It was shortly after midnight on Aug. 28, 2009, and in Oxnard, California, Jane Laut was frantically telling a 911 dispatcher that her husband, Dave, may just have been shotby an intruder. Jane Laut: ...

OXNARD, Calif.-Family and friends of an Oxnard mother convicted of killing her Olympic bronze medalist husband are trying to help her appeal for clemency. They believe Jane Laut was a battered woman ...

OXNARD, Calif. (CBS/AP) Dave Laut was the toast of his town after scoring a bronze medal for shot-put at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Photo: Dave and Jane Laut. So when the 52-year-old Olympian was ...

If jurors in Jane Laut’s murder trial had been able to hear expert testimony on how the effects of battered woman syndrome impacted her mental state, the 2016 verdict may not have been guilty, ...

ROB VARELA/THE STAR Jane Laut wipes away a tear as victim statements are made during her sentencing in Ventura County Superior Court Tuesday. (Photo: Rob Varela) ROB VARELA/THE STAR Dave Laut's ...

Dave Laut was the idolized local boy who did his hometown and nation proud. A stellar shot-putter who scored a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Laut married his high school sweetheart, Jane, ...

It’s been nearly three years since Jane Laut shot and killed her husband, retired Olympic shot putter Dave Laut, in their Oxnard backyard. That point is undisputed. What jurors must decide is why, ...