Accused Getaway Driver Set to Testify in Day 2 of Murder-for-Hire Trial
The trial begins at 8:45 a.m. and will be livestreamed in the video player below.
June 4, 2019
"Live video of opening testimony in the capital murder trial of Brenda Delgado will appear in the player above. This is a live event with images, sound and testimony that some may find distressing. Viewer discretion is advised.
Jurors in the capital murder trial of Brenda Delgado are expected to hear testimony from the accused getaway driver used in the murder-for-hire plot....
On Tuesday, jurors will hear from Crystal Cortes, the accused getaway driver. Cortes, 27, pleaded guilty in October to a lesser murder charge and agreed to testify against Delgado in exchange for a 35-year sentence...."
David GoinsVerified account @dgoins45m45 minutes ago BrendaDelgado TRIAL DAY 2 thread: 1st witness this morning: 911 caller who reported seeing black jeep cherokee leaving parking garage - moments after Kendra Hatcher was shot. @wfaa
L.P. Phillips @lpphillips2h2 hours ago
Trial resuming. Roberto Menendez back on the stand. He was on the witness stand when the trial broke yesterday. #BrendaDelgadoTrial
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L.P. Phillips @lpphillips2h2 hours ago
Menendez done. Hashem Saad, who lived in Hatcher's apartment complex, is on the stand. #BrendaDelgadoTrial
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Maria GuerreroVerified account @Maria_NBC544m44 minutes ago
Now on stand: former close friend of BrendaDelgado. Testified Delgado asked to borrow his Jeep Cherokee in 2015 << car used in murder of dentist Kendra Hatcher, says state. Day 2 of Murder-for-Hire Trial Livestream:
Cathy Russon @cathyrusson33m33 minutes ago #DelgadoTrial - Ortiz recognized his Jeep on the news a few days after the killing. He contacted the police to let them know he had loaned it to BrendaDelgado who let Crystal Cortes (confessed getaway driver) drive it.
Maria GuerreroVerified account @Maria_NBC530m30 minutes ago
These are pics Dr Ricky Paniagua saw on TV that he said yesterday ‘scared’ him b/c woman resembled ex gf BrendaDelgado < stopped communicating w/her after this.
Driver was Delgado’s friend Crystal Cortez < confessed.
Natalie Solis @Fox4Natalie28m28 minutes ago #DelgadoTrial: Jose Ortiz testified he’s mechanic & long-time friend of BrendaDelgado. Says she showed up w Crystal Cortes to get work on BMW & borrowed his Jeep Cherokee. Next day he recognized his car which had distinctive damage in news reports of Hatcher’s murder @FOX4
Maria GuerreroVerified account @Maria_NBC526m26 minutes ago
Jose Ortiz testifies BrendaDelgado told him he should hide his Jeep, offered to pay to have it painted after he confronted her abt his Jeep looking like the one used to murder Dentist. Delgado said Crystal Cortes may have used to go buy drugs & something went wrong
Maria GuerreroVerified account @Maria_NBC518m18 minutes ago
"I feel like I made a mistake by lending my car. It’s a big lesson for me," testified Jose Ortiz about lending his car to BrendaDelgado < former friend. State says Delgado had Crystal Cortes drive Kristopher Love to kill romantic rival Dr. Kendra Hatcher in 2015
David GoinsVerified account @dgoins40m40 minutes ago
NOW: Crystal Cortes on the stand.
DA: “are you guilty of capital murder?”
Cortes: “yes”
DA: “is Kristopher Love guilty of capital murder?”
Cortes: “yes”
DA: “is BrendaDelgado guilty of capital murder?”
Cortes: “yes” @wfaa
Maria GuerreroVerified account @Maria_NBC535m35 minutes ago
Confessed getaway driver Crystal Cortes testifies agianst former friend BrendaDelgado:
"[Delgado] wanted to get rid of Kendra Hatcher."
Prosecutor: "And why did she want to get rid of Kendra?"
Cortes: "Because she was envious of her"
J.D. MilesVerified account @jdmiles1132m32 minutes ago
Convicted murderer Crystal Cortes implicates BrendaDelgado in plot to murder Kendra Hatcher. Cortes is telling jury they discussed it daily, followed her and considered options of injecting her with a lethal dose of heroin or using a gun.
Maria GuerreroVerified account @Maria_NBC530m30 minutes ago
Crystal Cortes says she, BrendaDelgado devised plans on how to kill Kendra Hatcher. Inject her w/heroin, sedative or shooting her. "everyone came to the conclusion that shooting her would be the fastest way to do it:"
Maria GuerreroVerified account @Maria_NBC54m4 minutes ago
Crystal Cortes says BrendaDelgado paid her $500 to be getaway driver and Delgado paid $600 worth of marijuana, $300 worth of cocaine and money to Kristopher Love for pulling trigger.
Maria GuerreroVerified account @Maria_NBC52m2 minutes ago
Accused Getaway Driver Testifying in Day 2 of Murder-for-Hire Trial Says she took these pics after murdering Kendra Hatcher. Pic w/BrendaDelgado & $500 she got for being getaway driver. Cut deal & testifying in exchange for lighter sentence
Maria GuerreroVerified account @Maria_NBC536m36 minutes ago
Chilling to hear how matter-of-factly Crystal Cortes testifies how Kristopher Love murdered Dr. Kendra Hatcher. Says he then ran into the jeep w/Hatcher's purse & camera < b/c "Brenda wanted to make it look like a robbery gone bad"
LaVendrick SmithVerified account @LaVendrickS1m1 minute ago
Officials initially charged Cortes with capital murder, but she struck a deal with investigators and pleaded guilty to a lesser murder charge and 35-year-sentence, if she agreed to testify at Kristopher Love’s and BrendaDelgado’s trials.
Maria GuerreroVerified account @Maria_NBC52m2 minutes ago BrendaDelgado's defense attorney will now get turn cross examining confessed getaway driver Crystal Cortes. Will try to prove Cortes acted alone (w/Kristopher Love) in robbery that went bad.
L.P. Phillips @lpphillips2h2 hours ago
They are getting ready to resume with Cortes still on the witness stand. Out of jury's presence, Defense attorney Milner wants to play about 10-minutes of videos of Cortes. He says it will show her lying and blaming Delgado. #BrendaDelgadoTrial
David GoinsVerified account @dgoins34m34 minutes ago
UPDATE: all of the afternoon so far - defense cross-exam of Crystal Cortes.
She's a key witness for both sides, frankly.
Attorney George Milner says his defense theory is - anytime Cortes is backed into a corner because of a lie - she blames BrendaDelgado. @wfaa 1/2
David GoinsVerified account @dgoins35m35 minutes ago
So - Milner has spent approx 2hrs pointing out the myriad of lies Cortes told detectives from Sep 2015 to Sep 2018 about her role in Hatcher's murder.
Cortes says after her mother passed in Nov '17 - she decided to "come clean" and tell prosecutors everything. @wfaa 2/3
Maria GuerreroVerified account @Maria_NBC515m15 minutes ago
The question everyone has: WHY why would Crystal Cortes help murder dentist Kendra Hatcher? Cortes said she felt loyalty to Brenda Delgado< wanted her friendship. And she got $500.
Live report at 4 and 5 @NBCDFW Day 2 will soon wrap up.
Kendra Hatcher’s Mother Testifies In Brenda Delgado’s Capital Murder Trial
June 3, 2019
"DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) –...Tuesday morning, prosecutors called Kendra Hatcher’s mother, Bonnie Jameson, to the stand. She wept as she described the agony she has experienced.
“It’s been three and a half years of hell every since,” she said...."
Accused getaway driver takes the stand in Dallas murder-for-hire trial
June 4, 2019
"DALLAS - Jurors heard more dramatic testimony Tuesday in a murder-for-hire case in Dallas....
The woman who said she was paid to be the getaway driver took the stand to testify against Delgado. Crystal Cortes pleaded guilty to a lesser murder charge in exchange for her testimony and 35 years in prison.
Cortes said Delgado wanted to “get rid” of Hatcher and asked her to find someone to help. She told jurors she and Delgado discussed different ways to kill Hatcher including injecting her with heroin. But after connecting with Love, they decided to shoot her.
Cortes testified they did a practice run of the murder leading up to it. Immediately after shooting Hatcher, Cortes said Love took her purse and camera because she said Delgado “wanted it to look like a robbery gone bad.”..."
Wednesday, June 5th: *Trial continues (Day 3) (@ 8:45am CT) – TX – Kendra Hatcher (35) (Sept. 2, 2015, Dallas) - *Brenda Delgado (36) arrested in Mexico (4/2016), indicted (10/22/15), extradited out of Mexico (10/6/16) & charged (10/6/16) with capital murder by terror/threat. $2.5M bond. Allegedly hired hitman *Kristopher Love to rob & shoot Hatcher. Love was sentenced to death in October 25, 2018.
*Crystal Cortes (getaway driver) pled guilty & expected to be sentenced to 35 years in exchange for testimony in Delgado’s trial. Trial started 6/3/19. 6/3/19 Day 1: Opening statements. State witnesses: Bonnie Jameson, Kendra's mother. Paramedic. DPD Officer Michael Walsh. Jurors watched body camera footage from Walsh. Retired DPD Det. Abe Santiago (crime scene scene). DPD Dep. Eddi Oviedo (crime scene). Moses Martinez, Delgado's cousin. Jennifer Escobar (was friends w/Delgado). Dr Rosie Singh (pediatric dentist, friend of Kendra). Dr. Ricardo Paniagua (Kendra's BF, former BF of Delgado's). Robert Menendez (911 caller). Trial continues to 6/4. 6/4/19 Day 2: State witnesses: Roberto Menendez (911 caller) continues. Hashem Saad (lived in Hatcher's apt. complex). Jose Ortiz (loaned Delgado a black Jeep Cherokee). Crystal Cortes (who was the get-away driver). Trial continues on 6/5.
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