# Accused American "honeymoon scuba" killer returns to Australia to face trial

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 13, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accused-american-honeymoon-scuba-killer-returns-to-australia-to-face-trial/496257 "2009-05-13T05:04:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accused-american-honeymoon-scuba-killer-returns-to-australia-to-face-trial/496257/1 "2009-05-13T05:04:28Z")

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Follow up on a previous thread: [Why did she marry this guy?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=472487&highlight=queensland)

I noticed this article in today’s paper: [Honeymoon dive death accused returns](http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25473193-5005941,00.html). Apparently he has returned to Queensland voluntarily.

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accused-american-honeymoon-scuba-killer-returns-to-australia-to-face-trial/496257/2 "2009-05-13T05:39:07Z")

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What I don’t get is this part:

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> Watson, a bubble-wrap salesman, has since remarried.

Dude’s accused of murdering his wife and he’s been able to get another woman to marry him? Explain slowly, cos I’m a bit dumb.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accused-american-honeymoon-scuba-killer-returns-to-australia-to-face-trial/496257/3 "2009-05-13T11:11:08Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> What I don’t get is this part:
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> Dude’s accused of murdering his wife and he’s been able to get another woman to marry him? Explain slowly, **cos I’m a bit dumb.**

So was she.

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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accused-american-honeymoon-scuba-killer-returns-to-australia-to-face-trial/496257/4 "2009-05-13T12:18:19Z")

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It never fails. Everytime there is some creep on trial for murdering his wife, they get love letters in prison.