After authorities initially stated a Houston-area girl instructed them the person she’d killed over one other girl was her husband, they stated Tuesday that his household says she was his girlfriend.
Karin Stewart, 51, has been charged with homicide within the deadly taking pictures Saturday of James Hargrove, who authorities stated was shot a number of occasions on the house in Spring.
Stewart stated she fatally shot Hargrove after he introduced one other girl to the Texas house they shared and instructed her he needed to be with that girl, in accordance with a possible trigger affidavit.
The Harris County sheriff’s workplace had stated over the weekend that Stewart instructed responding deputies that the person she’d shot was her husband, however the sheriff’s workplace stated Tuesday that Hargrove’s members of the family stated Stewart was his girlfriend.
Meanwhile, a girl attending a Monday court docket look for Stewart stated she’d been married to Hargrove since 2009. Sandra Hargrove stated they separated in November however repeatedly talked. She stated he’d lately recovered from a prolonged battle with COVID-19 through which he was hospitalized.
Hargrove stated she was “shocked” by what occurred. “All of this is new,” she stated.
According to the affidavit, Stewart instructed authorities that she felt betrayed and heartbroken after James Hargrove introduced a girl to their home Saturday and stated he needed to be in a relationship along with her. So Stewart stated she retrieved a gun and shot Hargrove, the affidavit stated.
The girl Hargrove introduced over, who stated she’d been courting him for about two months, instructed authorities she ran out of the home because the pictures had been fired, in accordance with the affidavit. She instructed authorities she thought Hargrove and Stewart had an open relationship and dated different folks, the affidavit stated.
Stewart instructed authorities she and Hargrove had been in an off-and-on courting relationship for about seven years, in accordance with the affidavit.
Stewart remained jailed Tuesday on $75,000 bond. An legal professional listed for her didn’t instantly return a message.