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Warren Horinek was convicted of murder for the death of his wife Bonnie , and has spent the last 18 years in a Texas prison; A conviction that the Tarrant County District Attorney, the Sergeant of the Ft. Worth police homicide division, a Ft. Worth police crime scene detective, the Tarrant County Medical Examiners Office , and several forensic experts all believe to be a wrongful conviction, and found the death to be a suicide. Impossible? Not in Texas .
Warren, a former Ft. Worth police Officer, and his wife Bonnie, a prominent attorney had just returned home from a neighborhood bistro and were getting ready for bed. Warren had gone into his home office to check phone messages when he heard a gun shot that sounded like it came from the master bedroom . Grabbing a shotgun from the office closet (not knowing what to expect) he rushed to the bedroom to find his wife critically wounded, gasping for air and appeared to be (as he believed at the time) bleeding from the throat . Warren immediately called 911 , attempted to stop the bleeding, and gave C . P. R. mouth – to – mouth vents until emergency personnel arrived.
“On the 9ll recording , he is frantic. As the dispatcher contacts paramedics, Warren can be heard in the background yelling, “Why’d you do that goddamnit? Why? Why? Why?” When he returns to the phone, he is panicking – “Are you there? My wife just shot herself. Get over here now !” The dispatcher tries to calm him, saying an ambulance is on the way. “She’s already blue”, Warren says. The dispatcher tells him to begin C – P – R -. In the background , Warren can be heard breathing into Bonnie’s mouth. He picks up the phone again: “I need somebody here”. “Is she breathing?”, the dispatcher asks. “She shot herself in the throat, I think”. “Is she breathing?” “Yes, she’s breathing ! “, Warren says. After a pause , he adds, “Goddamn , get somebody here now !”
By the time paramedics and police arrived, Bonnie Horinek had died. She was lying on the bed in her