UK Poker Player could be extradited to United States

Marcus Bebb-Jones is a successful UK poker player who is facing extradition to the United States. It is alleged that Bebb-Jones murdered his wife twelve years ago and dumped her body in a United States National Park.

Bebb-Jones went on a spending spree with his wife’s credit cards in Las Vegas before he attempted suicide, in which he failed. Bebb-Jones was questioned by police about his wife disappearing and about her blood in his car. However Bebb-Jones never faced any charges as his wife’s whereabouts were never found. That is until 2004 when her skull was discovered. By this time Bebb-Jones was in the UK.

A prosecutor for the US government Aron Watkins commented in a recent hearing that Bebb-Jones should be denied bail because of his previous suicide attempt. He commented:

"Mr. Bebb-Jones is sought for the murder of his wife. He is responsible for the murder, and the deliberate concealment of it for many years. On the weekend following that incident it is said Mr. Bebb-Jones went to Las Vegas and spent thousands of dollars – partially using credit cards in his wife's name. He lived a playboy lifestyle in the course of that weekend which culminated in him putting a gun in his mouth and shooting himself in the head. Whether by judgment or design he didn't cause any life-threatening injuries to himself. The upshot is that the case against him is very strong. This offence is so serious he faces life imprisonment without the possibility of parole."