GUILTY AZ - Linda Watson, 35, Marilyn Cox, 63, & Renee Farnsworth, 53, Tucson, 2000 & 2003

[Leomoon80]

Photo of Linda and her obituary:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lancastereaglegazette/obituary.aspx?pid=159304768

quote:

Missing for 12 years her remains were found in the desert, a victim of homicide.

Linda is preceded in death by her parents, Marilyn Davis Cox and Carl R Cox

 

[Dr. Know?]

Craig Smith ‏@csmithKGUNTV 1h1 hour ago
David Watson triple murder trial: Prosecutor pegs case on ex-wife recanting alibi, Defense attorney questions her motives. @kgun9

Craig Smith ‏@csmithKGUNTV 37m37 minutes ago
"She needs to disappear." David Watson's 2nd ex wife testifies he said that of Linda Watson. On trial for her murder and 2 others. @kgun9

Tucson Now ‏@TopTucsonNow 4h4 hours ago
In court for David Watson murder trial. Two1st degree murder charges. One 2nd degree murder charge. Tucson KOLD… http://toplocalnow.com/us/tucson

It's only 3:30 here and court must be still going on. Should be more later.

 

[byo]

I don't know how to link, but his trial starts today.

Here's a link:

Opening statements start in murder trial of former Tucson fire captain
Craig Smith 3:08 PM, Oct 5, 2016, 33 mins ago

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) -
An ex-wife recants an alibi, now former Tucson Firefighter David Watson is on trial for three murders.

The death of Linda Watson in 2000 and the 2003 murders of her mother Marilyn Cox and her friend Renee Farnsworth were cases that had gone cold until Watson's second wife admitted the alibi she gave Watson was a lie.

 

[byo]

Murder suspect's ex-wife: "I can't tell you an exact time"
Jennifer Martinez 4:28 PM, Oct 7, 2016 13 mins ago

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - The attorney for former Tucson Firefighter David Watson worked hard to undermine the testimony of the key witness against him, the ex-wife who gave Watson an alibi, then took it away years later.

Watson is accused of killing his first ex-wife in 2000.

Three years later in 2003, he is also accused of gunning down his ex-mother in law and her friend while they sat on the front porch of their home.

 

[byo]

Daughter of former Tucson fire captain to take stand in murder trial
Friday, October 21st 2016, 2:22 pm EDT

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -

The trial of the Tucson man accused of killing three women more than 10 years ago continued Friday with testimony from his daughter.

Prosecutors claim Watson killed the women over a child custody dispute.

Jordynn Watson, who was 4-year-old when David and Linda divorced, is expected to take the stand Friday.

 

[robbierae64]

After updates on the first couple of weeks of the trial. I'm not so sure we have a murder for Linda Watson. She was known to just run off. Skull was found, no other body parts and the skull had no signs of homicide. It was found in an area that she liked to go to parties in the desert and had attended one there just the week before. I think we better give this one some more time.

 

[Elainera]

Daughter of former Tucson fire captain to take stand in murder trial
Friday, October 21st 2016, 2:22 pm EDT

Also from that link:

The trial began Tuesday, Oct. 4, with jury selections and was expected to last up to six weeks.

Yet no more updates after this one? I can't find anything.

 

[byo]

I can't find updates, either. This article is three weeks old, but I hadn't seen it.

Murder trial: Linda Watson talked of suicide
David Watson's defense team works to raise doubts
by Craig Smith posted 6:28 PM, Oct 20, 2016; updated 10:41 AM, Oct 21, 2016

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Linda Watson sometimes talked of running away or even committing suicide. That was the testimony Thursday in the murder trial of her ex-husband, former Tucson Firefighter David Watson.

Carl Barton, known as JR dated Linda Watson for about two and a half years after she divorced David Watson.

He described her as such a heavy drinker he was prepared to testify that she should not have custody of her daughter . . . (she) talked of just running away . . . she said she would shoot herself at one point . . .

Watson's defense has been trying to convince the jury someone other than David Watson was responsible for LInda Watson's disappearance.

Disparaging the victim. :sigh:

 

[robbierae64]

Following the case from inside the court room. I don't believe Watson had anything to do with it. Should go to the jury today.

 

[byo]

Closing arguments in murder trial of David Watson
Updated: 5:49 PM, Nov 17, 2016
By: Priscilla Casper, Ina Ronquillo

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Closing arguments began today in the trial of David Watson, a former Tucson Firefighter charged with three murders.

After seven weeks of testimony from more than 60 people and more than 500 pieces of evidence, jurors listened to closing argument on Thursday afternoon.

 

[byo]

Murder trial of former Tucson fire captain in hands of jury
Updated: November 17th 2016, 7:37 pm EST
By Tucson News Now Staff

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
The murder trial of David Watson, the former Tucson fire captain accused of killing three people more than 10 years ago, was put in the hands of the jury Thursday afternoon.

Watson is facing charges in connection with the death of his ex-wife Linda Watson, his former mother-in-law Marilyn Cox and Cox's friend Renee Farnsworth.

Watson, who pleaded not guilty last year, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder.

 

[byo]

Murder trial of former firefighter David Watson ends with hung jury
By: Phil Villarreal, Ina Ronquillo | Posted:4:14 PM, Nov 22, 2016 | Updated:10:13 PM, Nov 22, 2016

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - The murder trial of former firefighter David Watson ends with a hung jury after they were unable to reach a decision.

The jury consisted of eight women and four men . . .

A status conference is scheduled for Friday, December 2nd to determine the next step.

 

[byo]

After hung jury, ex-Tucson fire captain faces new triple-murder trial
By Curt Prendergast | Arizona Daily Star | Updated 13 hrs ago

After a hung jury, county prosecutors will retry a former Tucson Fire Department captain in the slayings of his ex-wife, her mother and her mother’s friend.

David Watson’s first murder trial resulted in a hung jury on Nov. 22.

At a status conference Friday, prosecutors with the Pima County Attorney’s Office and the two defense lawyers representing Watson agreed on Jan. 24 as the start date for the next trial.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/34075545/watsons-second-murder-trial-to-go-forward

The re-trial of David Watson, the former Tucson fire captain accused of killing three women more than 10 years ago, is going ahead as planned.

The judge denied a request to dismiss the case against Watson and the trial will begin Tuesday, Jan. 24.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/2nd-murder-trial-for-former-Tucson-firefighter-10879071.php

The second murder trial of a former Tucson Fire Department leader accused of killing his ex-wife and two others is set to begin with jury selection on Tuesday.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/jury-chosen-for-nd-murder-trial-of-ex-tucson-firefighter/article_8851ffda-cd51-5a4d-ab3d-3bfe4239dbc0.html

Opening arguments are scheduled Wednesday morning in the second murder trial of a former Tucson Fire Department captain accused of killing his ex-wife and two others.

A jury was chosen Tuesday in Pima County Superior Court.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Opening statements in former Tucson Fire captain's second triple-murder trial

http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/34348840/opening-statements-in-former-tucson-fire-captains-second-triple-murder-trial

In opening statements, the defense argued Watson had an alibi, in the murders of Cox and Farnsworth.

Watson's attorney also told the jury there's no proof Linda Watson was murdered.

During his opening, the prosecutor told the jury Watson had motive because he was involved in a custody battle with his ex-wife, over their daughter, when she died.

The prosecutor also said Watson had lost a court fight over visitation with his ex-mother-in-law when she was killed alongside her friend.

Watson's second ex-wife, Rosemary, was the first to take the stand for the prosecution Wednesday.

http://tucson.com/news/local/crime/second-triple-murder-trial-of-ex-tucson-firefighter-begins/article_8841e934-dd85-528c-8ab3-263e9e4fee13.html

Defense lawyer Michael Storie told the jurors the case “boils down to the credibility of Rosemary Watson.”

Rosemary Watson provided an alibi for her then-husband David Watson for the 2000 and 2003 incidents, but recanted her account shortly after their 2007 divorce.

Prosecutor Jonathan Mosher urged the jurors to view Rosemary Watson not as a jilted lover, but as a person who struggled to believe what her husband told her.

After a harsh verbal exchange with David Watson, Rosemary Watson went to a detective with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and said her ex-husband was not at home during either of the incidents, Mosher said.

The question Storie posed to the jurors was whether Rosemary Watson was lying when she provided an alibi to David Watson or when she told investigators she lied about the alibi.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Second day of testimony in Watson murder trial

http://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/second-day-of-testimony-in-watson-murder-trial

Former Tucson firefighter David Watson began the second day of the second triple murder trial.

She described to prosecutor Jonathan Mosher how David was acting the night Cox and Farnsworth were shot and killed.

"His actions were frightening me and he went in the shower," said Rosemary Watson. "It felt like an eternity to me there was something clearly wrong. It was clear from the moment I lay eyes on him."

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Nearly a month into retrial of former Tucson firefighter David Watson accused of murdering 3 women

http://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/nearly-a-month-into-retrial-of-former-tucson-firefighter-david-watson-accused-of-murdering-3-women

Cox's sister and Linda Watson's aunt Pat Hinkle took the stand late Friday afternoon to testify.

Hinkle explained Linda Watson and David Watson's daughter Jordynn had a very loving relationship.

The defense will pick up its case Tuesday. Closing arguments are expected to begin in two weeks.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Closing arguments begin in Watson's second murder trial

http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/34845952/closing-arguments-begin-in-watsons-second-murder-trial

Closing arguments began Tuesday, March 14, in the second murder trial of David Watson, the Tucson man accused of killing three women more than a decade ago.

The prosecution wrapped up its closing arguments Tuesday afternoon and the defense is scheduled to start Wednesday morning. The case could be handed over to the jury as early as Wednesday afternoon, but it is more likely that deliberations will begin Thursday.