Savannah murder trial moves to closing arguments

SAVANNAH - Closing arguments are expected Wednesday in Savannah in the murder trial of a man accused of shooting his wife through the floor. <br> <br> Prosecutors contend that Donald Chase was drunk and arguing with his wife when he held a pistol to the floor of his upstairs den and fired. <br> <br> The bullet passed through a carpet and the downstairs kitchen ceiling, then fatally struck his wife -- Jackie -- as she poured bottles of liquor down the sink. <br> <br> The couple had been married 32 years and lived in a townhouse in Savannah&#39;s historic district before the shooting last September 17. <br> <br> The death was first reported to authorities as an apparent suicide, but prosecutors charged Chase with felony murder. <br> <br> Chase&#39;s attorney says the shooting was accidental. But prosecutors said the 56-year-old intended to kill his wife, even though he shot her in the head through gray carpet, a foam carpet pad, three-fourths-inch plywood and the kitchen ceiling sheetrock.

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