying to prove Watson murdered his new bride Tina for insurance money. Testimony has shown Tina Watson had only a small insurance policy through work amounting to $33,000. Her father was the beneficiary.
Date: Feb 22, 2012
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Dive master: Didn't check Ala. bride on fatal trip
The man who was the dive master on the trip in 2003, Wade Singleton, said 26-year-old Tina Watson didn't get a private briefing or an orientation dive before going into the water with her husband, Gabe Watson, despite policies that require both.While company rules based on government regulations required workers to make in-depth, individual assessments of divers' skills, employees on the Spoilsport didn't perform all the checks on Tina Watson or other divers, Singleton said.Tina Watson's father, Tommy Thomas, left the courtroom in tears as an Australian medical examiner showed jurors autopsy photos. The doctor, David John Williams, said an examination determined the woman drowned, and he ruled out other factors including a heart problem that she'd had several years earProsecutors contend Watson killed his wife of 11 days in hopes of collecting some $210,000 in insurance benefits, A manager at a store where Tina Watson worked, Caesar Lamonica, testified that Watson came in within a month of her death asking about a life insurance policy.The defense argues Watson didn't have anything to gain monetarily because Tina Watson's father was the beneficiary of her life insurance policy and a travel insurance policy only covered expenses. Earlier testimony showed that Tina Watson's father was the beneficiary under her life insurance policy.