Douglas Naeher, 60, beat his wife and attempted to leave her
in a watery grave off the Florida coast, cops said. Manatee
County Sheriff's Office
Posted on 07/25/2025 3:10:48 AM PDT by Libloather
The fishing line snapped — and so did he.
A Florida boater tried to kill his wife and dump her body at sea after being set off by a snapped line during a fishing trip — but the bloodied victim clung to the back of the boat and was dragged to shore alive, according to cops.
Douglas Naeher, 60, and his unidentified wife of three years took their boat out 33 miles off the coast of Bean Point on Sunday.
The husband appeared terse and angry when they pushed off from their private dock at their Holmes Beach pad, the victim told the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, according to court documents.
While casting off from a “bean bag chair” on the back of the 30-foot Sterling boat, the 60-year-old’s fishing line snapped — sending him into a violent, malevolent rage.
To avoid being attacked, the victim jumped in the water — holding a rope tied to the vessel and using a pool noodle to float, the court documents stated.
Naeher untied the rope and zoomed off, seemingly leaving his wife to die at sea — but returned to get her after seeing another boat in the distance, the victim told cops.
When she climbed back on board, Naeher repeatedly punched her in the head and then stomped on her head with both feet multiple times when she crumpled to the deck, she said.
The battered wife said she played dead to avoid further wrath, but Naeher continued his assault — dragging her by the hair to the rear of the boat where he attempted to strangle and drown her in the water, court docs said.
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Hope he has fun in prison.
Reminds me of the country music song:
“If you go fishing, I’m leaving you.”
“God, I’ll miss her. I think I got a bite!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwRrKaq0IyY&list=RDWwRrKaq0IyY&start_radio=1
Man, this guy likes to fish !
I seriously doubt that this was his first rodeo. Why did that woman stay with him for three years. She is very fortunate she wasn’t killed. Perhaps she learned something. Experience says different, but there is hope.
I LIKE THIS WOMAN!
She has spirit and determination. She needs to get some self esteem and not date psychos thinking that's all she deserves.
I wish 30 years with no parole on this guy and she gets every marital assett because he won't be around to do sht.
FLORIDA MAN!
Strange magnitude of violence towards someone who’s not even a threat.
Probably not the first time he’s turned on her.
What was he thinking? What was he drinking?
Next time, use your words and say “ I want a divorce!” Don’t act like a Caveman.
She can fix him.
that’s an awful “joke” dude.
Not this movie, I guess
He needs to get remarried. To a hulking cellmate named Bubba.
Wonder what part alcohol played in this story.
I’m amazed she survived! I’ll bet he is, too.
Thank goodness he didn’t get away with it.
Using the anchor would’ve been easiér
Why not just kill her hunanely and take her body somewhere at least a few hundred depth
Bag or chain and weight her and have your story straight
Killing your wife have a heart man
Harold Ensley – The Sportsman’s Friend. Gone fishin’ instead of just a wishin’. I guess he wanted to do more than just fish.
A little digging, and this story gets weirder and weirder...
The article below says the man filed for divorce in June, but the wife hadn’t been served, yet. It quotes him as saying she wants his $1 million home. So, did he really turn psycho over a fishing line, or did he plan first-degree murder?
OTOH, a witness testified that the man asked him to take the woman back to shore. So, if he was planning murder, why did he ask another boater to take her to shore?
The article also says the woman herself was in trouble with the police last year.
https://amisun.com/douglas-naeher-held-without-bond-on-attempted-murder-charge/
As a side note, an online booking photo listed the man as 6’6” tall.
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