The judge presiding over the so-called honeymoon killer trial dismissed murder charges against Gabe Watson after the prosecution completed its case today.
The charges were dismissed before the defense presented a single witness.
Watson, 34, was charged with killing Tina Watson in 2003 during an Australian honeymoon 11 days after they were married.
Prosecutors had claimed that Watson had shut off his wife's air supply while scuba diving off of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, then turned the air back on after she had died. The motive, prosecutors claimed, was to collect on her life insurance and her possessions.
The prosecution rested its case today after two weeks of testimony .
Defense lawyer Brett Bloomstom immediately made a motion to dismiss the case for lack of evidence, and Judge Tommy Nail agreed that the prosecution had failed to prove that Watson had killed his wife.
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