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Trial date set for Fayette man in wife's death

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Posted 7:35AM on Thursday 18th April 2002 ( 23 years ago )
ATLANTA - A trial date was set for a Fayette County man accused of killing his wife, who disappeared five years ago. <br> <br> Jim Watson, 38, was jailed Jan. 15 when he was charged with the murder in the death of Beverley Watson. The murder trial has been set for June 3. <br> <br> Watson disappeared from her home in January 1997. Her bones were found in March 1999 on a south Fulton County farm. <br> <br> In August 2000, Jim Watson settled a wrongful death suit filed by his wife&#39;s family seeking to prevent him from collecting any insurance money from her death. Watson agreed to allow all the funds to go to the couple&#39;s two children.

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