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FILLMORE, Utah (AP) -- A woman who said she fatally shot her husband after a history of abuse will face trial in central Utah.
Using a Jeep, Carole E. Alden towed Martin Sessions' body to a grave next to a fish pond July 28 and waited until the next day to call 911.
Alden shot her husband twice, once in the laundry room and again after placing a pillow over his head, Millard County sheriff's Sgt. Morris Burton told a judge, recalling an interview with Alden.
Sessions' final words: "I knew this is how I would go out," Burton testified Monday.
His blood-alcohol level was 0.22 percent, nearly three times the state threshold for intoxication.
The sheriff's office had responded many times to reports of domestic problems at their trailer near Delta, and Sessions had pleaded guilty to assault and domestic violence.
Fourth District Judge Donald Eyre found probable cause to put on Alden on trial for murder as well as other charges. A trial was set for June 6.
"At the end of the day, this woman bought a gun and executed her husband," Assistant Attorney General Patrick Nolan said.
Alden's attorney, James Slavens, said she could claim she killed Sessions in self-defense or while suffering from emotional distress or mental illness.
Burton said Alden called a daughter after shooting Sessions and said, "It's over. I'm OK."
Sessions' sister doesn't believe her brother's death was justified.
"There's a thing called divorce that you can easily get," Rosemary Salyer said outside court.
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