Jury deliberations begin Thursday at the first-degree murder trial of David Woods.
Woods is charged with killing his wife, Dorothy, and dumping her body in a culvert south of Blackstrap Lake more than two years ago.
In closing arguments heard Wednesday, the prosecution said the looming stress of a divorce and the financial issues that would ensue were the motive behind the killing.
But the defence argued he was framed by whoever really killed his wife.
Defence lawyer Michael Nolin told the jury comprised of nine women and three men that it's unknown when, where and how the murder occured, and that creates reasonable doubt as to who committed the crime. Nolin said no blood or evidence of murder was found at the Woods’ home and someone could have framed David Woods.
He said Dorothy Woods was engaging in high-risk activity and "bad things happen all the time."
Crown prosecutor Michael Segu advanced the theory that Woods was upset that his wife was sleeping with other men and when she told him on Nov. 11, 2011, that their marriage was over. Segu said later that night, David took Dorothy to the backyard to argue. He then hit her over the head, bound her arms with rope then strangled her and put her in the pool shed.
Segu theorized that the next day David purchased poly to wrap the body in and rope to replace what he'd used to strangle her with. Segu said it's more than just a coincidence that items David told police Dorothy had with her the night she went missing were eventually found in the Woods’ home.
Dorothy Woods' body was found in early January 2012.
-with Canadian Press files
