Did Gabe Watson murder his wife?
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I have no idea but I do feel if it had gone to trial he would have been convicted. Not due to anything other than public opinion finding him guilty here during the trial in Australia.
Other than him returning to the boat without his wife, what evidence is there that he killed her?
All of the evidence (what there was) was circumstantial; I think the Aussies convicted him mainly on the testimony of the people on the boat with him immediately after he first came up. That, and the line of thinking (I ain't sayin' I agree) that he (a trained diver) didn't do enough to save her.
How much life insurance did he collect after her death? I know she raised her life insurance upon his request but not sure if he collected.
This case seemed to remind me of the Terry Schiavo case in Florida for some reason.
Yeah, I just don't see enough evidence to say he murdered her. After a quick google search, the best evidence against him seems to be the fact that he asked her to increase her life insurance policy (which doesn't seem to have ever happened) and police found him destroying flowers and gifts at her grave (which doesn't make much sense one way or the other. Only explanation I can think of is that he didn't like people bringing stuff to her grave who also accused him of murder).
This case really doesn't even have any of the inconsistencies of, say, the Casey Anthony case. It seems to me that people are/were upset that a husband didn't do all that much to stop his wife from drowning.
This case really doesn't even have any of the inconsistencies of, say, the Casey Anthony case. It seems to me that people are/were upset that a husband didn't do all that much to stop his wife from drowning.
I think he should have gone to trial. With the prominent train of thought in this country seeming to be Guilty until proven innocent he may never actually be innocent in society even if it's true he is.
I am not sure if he is guilty or not. But he is not someone I think you want to call buddy or family.
He ask his wife to raise her life insurance policy, which I do not think she did after she discussed with her father. She is an untrained diver, I think he had som advanced training. She goes to the bottom while he heads to the surface. If you have ever had diving instruction, you know there are buddy Regs that you could use to bring a second person to the top. If nothing else, pull her bcd and give her a better chance with fighting the bends at the surface. Now, she may have struggled and was pulling him where he could not handle her and pushed her off to keep himself up.
He ask his wife to raise her life insurance policy, which I do not think she did after she discussed with her father. She is an untrained diver, I think he had som advanced training. She goes to the bottom while he heads to the surface. If you have ever had diving instruction, you know there are buddy Regs that you could use to bring a second person to the top. If nothing else, pull her bcd and give her a better chance with fighting the bends at the surface. Now, she may have struggled and was pulling him where he could not handle her and pushed her off to keep himself up.
She didn't raise her insurance (apparently it wasn't possible, and her father was her beneficiary at the time of her death). Watson also decided not to collect the travel insurance on the grounds that it would be self-incriminating.
Here is a link I found: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/02/prosecution_insurance-profit_m.html
It seems to me that this guy panicked and left his wife behind in an attempt to get help, then tried to embellish his story afterwards so he didn't look quiet so cowardly. That just seems to best fit what little evidence we have, IMO.
What I know for sure is, I certainly would not trust this dude to have my back.
People put a lot of emphasis on how people react in situations like this, and I can only say that if it had been me, and I loved my new bride, and she was on the bottom and I could not help her (conjecture, not proven one way or the other), when I got to the boat I would have been pretty upset. By all accounts of those on the boat with him, he wasn't and showed no emotions at all.
Didn't take him that long to get remarried, either. Proof of guilt? Not necessarily. But no one that I know of knows what went on during his trial in Koalaland. And they convicted him of manslaughter.
Didn't take him that long to get remarried, either. Proof of guilt? Not necessarily. But no one that I know of knows what went on during his trial in Koalaland. And they convicted him of manslaughter.
Apparently the girl he married is a look-alike to Tina Watson. Not sure what that implies one way or the other, but I find it interesting.
It's been at trial for 2 weeks. The judge kicked it out before handing it over to the jury for the verdict.
I think he killed her. If he didn't, he is the biggest coward alive! He could have shared his air and gotten her to the surface. What was a pretty girl like her doing with his dumpy arse? He was lucky to have her! I hope his new wife is smart enough to watch her back.....
I have no idea, and I have never attempted to scuba dive so I don't really understand the risks. But I have seen snorkelers panic in 3 feet of water, so I don't find it hard to believe that one or both of them panicked when something scary happened while scuba diving.
I don't think you listed enough choices above. The judge may have made the appropriate/correct decision because of a lack of evidence instead of letting it go to a jury that may have made the wrong decision. Also, I think sometimes juries are pressured into certain decisions because of fear of how they may be perceived by the public or some juries may just be biased eg. O.J.
I have served on a jury in the state of Texas where the jury listened to both sides. Prior to our adjourning to the jury room to decide the case, we were returned to the jury room for about 30 minutes. When we returned, the judge made the decision of not guilty based on the evidence. The prosecutor had NOT proven his case against the defendant.
As a juror, I agreed with the decision. However, with some juries the person could have been found guilty.
Now, I don't know if Mr. Watson was guilty or not. However, I do feel a lot of people are found guilty or innocent because of stupid jurors.
Hopefully, there will be a Judgement Day when and where all WRONGS are made RIGHT!
I have served on a jury in the state of Texas where the jury listened to both sides. Prior to our adjourning to the jury room to decide the case, we were returned to the jury room for about 30 minutes. When we returned, the judge made the decision of not guilty based on the evidence. The prosecutor had NOT proven his case against the defendant.
As a juror, I agreed with the decision. However, with some juries the person could have been found guilty.
Now, I don't know if Mr. Watson was guilty or not. However, I do feel a lot of people are found guilty or innocent because of stupid jurors.
Hopefully, there will be a Judgement Day when and where all WRONGS are made RIGHT!
If there is I'm sure we are all in for decades and decades of punishment :frown:
I actually knew Gabe pretty well through being good friends with his younger brother throughout high school at Hoover and when he was an undergrad at UAB. I can honestly say that this was almost certainly not a result of any ill intent, but more likely just a result of incompetence.
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