Cal Harris, a former Tioga County businessman who was accused of murdering his estranged wife, Michele Harris, has an estimated net worth of $5.4 million.
Small drops of blood were discovered in the house, implying that Michele was assaulted by her husband. Prosecutors used that evidence against him and testimony from a witness who claimed Cal Harris threatened Michelle.
The case dragged on for more than 15 years and four trials. Cal Harris was found not guilty and acquitted of his wife’s murder last year during his fourth trial.
Businessman Cal Harris Net Worth Revealed
According to Wikipedia, Cal Harris’s net worth is estimated to be around $5.4 million.
Cal and Michele Harris were blissfully happy and raising their four children on their 250-acre Tioga County estate. However, their marriage was failing, and the two were divorcing.
He was ordered in June 2001 to pay her $400 per month and to continue to pay all house-related expenses until the divorce was finalized.
Cal was also ordered to hand over all of his firearms to his brothers and father until the divorce was finalized and Michele had moved out.
His net worth was estimated by the court to be $5.4 million. He offered her full custody of the kids and a $740,000 settlement over the next ten years, but she declined.
By August, the tension in the Harris household had subsided. Cal had offered Michele $80,000 in alimony and child support per year, as well as custody of the children.
She filed a court-ordered appraisal of his business through her attorney, which would be charged to him at a cost of $30,000.
Cal Harris Wife Michele Anne Harris Murder Trial
Michele Harris was reported to have vanished on September 11, 2001. That night, at 11:00 p.m., she was last seen. Cal noticed Michele wasn’t home the next day and contacted the family’s nanny, who discovered Michele’s car parked at the end of the driveway.
Cal’s lawyer, Bruce Barket, stated that “when [Cal] woke up that morning, he thought Michele was just with her boyfriend or out drinking as she had done on numerous occasions before.”
Michele’s body, as well as the murder weapon, were never discovered. Cal was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his wife in 2005. In his first trial, he was convicted of second-degree murder in 2007.
Call Harris Pleaded Not Guilty In The Murder Of His Wife
In his fourth trial, Cal Harris was acquitted of murder for the death of his estranged wife, Michele Harris.
Cal has been adamant for 15 years that he did not murder Michele Harris, who has been missing since 2001.
Harris’ first two convictions were reversed, and his third trial ended in a hung jury. At each of his trials, he was charged with second-degree murder.
Harris has maintained unequivocally that he had nothing to do with his wife’s disappearance. “Absolutely not,” he said to ABC News last year, just before his third trial. “And the fact that I’m sitting here having to go through this is nothing short of a horror show.”
Throughout the proceedings, the Harrises’ four children have supported their father and stated that they believe he is innocent.