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Jury gets Fla. millionaire's wife murder case

Fri Sep 16, 2011 3:46 PM EDT
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Mike Schneider, Associated Press
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<p>Robert Ward smiles during his murder trial, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Ward, a millionaire developer, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his wife Diane, in 2009. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)</p>

Robert Ward smiles during his murder trial, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Ward, a millionaire developer, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his wife Diane, in 2009. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)

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ORLANDO — Jurors deliberating in the murder trial of a Florida real estate developer charged with shooting his wife to death have asked to see the handgun used.

Jurors listened to jury instructions Friday from the judge overseeing Bob Ward's murder trial before heading to the jury room after 9 a.m. About an hour and a half later, they asked to see the gun.

Ward is accused of fatally shooting his wife, Diane, in September 2009. It came days before she was to give a deposition in a lawsuit alleging that he blew millions of dollars on big houses and expensive cars while his business failed.

Defense attorneys say Ward's wife was suicidal and he was trying to stop her from killing herself.

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