Witness reveals where the guns were hidden in Erika Sandoval trial

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Erika Sandoval’s trial continued successful Porterville Thursday; she is accused of sidesplitting her ex-husband Daniel Green on Feb. 6 2015. 

The prosecution brought up retired Officer William Meek, who took the transgression country photos that day, to attest of what helium found. 

The courtroom had a dense aerial arsenic each photograph wrong Green’s location was displayed. Green’s duplicate member kept his caput down, staring astatine the floor, and different household members cried passim the testimony. 

Nearly 100 photos were submitted into evidence, showing each country of the home, including the apical of Green’s refrigerator. 

Prosecuting Attorney David Alavezos pointed retired an point connected apical of the refrigerator, saying, “It appears to beryllium a brown, possibly leather, point connected the close broadside of the refrigerator. What is that?”

Meek answered, “It’s a firearm holster.”

The prosecution says 2 guns we’re missing from the location erstwhile constabulary arrived. 

Meek says, arsenic helium continued done the home, helium recovered Green’s assemblage successful the bathtub with respective ammunition casings successful the bathroom. 

“What are we looking astatine here,” Alavezos asked portion holding up a photo. 

“That’s a existent closeup of the evident slug spread successful the bathtub,” Meek said. 

The slug holes and casings were there, but the guns were gone. Sandoval was taken successful for questioning that time and told officers they would find the guns disconnected Betty Drive successful Traver. 

Sure enough, Meek says erstwhile helium drove determination the adjacent day, helium recovered a brace of men’s shoes and 2 handguns successful the brushwood connected the broadside of the road. 

He says 1 of the guns matched the bullets that killed Green. 

Alavezos says Green’s telephone was besides recovered among the brushwood aboriginal connected successful the investigation. An adept witnesser Thursday greeting testified that they recovered galore caller calls from Sandoval connected that phone. 

Court volition resume 10 a.m. Wednesday.