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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KGPE) - The prosecution has wrapped up its lawsuit successful the proceedings of Erika Sandoval, with her attorneys present laying the groundwork for her case.
In an interrogation with sheriff’s investigators connected Feb. 9, 2015, Sandoval recounted 3 days earlier connected Feb. 6.
In that version, she admitted to breaking into her ex-husband’s home, unloading his enactment gun, and putting the bullets successful her bag. She says erstwhile she checked for the weapon supra the fridge, it was missing.
“I saw the holster was lone there, that’s erstwhile I freaked out,” said Sandoval successful the interview. “He has the weapon with him. If helium travel successful helium is going to sprout me.”
Sandoval says she went to get their son’s apparel retired of his country erstwhile a antheral with a tattoo connected his manus came up down her and enactment a weapon to her head.
“He told maine to unopen up, and that if I made immoderate noise, helium was going to sprout me,” said Sandoval successful the recording. “He threw maine and the container successful the closet and told maine not to look astatine him and unopen up and not to marque immoderate noise.”
Sandoval says she waited successful the fetal position, and erstwhile she came retired she discovered Green's dormant assemblage successful the bathroom.
She grabbed the weapon and the telephone and discarded them successful Traver.
This recount is precise antithetic than the time aft his decease erstwhile she was arrested.
She said connected the basal successful her archetypal proceedings successful 2019, that connected the time of his death, she grabbed the weapon connected the apical of the fridge and changeable him erstwhile helium came home.
"I stood close determination successful beforehand of Daniel connected the toilet and arsenic soon arsenic helium saw maine helium said I americium going to termination you and erstwhile helium started getting up I started raising my limb and I shot,” she said connected the basal successful 2019.
The 2019 proceedings ended successful a hung jury. Her existent Defense Attorney admitted to Sandoval being the slayer but argued the enactment was manslaughter.
Under California law, it has a maximum condemnation of 11 years.
She's already served 10 years.
The prosecution wrapped up its lawsuit connected Monday of this week with the defence calling respective witnesses.
The defence is gathering its lawsuit by focusing connected the tumultuous and convulsive narration betwixt Sandoval and Exeter Police Officer Green.
On Thursday, photos of bruises and scratches were connected show for the jury.
The photos springiness a tiny glimpse into the rocky relationship.
“I was pushing him, and helium was pushing me,” said Sandoval successful a instrumentality enforcement interrogation from 2011. “We were some pushing astatine each different and helium was yelling successful my face."
Sandoval and Green fell successful emotion erstwhile they met and got joined successful 2010.
Their narration rapidly turned toxic.
In February 2011, they were some arrested for home violence.
Green accidentally dialed Sandoval portion having a brew with his person down the thoroughfare from his Goshen home.
“She comes blasting astir the country and I told him tin you spell with maine implicit determination due to the fact that I don't privation to beryllium determination with her unsocial due to the fact that I’m afraid,” said Green successful the instrumentality enforcement interview.
She overheard him talking severely astir her member and called him.
When helium got backmost to the house, things turned violent.
Green told instrumentality enforcement Sandoval had slapped him respective times and bent his motortruck cardinal arsenic helium tried to leave.
"Stop pushing me, halt pushing me,” Green told instrumentality enforcement. “Don't interaction me, I privation to leave. I didn't footwear her, I didn't propulsion her, I didn't bash 1 happening to her."
Sandoval claimed Green was the aggressor and claimed conscionable 2 nights earlier helium had thrown a radio, pushed her against the partition and past down connected the floor.
“I threw thing connected the counter, and helium got huffy and that is erstwhile helium punched maine and past threw maine connected the ground,” said Sandoval showing bruises connected her cervix and knee.
Green claimed 1 of the bruises connected her cervix was from foreplay, and said helium didn't cognize however she got the different marks. They were some arrested and Green bailed out.
The 2 got divorced but past welcomed a kid unneurotic a mates of years later.
