British Poker Player Faces Murder Charges in US: Allegedly Killed Wife

British poker player Marcus Bebb-Jones, 48,  is accused of killing his wife and dumping her body in western Colorado in 1997.  A preliminary hearing has been running from February 24 and is scheduled to end March 15.

A judge will decide if there is enough evidence to move forward with a trial. 

British police arrested Bebb-Jones in Worcestershire, England, in 2009. He was extradited only after prosecutors said they would seek a life sentence and not a death sentence if convicted of killing his then wife, Sabrina Bebb-Jones. 

Immediately following an argument with his wife, Marcus headed off to Las Vegas alone with his three-year-old son for a week.  He was also reported to have spent some time with prostitutes while in Vegas then attempted suicide.  The poker player would later claim he headed off to Vegas in search of his wife. 

From the Denver Post: 

He told a friend he rented a Ferrari and hired three or four prostitutes. He said he wanted to go out in style. He then checked into the Mirage hotel, cut his wrists, drank NyQuil and lay down to die, according to court records. When he awoke, he put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger but survived the injuries.

On Sept. 22, 1997, a friend met Bebb-Jones at a Las Vegas hospital after Bebb-Jones had shot himself. When the friend asked him whether he knew where Sabrina was, he said, "Oh, she'll show up."

When Sabrina Bebb-Jones' father, Danh Thanh Dang, asked his grandson where she was, the boy told him Sabrina was "dead now," according to the records.

- Ace King, Gambling911.com