A beautiful place to die - New Zealand Herald

New Zealander Peter Beckett stands accused of drowning his wife, Laura Letts, in a Canadian lake. One witness claims the former Napier city councillor even told his wife beforehand: 'This is how you’re going to die'. "She told me, he told her he was going to do it. She told me. ". Lyons-Friesen was referring to a conversation she claims to have had with Laura Letts three years earlier. Letts and her New Zealand husband, former Napier city councillor Peter Beckett, were in Calgary with Lyons-Friesen, the affidavit states, when the married couple became involved in a heated argument. Lyons-Friesen told police a shaking Letts asked her for help after the dust settled. Lyons-Friesen told police that Letts then confided in her about a prediction Beckett made while on a previous boating trip. "He said to her, 'This is how you're going to die'," Lyons-Friesen said. You won't know when, where it's going to happen, you won't know when it's going to happen, but you're going to know how it's going to happen. Source: www.nzherald.co.nz