While he was serving his term, authorities in Alabama flagged an intention to charge him with murder at a later date. He was subsequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment for her manslaughter.Īt trial, evidence presented included Gabe Watson's differing accounts of what had happened on that day, of the couple's diving experience (or lack thereof), and of Tina Watson's life insurance. This was changed to manslaughter with a guilty plea.
He was initially charged by Queensland authorities with his wife's murder. She was a newlywed, having married a fellow American, David Gabriel "Gabe" Watson, 11 days earlier. From the Wiki:Ĭhristina Mae "Tina" Watson, a 26-year-old American woman from Helena, Alabama, died while scuba diving on her honeymoon in Queensland on 22 October 2003.
There is some evidence suggesting the husband did it and had motive (a hefty life insurance policy), so he was held in Australian prison for ~1 year before being deported to the US, where a court in Alabama threw the case out without the defense even having to present to the judge. Here is a super creepy photo of the incident, where you can see Tina laying motionless on the ocean floor. This case from 2003 is fascinating - a newly-wed couple on their honeymoon in Australia goes scuba diving, and the wife tragically drowns.
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