Was It Murder in the Mansion? “I shot my wife. She’s dead. She’s done.”
A story chillingly similar to Alex Murdaugh, a wealthy, prominent real estate developer shoots his wife just before facing trial for fraud and misusing funds.
The daughter of a wealthy Florida businessman witnessed her father being convicted of manslaughter for the shooting death of her mother in 2009. Overcome with grief and anger, she let out a blood-curdling scream before storming out of the courtroom.
Her father, James Robert “Bob” Ward, was found guilty in 2018 of fatally shooting his wife, Diane, in the head at their luxurious $2.8 million Windermere residence. This was Bob’s second trial, having already been convicted of his wife’s murder, only for the verdict to be overturned on a legal technicality in 2016.
During his 2011 trial, they aired the disturbing 911 call where Bob calmly admitted to shooting his wife in the face and requested assistance.
