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Breakdown

Coming soon: Back to the Tex McIver murder case

Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Politics, News, True Crime

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

After a long winter’s delay, the murder trial of The State v. Claud “Tex” McIver is to begin on March 5. Tex says his wife Diane’s death was a tragic accident; the district attorney says he intentionally shot her in the back. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Bill Rankin returns to bring you Season 5 of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.0

Text MacIver is getting ready, once again, to stand trial.

1:19.0

We know that he shot his wife Diane in the back, Killinger, as they rode in their SUV late on a September night in 2016.

1:27.0

Text says it was a tragic accident. Prosecutors say it was murder. A jury will soon decide.

1:35.0

I'm Bill Rankin, Legal Affairs Reporter for the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

1:39.0

We recorded three episodes in the run-up to MacIver's trial last October, the one that got postponed.

1:45.0

We took you inside that big white Ford expedition as it traveled up Piedmont Avenue in Atlanta that night.

1:53.0

Text was sitting in the back seat, Diane, in the front passenger seat, and their friend, Danny Joe Carter, was behind the wheel.

2:01.0

Here's what Danny Joe told police that night.

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