GrainneDhu
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has this been linked? http://www.nbcbayarea.com/on-air/as...cia-Torres-Talks-to-Raj-Mathai-154220595.html
Another Possible Victim of Sierra LaMar's Accused Killer Speaks
"I sensed someone walking behind me," she said. "So I started walking faster. So did he."
This all happened at the Morgan Hill Safeway, the same store where Garcia-Torres used to work, and where he was arrested on May 21st.
"It was 11:00 p.m. at night," she recalled. "Thank God I was able to get inside my car, but then I looked up and saw him, staring right at me through the window. He had a very smug look, and those pursed lips. I'll never forget it."
It does sound scary but I'm not sure how her testimony could be used to bolster the case against AGT. Did he actually do anything illegal?
Looking at it as a defence lawyer might, I just can't see how it helps the prosecution. For one thing, to me the sketch looks nothing like AGT. The nostrils are wider in the sketch, the nose length in relationship to the length of the face is shorter than AGT's nose, the face in the sketch is round where AGT's face is more rectangular (even without the goatee), the jawlines differ and the lips in the sketch are narrower where AGT's lips are much fuller.
For another, what actually happened? They were in a public place, walking in the same direction. AGT was behind the witness. She sped up and says that he sped up but did she actually look at him to see?
Clearly he wasn't all that close to her because she was able to get into her car and lock the door before he got close to her car.
He stared at her but last time I looked, it isn't a crime to stare at someone in a public place.
I do believe she was terrified and that, if it was AGT, I think he had bad intentions. But people aren't charged for having bad thoughts unless they actually take some action related to those thoughts. I'm not sure that the behaviour of the man as described by the witness rises to the level of actual criminal behaviour.
I hope that the reporters and witness are mistaken and that her testimony is not being regarded by the prosecutor as important to the case. Because if it is considered important, boy, that case must be as flimsy as wet tissue paper.