Sunday, February 19, 2012

Video: Newlywed on trial for wife's death



>>> we begin this half hour with the murder testimony of gabe watson . he's accused of drowning his wife in a skub ba diving honey moochblt we have the details.

>> he physically took a tiny bit of a backward movement and he said, what do you mean? i said, gabe, that's bull [ bleep ].

>> reporter: he said he confronted the accused minutes after his wife died. watson told him he couldn't hold her any longer and had too let go. mils milsap, an expert scuba diver , testified it didn't make sense. he heard his own voice describing how his 26-year-old wife drowned. this photo taken by another diver accidentally captured tina 's body on the ocean floor . watch as defense claims tina panicked, knocked off her husband's mask and tank as he tried to help her and that the equipment was dragging her down. so watson was forced to let her go and swim up for air. but prosecutors paint a different picture claiming watson an experienced diver planned to turn off her air supply and hold her under water.

>> we can't imagine every day what thoughts were going through tina 's mind as he was killing her.

>> reporter: a witness testified he saw watson holding his wife under water for a few seconds before letting go.

>> i thought he was trying to save her. then they split apart. he went to the surface, and after they split apart, she sank.

>> reporter: prosecutors say watson killed his wife to cash in on her life and travel insurance .

>> it has to be that the time hoe was marrying her he planned to kill her for a couple hundred,000 in proceeds. that kind of theory and motive is not going to be an easy sell for a jury.

>> reporter: he pled to nemgt manslaughter. he served 18 months before being extradited to alabama where prosecutors say he planned the murder of his bride. for today, lilliana luciano, nbc news.

Source: http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/46438847/

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