which native David Swain continues in the British Virgin Islands?
Expert testifies in David Swain trial Says Swain was near his wife when she died Updated: Tuesday, 20 Oct 2009, 12:29 PM EDT Published : Friday, 16 Oct 2009, 10:09 AM EDT * Mary Abraham TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (WPRI) – The murder trial of Rhode Island native David Swain continues in the British Virgin Islands. An expert on diving deaths testified in court Thursday. He told jurors that he believes that Swain was near his wife when she died. Shelley Tyre died while scuba diving back in 1999. Prosecutors say Swain killed her to pursue a romantic relationship with another woman. Swain maintains he is not guilty. Sources: http://www.wpri.
(CBS) A murder mystery is unfolding in the British Virgin Islands. The owner of a Rhode Island scuba shop is there on trial for allegedly drowning his wife. But if it weren’t for the victim’s parents, the case might not have surfaced at all. “Early Show” national correspondent Hattie Kauffman reported Shelley Tyre died in the waters off the British Virgin Islands, but no one knows how it happened. Shelley’s husband David Swain, who is now on trial for her murder told CBS News it was a “tragic accident.” Three years after a Rhode Island civil suit found him responsible for his wife’s death, Swain is on trial for murder in the Caribbean. Swain and his wife were both highly-experienced divers when they went scuba diving in 1999. Swain is accused of ripping off his wife’s mask and cutting off her air supply. But he argues, “From the time I left her to the next time I saw her, any number of things could have happened.” Jennifer Swain-Bloom, Swain’s daughter, said, “He loved her so much. And
The murder trial of Rhode Island native David Swain continues in the British Virgin Islands. An expert on diving deaths testified in court Thursday. He told jurors that he believes that Swain was near his wife when she died. Shelley Tyre died while scuba diving back in 1999. Sources: Prosecutors say Swain killed her to pursue a romantic relationship with another woman.
