One of Beverley

Watson's best friends testified Thursday that her friend had developed

"a new resolve" to leave her husband in the weeks before she

disappeared.

Krista Hinkle

testified that Beverley Watson told her she planned to move into an apartment

at Weatherly Walk Apartments in Fayetteville as she planned to separate

from her husband before her disappearance.

Hinkle previously

testified that Beverley Watson told her that Jim Watson threatened to

kill her and dispose of her body where it would never be found.

The application

Beverley Watson signed for that apartment was entered into evidence in

court Thursday morning. On the form, she indicated she was renting the

apartment because she was "separating from her husband."

It is likely

that prosecutors are trying to prove that Jim Watson had motives to kill

his wife because she was separating from him.

Hinkle also

testified that Beverley Watson once confided in her that Jim Watson asked

their pastor to convince her to reconcile with him. Hinkle said she later

went to the pastor, Ken Vinson, and asked him not to do so. "You

don't know all that's going on. She needs to leave," Hinkle said

she told the pastor.

Beverley Watson

filed for divorce in 1994 but later reconciled with her husband after

she was in an automobile accident the same year, witnesses have said.

Defense attorneys

have yet to present any witnesses since the prosecution is still presenting

its case as of press time Thursday afternoon.

Jim Watson's

attorney, Lee Sexton, has indicated his client plans to testify and defend

himself of the murder charge.

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