Closings start in Florida millionaire murder trial (AP)

[Yahoo! News]

AP - A prosecutor trying a millionaire Florida developer on a charge of fatally shooting his wife used the man's own words against him during closing arguments Thursday at his trial.

Prosecutor Robin Wilkinson played a 911 recording in which developer Bob Ward tells a dispatcher five times "I just shot my wife."

"Bob Ward in his very own words," Wilkinson said. "Do we really think he doesn't know what he is saying when he says the words, `I just shot my wife?'"

Ward is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Diane, in September 2009. She was killed 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.

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