By Mark Duell Last updated at 8:21 AM on 24th October 2011 She was celebrated as a heroic mother who acted in self-defence to protect herself and her children from men who broke into her home in Early, Iowa, a decade ago and assaulted her. But mother-of-three Tracey Roberts now faces jail after a series of revelations over the night when she fired nine shots from two guns into neighbour Dustin Wehde, 20, leaving him dead in her home. Her murder trial begins on Tuesday and questions will be asked over where she is a manipulator leaving a trail of deceit, who planned the killing and concocted a hoax to let her get away with murder.
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Murder trial of Iowa mother-of-three Tracey Roberts, 45, begins on Tuesday
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Fired nine shots from two guns into neighbour Dustin Wehde, 20, in 2001
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Investigators reveal pink spiral notebook believed to be Wehde's diary
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Writings claim he had been hired as a hit-man by Roberts's first husband
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But prosecutors suspect Roberts may have forced Wehde to write entry
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Investigators found three shots went through head when he was face down
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