Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Woman murdered by man she tried to divorce

In Australia, a 61 year old woman, Carol Schaer, was killed in the department store where she had worked since 1997. On the morning of November 17th, her husband, Simon Schear, 69, shot her multiple times and she later died after being rushed to the hospital.
The murder occurred the day after the divorce papers were delivered to him, four days earlier than when she had anticipated. She had planned to take work off and not be in town the day she expected her former husband to be served the papers. She was to go on a short vacation with her new partner whom she had lived with for the past 6 years and whom she had planned to marry this January. It is unknown why the divorce papers were served earlier than anticipated.
Schaer was charged with murder and will face trial early next year. Just hours prior to the shooting, he had left his two rottweilers in the care of a former student, telling her that he was going on holidays.

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