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Texas Woman Lied About Home Invasion, Killed Her Husband: Police
ABC News ^ | Aug 2, 2014 | Geetika Rudra

Posted on 08/02/2014 6:35:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A Texas woman found on Christmas Eve tied up inside her home along with her husband has been charged with his murder.

Sandra Melgar, 52, of Houston, was charged with murdering her husband of 32 years, Jaime Melgar, in 2012.

Police suspect that Melgar stabbed her husband with a knife, according to court documents.

Relatives who arrived at the couple's home that night to celebrate their anniversary found Melgar and her husband locked in separate closets.

"Ms. Melgar says they were in the bathroom together, her and her husband, and at some time she blacked out and the next thing she remembers is waking up in the closet tied up," Sergeant Robert Spurgeon of the Harris County Sheriff's Office said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: crime; murder; texas; wife

1 posted on 08/02/2014 6:35:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

she almost got away with it...too pricey to divorce him???


2 posted on 08/02/2014 6:46:25 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: nickcarraway
"What'd I do to p*ss you off this time, bay-by?"
3 posted on 08/02/2014 6:46:25 PM PDT by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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She tied herself up and locked herself in the closet? Oh...kay...


4 posted on 08/02/2014 6:53:03 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: nickcarraway

But what if she is innocent? They better have some evidence at hand, more so because O.J. got off with tons of evidence implicating him of murder. Otherwise she walks.


5 posted on 08/02/2014 6:54:30 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: roadcat

Read this:

http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/albert_snyder/10.html

Fascinating case. This was the final outcome:

http://thepowerofthefrontcover.wordpress.com/1928/01/13/1928-dead-new-york-daily-news/


6 posted on 08/02/2014 7:00:44 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: nickcarraway

It was just a matter of time before someone got the idea to stage a home invasion as an alibi for murder.


7 posted on 08/02/2014 7:34:30 PM PDT by Baladas
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To: Baladas

But how does one ever hogtie oneself?


8 posted on 08/02/2014 7:44:02 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

An accomplice? I’m sure they’re looking into see if this wife had anything going on the side.


9 posted on 08/02/2014 7:48:49 PM PDT by Baladas
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To: Baladas

A case based on some hypothesized accomplice and nothing more would probably fail.

Gendarmes are usually more careful today about whom they accuse publicly of what, simply because an acquittal can cause this to blow back at them as a defamation lawsuit.


10 posted on 08/02/2014 7:53:11 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: nickcarraway

I ain’t buying

the cops are simply too dumb to figger it out

how do you tie yourself up and lock yourself in a closet


11 posted on 08/02/2014 8:08:39 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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