Trial ordered for ex-wife in boiling water attack
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A judge has ordered trial for a Northern California woman charged with pouring boiling water on her sleeping ex-husband in a jealous rage over another woman.
Prosecutors say 39-year-old Jesusa Tatad pulled back the sheets covering 36-year-old Ronnie Tatad and tossed a pot of boiling water on him. Authorities say she then clubbed him with a baseball bat as he screamed in pain.
Although divorced, the couple shared a small Daly City apartment.
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Ronnie Tatad died two weeks later.
Prosecutors say the defendant believed her ex-husband was seeing another woman. A defense attorney disputes the prosecution's characterization of the case.
A San Mateo County judge ruled at the end of Thursday's preliminary hearing that there was enough evidence to order trial.
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Jesusa Tatad is charged with murder and torture in the November attack.
She has pleaded not guilty and is in jail without bail pending arraignment July 31.
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Information from: San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, http://www.mercurynews.com