Killers Amongst Us: David Temple beloved coach, murderer? (part 6)

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

David Temple is the number one suspect in the death of his pregnant wife, Belinda Lucas Temple. The eight months pregnant mom is murdered in her Katy, Texas, home. Police argue her husband wants to get rid of her so he can marry his mistress, a teacher in the high school where he teaches. But the case is not a slam dunk in court. Is there justice for Belinda Temple?

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0:00.0	Hi guys, Nancy Grace here. Welcome back to Killers Amongst Us, a production of I Heart
0:09.3	Media and Crime Online.
0:12.2	Hot Shot Football star David Temple, now the prime suspect in his wife's gruesome murder.
0:22.7	There's a trial, but the case is not a slam dunk for prosecutors, but why?
0:28.0	The story was, according to David Temple, at the very time he was out with his six
0:32.5	son running errands that didn't need to be run.
0:35.4	A random burglar just happened to break into his house and shoots a Linda Temple in
0:41.1	the back of the head, which is eight months pregnant.
0:43.5	While David Temple is having an affair with the woman, he was madly in love with.
0:46.9	Police never found the murder weapon, a 12-gauge shotgun.
0:51.9	I'm Nancy Grace, and this is Killers Amongst Us.
0:58.9	When his parents Tom and Carol Lucas suspected David after they learned he had betrayed their
1:04.5	daughter.
1:05.5	The Lucas did all they could to keep the case alive.
1:08.3	They paid for a billboard next to a busy highway, and they took television crews to their
1:13.5	daughter's grave.
1:16.7	But nothing changed until November 2004, more than five years after the murder, when a case
1:23.0	in California fought the nation's attention.
1:27.1	He is charged with killing his wife, Lacey.
1:30.7	Scott Peterson was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, Lacey.
1:34.6	Lucas saw parallels to their case and contacted the prosecutors once again.
1:38.9	Welcome back, I'm Nancy Grace.
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