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Story Created: Jul 14, 2008 at 5:43 PM MDT Story Updated: Jul 14, 2008 at 10:31 PM MDT BOISE - Maria Leon, 41, is two months pregnant. She's been released from St. Alphonsus, after being shot twice, allegedly by her estranged husband in Jerome. Hospital officials said the baby is ok. Leon only speaks Spanish, so her bilingual son, Julio served as a translator. Leon said she'd been living with her husband for 15 years, but their relationship turned sour. She said she moved out and found love with a new man, Javier Zavala, 22. She's pregnant with their child. Leon said her husband became jealous. She said that jealously turned deadly Saturday when he shot her boyfriend four times, then turned the gun on her. Leon said she yelled at him and he came back and shot her in the chest, then ran down the stairs and started pointing the... [read full story]
