In 1979, in Youngstown, Ohio, a house is blown to bits. The Associated Press reports that police investigated and ruled the explosion was the result of an arson. No evidence of Roger, the man who lives there, is found at the scene of the crime.

Case closed - or is it?

A year later, Roger fails to show up at a court hearing on the arson case and a warrant is issued for his arrest. Since the day of the explosion, nobody has seen or heard a word from Roger, including his wife.

About 10 years later, Roger’s wife believes her husband is dead so she goes to court to have him so declared. The court rules in the wife’s favor and the story is printed in the Youngstown Vindicator. In 1988, Roger, already missing for a decade, is officially history.

Now, like they do in the movies, let’s let the pages of time flip forward to the year 2000. As the story picks up again, Roger’s widow has a brand new husband whom she married just two weeks ago.

Here’s where the plot really thickens. On this particular night a guy walks into the widow’s house, walks upstairs and lies down on the widow’s bed. How would you feel if somebody did that in your house?

The widow grabs her .22-caliber pistol and shoots the guy six times. Well, she shoots at him six times but she only hits him two times. The wounded guy is taken to a local hospital where he remains in serious condition.

The widow admits to police that she shot this guy and detectives find the gun exactly where she says she left it. Police charge her with "felonious assault" and hold her under a $5,000 bond.

The wounded man is identified as - you got it - Roger, the missing former husband. There’s a serious question here. Since Roger is legally dead - for more than a decade - can his widow be charged with trying to kill him today? The lawyers are going to have fun with this one.