David Temple sentencing hearing: Ex-wife testifies in court

HOUSTON - One of the state’s final witnesses, David Temple’s ex-wife, was called to the stand by the prosecution Monday afternoon. 

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Heather Scott Temple was David Temple’s mistress in 1999 when his wife, Katy High School teacher Belinda Temple was murdered. Prosecutors say Temple shot his wife to death in order to be with his mistress. Temple and Scott married two years later, but they have since divorced. 

There was a lot of speculation about what Scott would say on the stand now that they're no longer married. The anticipation for Scott's testimony, had the courtroom buzzing about what she would say now that she is divorced from Temple.

She testified she began having an affair with David Temple who was her colleague in late 1998 and on January 5, 1999. 

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Scott says she told Temple they "need to stop" the affair but three days later - three days before Belinda was shot to death, Scott says David told her, "I'm totally falling in love with you," and she told him she felt the same way.

Prosecutors say that's why Temple murdered his wife, to be with his mistress whom he married two years later in 2001. Although they divorced in 2019, Scott still didn't say anything incriminating against Temple when she was on the stand.

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Scott said she and David really didn’t talk about Belinda, but she raised Belinda and David’s son Evan, who was 3 years old when his mom was killed, and testified she never spoke about Belinda with Evan either.

"I guess that's something she's going to take to her grave and that's fairly obvious when you have selective memory on answering questions," said Victim’s Rights Advocate Andy Kahan. "She felt she could answer without really getting into the answers but you name me any person walking on this planet that wouldn't want to know what happened to the person's wife whom I'm about to marry and who I been involved with." 

David Temple's sister-in-law also took the stand saying Belinda's murder took a horrible toll on a lot of people, including David's dad who later had a heart attack in the closet where Belinda was murdered.

This is the third jury tasked with deciding Temple’s fate. They are only deciding how Temple should be sentenced. The punishment range is from probation to life in prison. Closing Arguments in this punishment phase are expected late this week.