Episode 013 (Bonus Episode: Women Who Kill), Season 4 - Clara Harris – The Mercedes Murder

After emigrating to the United States from Columbia in the late 1980s, Clara Harris climbed the ladder of success to achieve the American dream of a thriving career, a beautiful home, adorable children, and the perfect marriage.

But David Harris is having an affair, and after confessing to his wife, he promises to call it quits with the other woman.

Except, when David goes back on his promise, Clara confronts her husband and his mistress.

And what happens next will shock the world.

Listen to the episode HERE.

Photo caption (L-R): Clara Suarez emigrated to the United States from Colombia in search of a better life for herself (photo credit: American Justice); Clara did whatever it took to be a success from cleaning houses to entering beauty pageants (photo credit: American Justice); Clara met and married fellow dentist, David Harris in 1992. By all accounts, it was a blissful union (photo credit: Oprah.com); Clara and David held their wedding reception at the Nassau Bay Hilton in Houston; ten years later, the hotel would have even greater significance for the couple (photo credit: American Justice); Lindsey Harris, David's daughter from his first marriage, was close with stepmom, Clara; she would later play a pivotal role in what Clara's fate (photo credit: American Justice); Yellow Pages ad for David and Clara's successful dental practice (photo credit: KPRC-TV); David started to feel "the itch" in his marriage to Clara and began working out and spending more time away from home (photo credit: (American Justice); David and Clara in happier times (photo credit: American Justice); David with his and Clara's sons, Brian and Bradley (photo credit: KHOU-TV); Clara asked David for her pros and cons, jotting them down on cocktail napkins; one complaint was that she was too loud (photo credit: American Justice); Gail Bridges's Black Lincoln Navigator, which Clara keyed (photo credit: American Justice); Clara hit David so hard with her Mercedes, she knocked out his teeth (photo credit: American Justice); the other woman, Gail Bridges, during Clara's trial (photo credit: American Justice); Clara breaks down during her trial (photo credit: American Justice); Clara's silver Mercedes after she ran David over three times (photo credit: American Justice); Clara admitting to Blue Moon Investigations she didn't know her husband and Gail would be rendezvousing at the Hilton (photo credit: American Justice)

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