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''SHATTERED: The True Story of a Mother's Love, a Husband's Betrayal, and a Cold-Blooded Texas Murder'', by author and novelist Kathryn Casey, is a true crime account of the killing of a pregnant woman whose body was discovered in 1999 in an upstairs closet in her home in Katy, Texas, near Houston. The book was published by HarperCollins in June 2010. ==Case information== Belinda Lucas and David Temple dated as classmates at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas. David became a high school coach, and Belinda a teacher. They married and had one child, a boy. On January 11, 1999, when their son was 3 years old, Belinda, 30 years old and eight months pregnant with their second child, was killed by a single gunshot blast to her head. The weapon, a 12-gauge shotgun, was never found.〔(KPRC Local 2, "Shotgun Becomes Focus Of Murder Trial," October 30, 2007 )〕 The case remained long unsolved; eventually the investigation revealed a history of cruelty and domination by Belinda’s husband, a respected member of his town’s close-knit community. Despite being represented by Dick DeGuerin, a renowned Texas defense lawyer, David Temple was convicted of murder in the deaths of his wife and unborn baby girl in November 2007. Belinda had planned to name their daughter Erin.〔(KPRC-TV Local 2, "David Temple Guilty Of Killing Pregnant Wife," November 15, 2007 )〕 He was sentenced to life in prison, to be eligible for parole after 30 years. He has appealed the conviction.〔(''Houston Chronicle'', "Temple sentenced to life for pregnant wife's murder," November 20, 2007 )〕 It was reported in July 2015 that Judge Larry Gist, after reviewing nearly three months of witness testimony in a habeas hearing, "has accused former Harris County prosecutor Kelly Siegler of withholding evidence in the murder case against David Mark Temple... and has recommended that Temple be granted a new trial." Judge Gist found 36 facts Siegler failed to disclose that prevented the defendant from being able to timely investigate or effectively use the information at trial.〔http://www.johntfloyd.com/siegler-prosecutorial-misconduct〕 Prosecutors "intentionally, deliberately, or negligently failed to disclose" investigators' reports and witness statements that pointed to other suspects, but Siegler continued the suppression even following the conviction, according to the findings. Siegler testified in the hearing that potential exculpatory evidence didn't need to be disclosed if prosecutors "did not believe it was true."〔(Houston Press, "Judge Says Ex-Prosecutor Kelly Siegler Withheld Evidence in David Temple Case" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shattered (book)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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