HUSBAND FINALLY ON TRIAL FOR MURDER OF PREGNANT WIFE
Texas murder case
that's an astonishing
replay of the Laci
Peterson tragedy has
finally gone to trial - eight
years after the pregnant
victim was slain.
And the family and
friends of murdered
schoolteacher Belinda
Temple pray that justice
is near for her accused
killer - her philandering
husband David!
"It took police five
years to arrest David
after Belinda's murder
and another three
years for his trial to
begin. That's far too
long," Carrie Findley,
a former student
of Belinda's at Katy
High School, told The
ENQUIRER.
Belinda was a popular
teacher and counselor
at Katy High School
when she was killed
in an apparent home
robbery on Jan. 11, 1999.
While the murder weapon
has never been recovered,
prosecutors believe David
shot 8-months-pregnant
Belinda in the head with a
shotgun. Her unborn child, a
6-pound girl whom Belinda
planned to name Erin, also died.
The crime eerily echoes Laci
Peterson's murder as prosecutors
say 30-year-old Belinda - who
was remembered, like Laci, for her sweet
smile - discovered David was having an
affair only weeks before they allege he
killed her.
And like Scott Peterson - sentenced to
die for killing his wife Laci and their unborn
child - David, a high school coach, allegedly
spent time with a blonde mistress, co-worker
Heather Scott, around the holidays.
David's attorney Dick DeGuerin told The
ENQUIRER he has evidence another man
might have killed Belinda and framed her
husband for the murder. A prisoner says he
overheard another inmate in 1999 tell how
he broke into Temple's house, killed his wife
and framed him for murder, according to the
defense attorney.
But prosecutors believe
they have a strong case
against David, including
forensic evidence
of gunshot residue on
his clothing. David told
police he returned from
an hour-long shopping
trip with their 3-year-old
son Evan to discover
Belinda's body in the
closet of their upstairs master bedroom.
Pick up The ENQUIRER for more details!
Published on: 10/24/2007
