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It was the video that shocked Houston.
The images of Clara Harris repeatedly running over her husband David in the parking lot of a Nassau Bay hotel in 2002 played out on Eyewitness News.
Now, after being sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2003, Clara has been granted parole.
With the help of a private investigators, Clara found her cheating husband and his mistress at the hotel, and proceeded to kill her husband using her vehicle.
PHOTOS: The Clara Harris murder trial
What’s even more tragic is knowing her then-teenage stepdaughter witnessed the whole thing from the passenger seat, as the private investigators filmed the murder.
Bobbi Bacha with Blue Moon Investigations told Eyewitness News in 2013 that Clara might have garnered more empathy if she had shown remorse. Bacha also said Clara called and asked for a refund because “we didn’t finish the night of surveillance after she had killed her husband.”
Harris was denied her first chance at parole on April 11, 2013, but she walked out of prison in May of 2018 after serving 15 years.
Former NASA astronaut hatches plot to kidnap ex’s lover
Lisa Nowak’s bizarre cross-country drive to find Colleen Shipman made international news when she was arrested on February 5, 2007. After breaking up with astronaut William Oefelein, Nowak learned her former beau was romantically involved with Shipman, and set out from Houston to Orlando, Florida.
Investigators said Nowak confronted Shipman at Orlando International Airport after she arrived on a flight from Houston. The former astronaut attempted to kidnap Shipman in a frightening encounter in the airport parking lot.
Nowak initially pleaded not guilty, but eventually made a plea deal with prosecutors. Nowak plead guilty to charges of felony burglary of a car and misdemeanor battery.