Look What You Made Me Do

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Discretion advice. This is ten minute
murder. A mistress isn't just a term

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used for a woman having an extramarital
affair. It's also a term that describes

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a woman in a position of control. David Harris had two women in his

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life, a mistress and a wife. The question was which one had more

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control over David. His answer would
cost him his life. Clara Suarez was

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born in Columbia. Her father was
an electrical engineer, determined to shield her

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from the poverty that surrounded them.
Unfortunately, when he died she was only

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five. Her mother was a seamstress
and tried her best to provide for them.

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Clara was a diligent student and worked
hard to get through dental school.

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She knew her father would have been
proud. She legally moved to the US

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in the late nineteen eighties. She
completed her residency at the University of Texas

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School of Dentistry in Houston. She
was also crowned Miss Columbia Houston at a

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beauty pageant. In the summer of
nineteen ninety one. She got a job

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at a dental office. It was
there that she met orthodontist David Harris.

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He was divorced with a younger daughter. David and Clara instantly felt a connection.

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The two started dating, and by
February fourteenth, nineteen ninety two,

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they were married a Valentine's Day wedding
fit for royalty at the Nassau Bay Hilton

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Hotel. The two were a power
couple. They quickly opened their own practice,

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which did extremely well, so well
that they opened more than one office.

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They bought expensive cars and built a
home in a neighborhood with a private

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airstrip. Clara got along great with
Lindsay, David's daughter, and wanted more

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children. Clara had a difficult time
getting pregnant, but undergoing fertility treatments,

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she gave birth to twin boys in
nineteen ninety eight, Brian and Bradley.

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Their life seemed to be proof that
hard work pays off and dreams do come

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true. So how did this fairytale
romance turn into a horror movie? When

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I say a horror movie, David's
murder was actually caught on camera. Yes,

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David loved Clara, but it really
depends on who you ask just how

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much. Some of David's friends said
that he wouldn't even look at other women.

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He didn't even like to hang out
with the guys. But some of

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Clara's friends gave a different description.
They said David was a ladies man,

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that he flirted with other women openly, quite often in front of Clara,

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that he even kept notes that waitresses
would leave him. Maybe David enjoyed the

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attention of other women but was loyal
to his wife, after all, she

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had helped him achieve his goals.
Or maybe it would take just the right

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woman to make him question his loyalty. David split time between their offices,

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working two days a week in the
office at Lake Jackson with Clara and the

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other three days at the Clear Lake
office. In two thousand and one,

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he needed to hire a receptionist for
the office where he spent most of his

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time. He hired a woman named
Gale Bridges. She was divorced and had

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three children. It wasn't long before
the other women in the office started questioning

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Gail's intentions. Everybody likes to be
noticed for doing a good job, but

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she was making being sure she was
getting noticed by constantly flirting. Everyone in

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the office seemed to see what was
happening, except for Clara. David and

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Gail started sneaking away, going to
lunch together, and fondling each other in

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the corners of the office, David
started spending late nights at work and missing

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events. With all the time he
was spending away from home and all the

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money he was spending on lunches,
gifts, and hotel rooms, it seems

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like Clara would have started to question
things, but she was busy working,

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managing their house, and taking care
of the kids. The week of July

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fourth, two thousand and two,
the Harris family went to Jamaica. The

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ladies in the office thought this would
be the trip that brought David back to

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reality, but they were wrong.
When he returned, his relationship with Gail

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seemed as lively as ever, Knowing
it was putting her job on the line.

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A coworker confronted David about his blatant
open actions with the receptionist. David

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realized his little secrets was not really
a secret at all, and it was

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just a matter of time until Clara
found out. The morning of July seventeenth,

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David confessed to Clara that he had
been having an affair. Clara was

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obviously devastated, especially when he told
her that they'd been going to the very

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hotel where he and Clara had exchanged
their wedding vows. She asked David if

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he wanted a divorce, and he
quickly answered no, he wanted to work

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on their marriage and would end the
relationship with his mistress. When he revealed

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that the other woman was his receptionist, Clara went to the office and immediately

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fired her. Clara asked David what
was wrong with her, and he didn't

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hold back. He didn't even reassure
her that it wasn't her fault. He

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gave her a list as long as
the receipts from CVS. He said that

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while he appreciated how driven she was
with her career, it often took her

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attention off of him, add the
kids to the mix, and felt neglected.

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Maybe many men share that similar sentiment, but what he said next shocked

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Clara. He said she was too
fat and her body had changed. Clara

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had been a beauty queen, and
her husband was telling her that she was

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no longer attractive. He went on
to add that he loved Gail's breast implants

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and how thin she was, and
that she made time to show him affection.

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At that point, many women probably
would have walked away, but Clara

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didn't. She took that list and
started checking the boxes to give David the

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woman that he wanted. She canceled
all of her appointments at work for that

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week. She hired a personal trainer, dyed her hair blonde, immediately started

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losing weight, joined a tanning salon, and scheduled surgery for breast augmentation and

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liposuction. She was completely reinventing herself
for David, so when David said he

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felt like he owed Gail an explanation, Clara said, okay. David told

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her that he was going to meet
her for dinner and let her know that

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it was over for good. Although
the more Clara started to think about it,

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the more she started to feel uneasy
about the whole idea. She went

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to the Blue Moon Private Detective Agency
and asked them to watch her husband.

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On July twenty fourth, David was
supposed to meet Gail for dinner. Clara

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had a friend go to the restaurant
where he told her they would be,

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and they were not there. The
longer she waited, the more she worried

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her suspicions would be confirmed. Finally, she called the agency and asked for

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an update. One of their provisions
on the contract was that the client could

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not interfere with the investigation, so
when they told Clara that their PI was

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sitting outside a hotel where David and
Gail's cars were located, they had no

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idea that she knew exactly which hotel
they were at. That turned out to

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be a deadly mistake. Clara told
her stepdaughter Lindsey to get in the car

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and they drove to the Nassau Bay
Hillton. Gail's Lincoln Navigator had a heart

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shaped hitch, so it was easy
to find in the parking garage. Clara

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broke the windshield wipers and keyed the
car before marching into the lobby. She

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couldn't find out what room her husband
was in, so Lindsey called her dad

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and told him one of the boys
was sick and they needed him at home.

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A little while later, the elevator
doors opened and the couple stepped out

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hand in hand. Far from looking
like a relationship that had just ended,

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Clara lunged for Gail, grabbed her
hair and started punching her. Lindsay started

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hitting her dad with her purse,
screaming I hate you. Guests and hotel

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staff stepped in and pulled them all
apart. But there in that moment,

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David could have tried to salvage what
was left of his family. Instead,

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he grabbed Gail's hand and left the
lobby with her. His decision was clear.

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Heartbroken, Clara got in her car. She pressed the accelerator as she

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headed towards them. Clara's Mercedes Ben
sedan made contact with David's body, and

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he landed thirty feet away. Clara
then whipped her car around, driving over

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medians and went at him again,
and then hit him again. Clara got

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out of her car and cradled David's
head, which was missing his ears and

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losing teeth. She sobbed, saying
look what you made me do. At

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nine forty eight pm, David was
pronounced dead. A few minutes before,

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when the PI saw David and Gale
walking out of the hotel, she started

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recording so that Clara would have the
video to use in divorce proceedings. Instead,

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it was used in the trial when
Clara was charged with murder. The

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PI caught the entire chain of events
on film. The story made national news.

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People quickly picked a side. Some
thought Clara was a cold blooded killer.

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Others thought David signed and his own
death certificate when he walked out of

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the hotel with Gail, leaving his
wife and daughter in complete hysteria and embarrassment.

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Clara's trial started in February two thousand
and three. Lindsey testified against Clara.

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She said that she begged her to
stop. She said that she was

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traumatized by the side of her father
getting run over. The pi's video was

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shown and the jury could hear the
eerie sound of the tire's screeching. Although

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David's body was not clear in the
video, you could see Clara circling three

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times. The prosecution stated that Clara
used her seventy thousand dollars vehicle as a

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four thousand pound murder weapon. The
defense argued that it was a horrific crime

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of passion brought on by David's ultimate
betrayal. The question wasn't whether or not

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Clara did it, The question was
what was her intent At the time.

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The jury was nine women and three
men. If Clara would have filed for

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divorce, she would have done very
well. And even though many women could

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empathize with Clara's emotional state, they
just couldn't justify her killing David. She

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was found guilty of murder during a
crime of sudden passion. On February fourteenth,

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two thousand and three. She was
sentenced to twenty years in prison on

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the very day that would have been
her wedding anniversary. In a wedding,

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when traditional vows are exchanged, it
ends with till death do us part.

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Clara took that last part to heart. She was not willing to let David

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leave her for another woman. Their
marriage could have ended with divorce. They

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could have still raised their kids,
but instead the kids grew up with a

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deceased dad and an incarcerated mom,
which brings to mind the old saying,

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hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned. That is ten Minute Murder for

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Titans. He was cheating on his
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heard today, but not really.
He was cheating on his wife and he

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was murdered, but not by his
wife. He was murdered by his mistress.

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