- HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas
dentist has been charged with killing her orthodontist husband by repeatedly
running over him with her Mercedes Benz, police say.
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- The couple had been arguing in a Houston hotel before
the alleged attack on Wednesday night in which David Harris, 44, was struck
three times as he tried to get into his own car, they said.
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- Clara Harris, 44, told reporters after she was arrested:
"It was an accident."
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- Police said Thursday she told investigators she suspected
her husband had been cheating and hired a private investigator who called
her to the hotel to confirm it.
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- "She has admitted hiring a private investigation
firm to follow her husband around. So there is some type of history,"
Nassau Bay Police Department spokesman Joe Cashiola told reporters.
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- The husband's 16-year-old daughter from a previous marriage
was in the Mercedes with her step mother as the incident unfolded, police
said.
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- The couple had separate dental practices and lived in
a large home in an affluent Houston suburb, according to news reports.
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- A photo of the pair taken in happier times and posted
on the Internet showed both had perfect smiles.
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