Husband charged with killing wife at Isleworth Country Club

Isleworth shooting: Isleworth Country Club resident accused of shooting his wife
James Robert Ward is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife at their multimillion-dollar Isleworth estate.

Walter Pacheco

Sentinel Staff Writer

1:19 p.m. EDT, September 22, 2009


Investigators today charged Isleworth Country Club resident James Robert Ward with second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife, Diane Elizabeth Ward, at their multimillion-dollar estate.

"I just shot my wife ... she's dead ... she's on the floor of the master bedroom," Ward told 911 dispatch operators at 8 p.m. Monday, according to the arrest affidavit from the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

Authorities said it was a case of domestic violence, though they didn't provide many details. He is being held without bail at the Orange County Jail.

When deputies arrived at Ward's house at 5277 Isleworth Country Club Drive, the 61-year-old developer told them her body was in the second-floor bedroom.

Sheriff's deputies found Diane Ward, 55, on the floor and in a pool of blood.
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