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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KGPE) -Toxic substance messages were revealed successful the proceedings of Erika Sandoval connected Wednesday successful a Porterville courtroom. They gave penetration into the rocky narration betwixt her and her ex-husband Daniel Green.
Sandoval’s destiny is successful the hands of the South Valley jury.
Her defence tried to person jurors that Sandoval was an abused and battered ex-wife, who killed the Exeter serviceman backmost successful 2015 retired of interest for their two-year-old child.
Anthony Benitez works for the Tulare County District Attorney's Digital Forensic Unit.
He recovered screenshots of substance messages from 2014 oregon before.
“Sugar is saccharine and brackish is sour,” wrote Green successful the substance to Sandoval. “Learn your damn spot pistillate and that I person each the power. You ain't the boss, you ain’t the baller. Shut yo damn rima and deterioration this daze collar."
The messages went on, with Green penning “I won't beryllium astir forever, to play the silly games. I cognize you deliberation ur clever, but you'll spell up successful large flames. So larn your ain place, and beryllium my *****, oregon I’ll permission without a trace, and permission you successful a ditch."
Sandoval wrote backmost and said:
"The lone clip I lied connected a constabulary study was erstwhile your section interviewed maine I lied by not telling them however you did enactment your hands connected maine which has been my biggest mistake you don't merit to beryllium a bull they should of taken your badge distant agelong clip agone u pathetic portion of ****.”
Sandoval and Green joined successful 2010.
They were some arrested for a home unit incidental successful 2011. They divorced successful July of 2011.
Their rocky narration continued, and a mates of years aboriginal they welcomed a kid together.
Peter Tsicouris says helium met Erika Sandoval either successful 2011 oregon 2012 connected a dating website.
Right distant the 2 deed it off.
"I felt a large connection. Very precise nice, precise pleasant idiosyncratic to beryllium around,” said Tsicouris.
He testified that 1 clip helium was hanging retired with Sandoval astatine a parkland adjacent her location erstwhile a car drove by.
"Her eyes lit up and she was similar ‘Oh crap it's Daniel’ and she was conscionable similar panicking and 2 minutes aboriginal helium was calling her and calling her, and she yet picked up and she took disconnected running,” helium said.
Tsicouris and Sandoval stopped seeing each different aft she stood him up astatine a shot for the Naval Airbase wherever helium was stationed.
In 2014, helium says they reconnected. This clip helium says it wasn't the Erika helium knew.
“She looked distressed,” helium said. “Like a precise antithetic person. A ammunition of the idiosyncratic I knew."
One of Sandoval’s coworkers astatine the dialysis halfway successful Visalia testified astir claims that soon aft Green and Sandoval’s babe was born, Green brought him to the office.
During lunch, the coworker said she was sitting successful her motortruck with her hubby erstwhile she witnessed Green drawback Sandoval’s head.
"I spot his manus from the backmost of her ponytail and pushing her to the dashboard,” said the coworker.
The coworker did not telephone the police, did not intervene, and told investigators she had recorded the enactment connected a phone, but aboriginal said she gave the telephone distant and to this date, nary signaling has ever been found.
Sandoval admitted to sidesplitting Green connected Feb. 6, 2015.
She broke into her ex-husband's Goshen home, grabbed his weapon and changeable him erstwhile helium returned from the gym.
The prosecution argues it was premeditated First Degree, premeditated Murder Lying successful Wait. Prosecutor David Alavezos painted Sandoval arsenic a jealous ex-wife aggravated implicit a societal media station of Green with a caller girl.
Her defence argued it was Manslaughter, and claims it was owed to the years of alleged abuse.
