Status: Incarcerated
The story of Bernadette Perusquia and
her husband, Juan is the subject of Oxygen's Snapped show, season 13,
episode 3. Oxygen describes the show as: Bernadette Perusquia is a
school nurse who is accused of shooting her husband Juan, a security
guard, in May 2003, but claims self-defense..
Bernadette Perusquia was convicted and sentenced to 15 years
Bernadette’s defense at trial was that she shot Juan, her husband, in self-defense because he was close enough to lunge at her and was going to kill her. Bernadette testified that she pulled a gun from her waistband thinking that the gun would stop Juan from continuing to advance towards her. Bernadette had hidden the gun in her waistband to prevent Juan from obtaining the gun during an argument in which Juan had already knocked her over a recliner, pulled her down on the bed, and grabbed her breasts and genital area. When Juan continued to advance towards her, she shot him. Bernadette testified that she was instructed during her training for a concealed handgun license to show the gun to the attacker in an attempt to frighten him, but to shoot if the effort to frighten the attacker did not work.
You can write to Bernadette Perusquia
at:
Bernadette Perusquia 1758879
Mountain View Unit
2305 Ransom Road
Gatesville, TX 76528
To view the obituary or grave, use the
link on the victim's name. To read the entire appeal (typically quite
interesting) use the link on the killer's name. You can watch Snapped
and more on Oxygen either on YouTube or your local cable provider.
Looking for other female inmates? Try these sites
Deadly Affairs | Deadly Women | Fatal Attraction | For My Man
Snapped Killer Couples | Twisted Sisters | Women Behind Bars
Deadly Affairs | Deadly Women | Fatal Attraction | For My Man
Snapped Killer Couples | Twisted Sisters | Women Behind Bars

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