this far away? that is when the guide heard the shot, stepped out into the, woods and saw the body. he called out to mary beth. i said what did you shoot a? she said i shot at a bear. did i get him? i said no, you got mark. that was no bear she killed. it was her husband. it was pandemonium then. the kids whaling, mary beth sobbing trying to go to the body, the guide held her back and put her in the chalk. drove off to find a working phone, picked up they come screaming, yelling, mary beth was crying, and i didn t know what had happened. i said i am so, sorry i m so sorry. there has been an accident. he said go, mark was involved in an accident, how is he, he is gone. he said no he can t meghan. but mark was gone.
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answer, was it a simple hunting accident, or did mary beth, a competition level sharpshooter, put that in her husband s chest on purpose? and this was a case that raised a lot of questions for people. they would ask themselves what if? so who covered the story and the trial for the canadian press. for people who believe may bat, this was a horrible tragic accident. and, for people who don t believe, her they would say, if this was deliberate, how would you ever prove it? that is just the thing. for all the public, chatter murder was never on the table. the mounties did not allege murder. it was not the charge against mary beth harshbarger. even though, as complained about the media. they were reporting on this as if it were a murder charge, or manslaughter charge. when at the actual charge
nothing. of course, grief are varied and personal, not really the in laws business to judge her method perhaps. but as you see, they did not seem to believe she was grieving. and, though they were all shocked by the killing, they were not really surprised. we all knew that something like that could have happened, knew that this could happen? how? well for one thing, they knew very well mary beth was a crack shot, she was a crypt in newfoundland with a sophisticated light enhancing rifle scope. so, about 200 feet, how could she have mistaken her own husband for a bear? the fact that it was only 60 meters in open area, and immediately had that instinct that this was not an accident. it just did not make any sense. no, they expected the worst
then with the canadian news press agency. she was visibly shaking, waiting for the judge. trembling? just shaking. mary beth s attorney had the jitters as well. i was nervous. it was a cliff-hanger. that kept us all in suspense for the bulk of his decision. it suspense because the judge read from a 35-page decision he had written. it went on for quite some time. what she shot at was what she hit. and finally i think about halfway through page 30 of the 35-page decision, he showed his hand. people cannot always act perfectly, and even when people act reasonably, accidents unfortunately can occur. the charge of criminal negligence against mrs. harshbarger is dismissed. and that was that. not guilty of any crime at all, mary beth harshbarger was free to go. she burst into tears, and was let out.