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Update April 8th 2000


Well folks what can I say? She is at it again! About the same time as my last update she was already in trouble again. And yes you guessed it, she is still out. This makes her 8th bond since she killed James Stevens in cold blood. Please read the article by clicking here

If you live in Arkansas then you must do something about this for your own sake.



Update March 17th 2000


On Jan 20th 2000 after a firm conversation between my husband the news reporter the Sentinel-Record decided to go ahead a print a report from the police about Clara Stevens/Ward being arrested on drug charges and driving on a suspended driver’s license and possession of an instrument of crime.  She also was cited for speeding, no proof of insurance and having fictitious tags.After she had just been convicted of 2nd degree murder.

For the past two years Clara has been charged with many things including terroristic threats. Were she went after a woman, not once but twice on different dates with a knife. Yet the local newspaper didn’t see that as news worthy. She has had 4 bonds since and not including the murder! Yet they thought it was not news worthy.

During the trial the local newspaper seem to report everything that Clara and her lawyer was saying in the court room and next to nothing of what the prosecutor and the evidence was saying. For instance the newspaper never reported that Jim hand a broken neck and back. They never reported that after Clara wrecked the car with Jim’s body in it a young man approached her and asks if anyone else was in the car and she replied “NO”! They never reported that she was not taking the road that lead straight to the hospital. They never reported that Clara kept falling asleep during the trial. The Sentinel-Record was in our minds reporting her sides of the story one that she had rehearse for two years. 

She is now out on an appeal bond. Yes that’s right! She has yet to spend one night in jail and that makes 5 bonds since the murder.



Jan 7th 2000

She was convicted of 2nd degree murder and the jury had sentenced her to 6 years in prison. (6YEARS!)
Can you believe that? After speaking with one of the jurors we asked her if she had known that there was never any reports of Jim hurting Clara and that Clara’s ex husband had been murdered in Columbus Ohio and that they never found out who did it. If the sentence would have been stiffer. The juror replied “We would have given her the max!” 
 
 

Update: Aug. 19,1999



On 7/13/1999 Clara A Stevens was charged with terroristic threats. The statement of the victim was that Clara came out of her residence when the victim arrived and started by saying "I'll beat your ___" and went on to get a knife out of the residence and told the victim " I'll kill you!"
Clara was charged and released on bond.

On 7/16/1999 Clara A Stevens was charged with Criminal mischief / Disorderly
PR stated suspect ( Clara ) tried to break into the victims house
Suspect was cursing PR will press charges.

On 8/16/1999 a hearing was held for revoction of Clara A Stevens bond's ( from the murder charge and the two recent charges. ) Revoction of bond was denied.

While inside the court room Clara smirk and grin at the family of Jimmy Dale. Out side the court house Clara tried to provolt family members by taunting them with whistles and stares.

It is my own judgment that tells me that this woman is a danger to society and the court system keeps letting her off. It is also my own prediction that she will hurt or kill someone again.

The trial for the murder of James Stevens has been pushed up once again to Nov. 16, 1999 I only pray that she does not kill again while the judge' and prosecutor sit on their hands.



Trial postpone
The trial has been pushed back to Aug. 3, 1999 by her
lawyer. We are not getting much help from the
prosecutor. In fact I think we may have made her mad,
she wanted to submit a plea bargain and we protested
it. This has really been hard on all of us as I know
some of you understand what I talking about. I mean
she is going to be walking free for over a year after
she killed my dad. Now my grandmother who is 76 years
old and just got out of the  hospital. She cries daily about her lost
son and it rips my heart out. My children are always
asking about their grandpa and if he can see them from
heaven. 

I can not go into any details before the trial due to the fact it may  jeopardize the case. Only those of us who have been victims to these types of crimes can understand the factors that go into the cases, and how the system is set up to protect the guilty parties.

Therefore leaving the victims without a
voice. Most of this site only reflects what has already been said in the media. I can only say that there is so much more to this then meets the eye. If the truth is allowed to come out you will see who was the true abuser in this case. It does not take Perry Mason to figure out that this was a plan murder that went wrong, and now she is trying to use the justice system to cover it up. What is really sad is that there are people out there that may believe her lies, and the Justice system is set up to protect her.
Not her victim!



 02-17-99
Judge denies motion to throw out statements

On Jan. 25th attorney for Clara Annette asked the court to throw out the conflicting statements that she had made to the police. We view this as a small victory. While in court it was that Clara's attorney mention that no one was there from James Stevens ( The murder victim ) family. Luckily my sister Trish was there and spoke up and said that she was there on the behalf of James Stevens.

The trial is to begin on March 23rd of this year. The family is currently trying to raise money to be there at the trial. I have spoken with the Victims Awareness program in Hotsprings and although they have been helpful and supportive they tell me there are no funds available to bring in out of state family members. So we must do this on our own. If I have to sell everything I have to be there I will. I have lost my job due to the stress and strain all of this has put on me. There are other members of the family that would be putting their jobs on the line if they leave to come to the trial. I'm currently trying to raise money also to place an ad in the HotSprings news paper to draw attention to this site. 

There has also been new evidence that has come out against Clara that I can not mention here on this page due to the fact it may harm our case against her. I can tell you this, when it all comes out there will be no doubt that this woman did this act with callousness and  selfish reasons and that she plain to cover up her crime by many of her actions that I can not go into at this time. I will keep you all posted on the events as they happen.



Her is the story from today's paper.
Cara Annette Stevens, 39, appeared with her attorney, J. Sky Tapp, to enter her plea and is scheduled to return to court Jan. 25 for a hearing  to determine the admissibility of any statements she made to  authorities. 

 She initially told Garland County sheriff's investigators her husband,  James Stevens, 51, accidentally shot himself in the leg during a fight  between the two inside their home. 

 She said her husband was drunk and had assaulted her and was brandishing a gun. He tucked the gun into his pants at one point and  fired it into his leg. 

 The medical examiner in Little Rock determined the bullet had entered  Stevens in his left buttocks and exited in a straight line out of his left thigh. 

 The bullet severed his femoral artery causing Stevens to bleed to death. The path of the bullet indicated his leg was raised at the time as if running. 

 Further ballistics evidence indicated the shot was fired from at least  two feet away and was not consistent with a self-inflicted wound. 

 Confronted with the new evidence, Clara Stevens reportedly admitted she had shot her husband, but said it was accidental and happened when he was attacking her. 

 She was arrested three days after the shooting and charged with murder. She could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.  She later was released on $5,000 bail and is scheduled to stand trial March 23. 
 
 

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What this tells me is that her attorney is going to try and get her first statement thrown out as being inadmissible. 
Because she was not yet under arrest. Now I ask you is that justice? Why do we allow these things to go on? She killed him and in my opinion was driving the body out to dump it. Not to take him to the hospital. 

She got caught and she came up with a crazy story, and once that was proven wrong she comes up with another crazy story. And now her attorney wants to throw that first statement out because he knows it shows her real motive. 

I guess it's not enough to kill the man, she has to slander him with lies. And to rub salt in the wounds of the family even further the judge lets her out on a $5,000 bail. And now her attorney is trying to get her first statement ( lie ) thrown out. 

Where is the justice?? 
 
 



July 18 1998


The Lies begin



She says :"Her husband had been drinking, she said, and had assaulted her. When she ran out of 
the room, he apparently tried to tuck the gun into his waistband and fired it into his leg by 
mistake" 

I say: If he shot himself by tucking the gun into his waistband then why did the gun shot enter his 
buttocks and evidence shows that his leg was bent at the time, as it would if he had been running 
away, and was shot from behind. 

She says: She helped her husband to the car to drive him to a hospital more than 40 miles away. 

I say: Why does the evidence show that he was dragged to the car? And why would he be 
laying in the floorboard with is face down on the seat? 

She says: she claims she was following her husband's instructions when she tried to drive him to 
a hospital. 

I say: The evidence shows that he died before he was taken from the house. 

She says: She could not call 911 because their phone was ripped from the wall. So she tried to 
drive him to the hospital 40 miles away. 

I say: Why did she not go to her neighbors homes ( who had already heard the gun shot ) and 
use their phone? And why did she take the time to hide guns while her husband bled to death? 



 
 

Now she starts to change her story

  After being arrested and finding out that her first story was not matching up with the medical examiners report she starts in with another version of the story.

 She say's: She was defending her self from him. 

I say: If that is true then why was he shot from behind in a position in which his leg was lifted as if he was running away from the gun? 
And why the first story about him shooting himself? 
Is she just changing the story to fit the facts?? 


Rumors & Leaks

It has been said that Annette was not alone when she dragged the lifeless body of Jimmy Dale to their car. It has also been said that she had no intent on driving him to a hospital. But instead driving the body out somewhere to get rid of. Because the route she was taken was not the route to the hospital. 

Now there has been a leak that Jimmy Dale's body was wrapped up in a tarp of some sort. 
There has also been a rumor that there was a friend of Annette's there at the time of the shooting, and that the person left after he was shot. 
There also has been leaks through family and friends that she is offering money and/or land/property from the estate in exchange for false testimony on her behalf. 


Quotes from the Prosecutor & Investigators

Sheriff's Capt. Larry Sanders: We received information from the medical examiner that indicated the victim's injury was not consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The ME concluded the bullet entered the victim's buttocks and exited out of the front of his leg which apparently was bent at the time.  investigators had been suspicious about the wife's version of events, but "we had no way of knowing what really happened." 

Chief Deputy Prosecutor Terri Harris: "Her explanation of what happened is inconsistent with the physical evidence and the forensic evidence," The angle of the bullet suggests Jim 
Stevens had his leg bent and was walking or running away. And the evidence shows the gunshot was fired from 
some distance away, "possibly up to six feet,"  These details don't square  with the way Annette Stevens described the accident the idea that Annette shot her  husband as he prepared to shoot her in a drunken rage is not plausible either. The evidence _ including the angle of the bullet wound and the  likely distance the bullet traveled _ is "highly inconsistent with  self-defense,"  I've  seen photos of Annette Stevens' wounds taken on the night of the shooting, but thought most of them looked like injuries suffered in the car accident. 
( She had crashed the car with the body of her husband
inside while as she said she was going to the hospital Although the road she was on was not the one that lead to the hospital )


UPDATES & MORE NEWS

Question: Has she ever attack Jimmy Dale? 
Answer: Yes! 
She has been known to pulled guns on him in the past, and once she even stabbed him. And bragged about it. 

                                 Update
We have learn from good sources that Clara has been pulled over by the police in Garland Co and Hotsprings for traffic violation's since she murdered Jim. And she has been hanging out in local bars and been seen shooting pool and drinking with men. 
She has also sold Jimmy Dale's boat and has claim that someone broke into her garage and stole all of Jimmy Dale's ladders and tool's. She has also with dawned their back account. 

She was allowed to go to the funeral in Ohio, and while she was there I myself witness her running around the parking lot and greeting her friends like it was a block party. She was wearing no wedding ring, and stayed for about 1/2 hour. While there she reached into her purse to get an ink pen and pulled out enough cash to choke a horse. Before getting in a car with a friend and speeding off while smiling and waving. 


  More to come...
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