It was shortly after midnight on Aug. 28, 2009, and in Oxnard, California, Jane Laut was frantically telling a 911 dispatcher that her husband, Dave, may just have been shotby an intruder. Jane Laut: ...

OXNARD, Calif.-Family and friends of an Oxnard mother convicted of killing her Olympic bronze medalist husband are trying to help her appeal for clemency. They believe Jane Laut was a battered woman ...

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OXNARD, Calif. -- David Laut, who won a bronze medal for the United States in the shot put at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, was shot to death after confronting intruders outside his California ...

Dave Laut was standing at the north side yard of his Oxnard home on Aug. 27, 2009, when a bullet grazed the back of his head just behind the left ear. Although it was not a penetrating shot, the ...

ROB VARELA/THE STAR Jane Laut wipes away a tear as victim statements are made during her sentencing in Ventura County Superior Court Tuesday. (Photo: Rob Varela) ROB VARELA/THE STAR Dave Laut's ...

It’s been nearly three years since Jane Laut shot and killed her husband, retired Olympic shot putter Dave Laut, in their Oxnard backyard. That point is undisputed. What jurors must decide is why, ...