'He will know I killed his dad': Testimony continues in Sandoval Trial

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KGPE) - Witness grounds continued successful the South Valley proceedings of Erika Sandoval connected Thursday successful Porterville. 

Sandoval is connected proceedings for the decease of her ex-husband Daniel Green. The Exeter Police Officer was killed successful his Goshen location backmost connected Feb. 6, 2015. The adjacent time Sandoval was arrested for his death. 

Chris Galvez Tormohlen relived 10 years agone erstwhile she worked for the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office. Back past she was processing grounds successful Green’s lawsuit astatine the transgression laboratory erstwhile she heard commotion successful the bureau adjacent doorway astatine the Tulare County Sheriff Crime Lab.

When she opened the doorway she saw Green’s ex-wife and the detectives interviewing her. 

“He was holding her arms down and they were telling her to stop,” said Galvez Tormohlen. 

Officers accidental Sandoval had grabbed scissors and was hitting her chest. 

“They asked her wherefore would you privation to bash that,” said Tormohlen. “What would you archer your child?”

“And what did she accidental successful effect to that?” said Prosecuting Attorney David Alavezos.  

“She said it didn’t matter, helium is going to cognize that I killed his dada anyway,” said Tormohlen.

Emotion filled the courtroom successful Porterville arsenic Alavezos built his lawsuit by bringing guardant transgression country photos. 

William “Bill” Meek worked for the Tulare Sheriff’s Office and took photos of the scene. 

In a fewer of the photos, Green’s dormant assemblage could beryllium seen wrapped successful a ablution curtain. 

“What are we looking at,” said Alavezos. 

“A antithetic space of the unfortunate successful the bathtub,” said Meek.

During her archetypal trial, which ended successful a hung assemblage successful 2019, Sandoval says she went into Green’s Goshen location erstwhile helium was not there. 

She says she grabbed the weapon from the apical of the fridge and went into the closet of their two-year-old child. 

When Green retired, she says she went down the hallway into the bath wherever helium was and changeable him. 

Investigators accidental Sandoval told them wherever she ditched the gun, and aboriginal they recovered shoes, 2 of Green’s guns, and his compartment telephone hidden successful a bush adjacent Traver. 

The prosecution volition proceed to telephone witnesses connected Wednesday of adjacent week.