Jury deliberations wrapped up Wednesday in the trial of Isleworth millionaire accused of killing wife.
Jurors got the case involving Bob Ward at 4:11 p.m. Wednesday and were dismissed at 6 p.m. for the night.
Jurors will begin deliberations again Thursday at 9:30 a.m.
Ward was found guilty in 2011 of fatally shooting Diane Ward at the couple’s Isleworth mansion in 2009. Ward’s first conviction was overturned by an appeals court.
Ward did not testify in his case.
Prosecutors said Wednesday Ward never tried CPR or touched his wife after she was shot. They said Ward did not check to see if his wife was breathing.
Defense attorneys called a professor to testify about how people grieve differently, and that there is evidence that men will immediately go into a mode of rebuilding their life.
Prosecutors called a financial expert to the stand Tuesday who said Ward's money problems would not have been a motive for his wife’s death since she could help him shield his assets from creditors.
"The death of the wife is a financial disaster for the husband, because the husband's creditors can now get that property. That has been held in the tendencies by the entirety," said professor Jeffrey Davis with Bankruptcy Law.
Ward said during a 911 call on the night in question that he shot his wife and that he was sorry. But he later told investigators she killed herself.
The defense claims the evidence was mishandled, so it's impossible to tell who pulled the trigger.
But medical examiner Joshua Stephany testified that the gun was at least 12 inches away from Diane Ward's face and that her eyes were open; suggesting there is no way she shot herself.
Ward has been out on a $1 million bail since August.
Ward faces charges of second-degree murder.
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