Castillo, visibly nervous and pacing before he took the stand, delivered his testimony in a soft-spoken, matter-of-fact manner. He went into great technical detail with his answers, going off on tangents about his family. Throughout his lengthy testimony, Castillo referred to his estranged wife as, "Chelli," a nickname he said he gave her.
Defense attorney Jonathan Shapiro took jurors through weeks worth of text messages between the defendant and his estranged wife, pointing out that the two were amicable to each other when it came to their five children...
Still, testimony revealed there was about a six-hour gap or more in communication of any kind on the defendant's cellphone from late March 19, 2014, to March 20, 2014.
Evidence showed the next call Braulio Castillo received was around 7:15 a.m. March 20, 2014, when his son Jonathan called to say his mother was missing.
