still, local cops, other quest of the mounties, we're trying to put the case together.the pennsylvania cops had dug up enough, mostly material from mary beth's past, to lure two mounties down to the u.s.. >> they were surprised that she did have a troubled past. and a lot of things i didn't know about. >> it was, for example, an incident back in 1992. mary beth was convicted of, assaulted a day in jail, a stretch of probation. the mounties excepted a stack of investigative material from the pennsylvania investigators. >> they would take that back and they would determine what would be the proper charge to charger with. >> still, months went by as mary beth awaited her fate. >> it has taken quite a toll on her to know that his family feels she is totally and completely responsible for mark's death. >> then in 2008, the news, the mounties were filing charges. she fought the expedition for two long years. but may 2010, almost four years after she shot what wasn't a bear, it was decided. mary beth harshbarger would go on trial in newfoundland, or a very curious thing would

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