FL FL - Yessinia Suarez, 28, & 2 children, Deltona, 22 Oct 2013 #1 *L. Toledo guilty*

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Jury selection in Luis Toledo murder trial could be completed Tuesday

"ST. AUGUSTINE -- Defense attorney Michael Nielsen has been here before: the Deltona mass murder case 11 years ago was moved to St. Augustine because of publicity in Volusia County.

Nielsen, along with defense attorneys Jeff Deen and Michael Nappi, are back in St. Augustine at the Richard O. Watson Judicial Center, defending Luis Toledo, who is accused in a triple murder.

The defense and prosecution are working on the challenging task of picking 12 people plus three alternates to serve on the jury. They have summoned 180 people since Oct. 2, chosen 11 jurors so far and hope to finish on Tuesday and then make their opening statements on Wednesday.

Toledo, 35, is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of his wife, 28-year-old Yessenia Suarez, and two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children, Thalia, 9, and Michael, 8. If convicted of killing either of the children, Toledo could face the death penalty...."

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-luis-toledo-murder-trial-1010-story.html

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[Kamille]

Trial started today. Live stream here...

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Frank Fernandez‏ @frankfff 3h3 hours ago

Jury of 12 plus three alternates is seated in #luistoledo trial. The panel is made up of four men and 11 women.

Prosecutor Ryan Will starting openings telling jurors that it's been 4 years since Felicita Perez has seen her daughter and grandchildren.

Will says Toledo killed his wife "in a violent and brutal way" and then killed the children.

"These crimes were senseless and they were brutal," Will said Toledo is accused of killing Yessenia Suarez & her children Michael and Thalia

The two children did well in school and participated in activities, Will said

Will tells jurors that Toledo was occasionally out of work and cared for children while Yessenia Suarez kept them financially afloat

Yessenia Suarez was often unhappy with her husband and his failure to achieve. The couple was married for 2 years

Trial will focus on the time between Oct. 13, 2013 and Oct. 23, 2013, Will tells jurors.

Will says that while on a business trip to Alabama Yessenia Suarez had an affair with another man.

When she returned home on Oct. 16, 2013, Yessenia Suarez texted Toledo that she did not want him to be a part of her life or her childrens

Will said Toledo was completely obsessed whether his wife had an affair. He installed an sms tracker on her phone

The electronic tracker told Toledo where she was, what calls she received, what text and emails she was sending and getting.

On Oct. 20, 2013 when Yessenia Suarez was looking for a hotel to meet her lover, Toledo was watching on the sms tracker he put on her phone

On Oct. 22, 2013, Toledo has his suspicion confirmed at 8:51 a.m. when Yessenia Suarez starts chatting with her lover

Will said #luistoledo went to her workplace shortly after learning identity of her lover. Then he left and later called her lover

#luistoledo later returned to his wife's workplace and caused a scene, and police were called but Toledo left before they arrived

About 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 22, 2013 around the home of Felicita Perez, was the last tracking data on #luistoledo's phone, which was never found

Yessenia Perez & her kids left her mother's house about 7:49 and went home but Toledo was not home. Police don't know where #luistoledo was

At six minutes before midnight, Toledo sent a message to his wife's lover pretending to be Yessenia. Toledo had returned home by then

On the morning of Oct. 23, 2013, Felicity Perez went to work and called her daughter. She said she had an ominous feeling.

Felicita Perez called her daughter's phone that morning but never got an answer. She kept calling but no answer. #luistoledo

#luistoledo pulled into the driveway seven minutes after police arrived. He told police he was going to work but was running out of gas

Evidence will show that was #luistoledo's first life to police. He had a quarter tank of gas. Toledo was supposed to be at work

#luistoledo gave law enforcement a tour of the house and the smell of cleaning fluids was overwhelming, prosecutor Will says

#Luistoledo's neighbor Tyshawn Jackson were attending barber school together. Toledo asked him for help early morning on Oct. 23, 2013

Tyshawn Jackson saw #luistoledo wiping down his wife's Honda Accord. After following Toledo to a Publix in Seminole County

AS they drove back after Toledo wiped down his wife's car, Tyshawn Jackson said #luistoledo told him "I snapped."

#luistoledo had told police that he had been sleeping in his car and that his wife and her kids must have left in middle of night

#luistoledo changed his story when confronted with photos of evidence found based on information provided by Tyshawn Jackson, Will said

#luistoledo then said he killed his wife when she attacked him and he karate chopped her in the throat, Will said

Will said #luistoledo told police that Tyshawn Jackson panicked when Toledo killed his wife and then Jackson killed the kids

#luistoledo told police that Tyshawn Jackson ordered him to clean the house

"I'll never tell you where the bodies are," #luistoledo told investigators at a later interview, prosecutor Will said

Will tells jurors that the little girl's blood was found in the house, on Toledo's left shoe and in the trunk mat of wife's car

#luistoledo killed the two children to eliminate them as witnesses because they saw what happened or would ask about mother in morning

Will finishes opening statements and now court is in recess

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[Kamille]

Frank Fernandez‏ @frankfff 1h1 hour ago

#luistoledo's defense attorney Jeff Deen begins opening statements, asks jurors to wait to decide because defense goes last.

Defense attorney Jeff Deen says it's not the defense burden to prove anything and #luistoledo does not have to prove anything

Jeff Deen says proof of death, if they can prove it, is not proof of murder #luistoledo

#luisToledo defense attorney Jeff Deen says "no one knows" that's a lack of evidence. Prosecutor used phrase during his opening

Defense attorney Deen said #luistoledo was primarily responsible for taking care of the kids.

Deen said #luistoledo was acting strange, acting sneaky because he thought his wife was having an affair.

Deen tells jurors that #luistoledo told police about the tracker on the phone and that's why police know about the tracker.

Deen said #luistoledo saw on tracker his wife making a date to see her lover and he went to her work and confronted her

Defense attorney Deen said it's not #luistoledo's problem that state does not have all the evidence. Then repeats that there are no bodies.

#luistoledo's attorney said the lack of bodies is not evidence of murder

Deen said evidence support's that #luistoledo's wife's death was an accident

#luistoledo's attorney Deen said there is no evidence of premeditation regarding children.. There is no bloody crime scene," Deen adds.

If you believe neighbor that #luistoledo said he snapped that is not evidence of premeditation, Deen tells jurors

Defense atttorney Deen said #luistoledo's neighbor Tyshawn Jackson lied to police

Deen tells jurors you can't render a verdict because you are sympathetic or mad. that would not be lawful. #luistoledo

Deen repeats that proof of death is not proof of murder. #luistoledo Deen said there is not enough evidence to support charges

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[Kamille]

Frank Fernandez‏ @frankfff 37m37 minutes ago

Grandmother Felicita Perez takes the stand. She is the state's first witness. #luistoledo

Felicita Perez's voice breaks when she tells Prosecutor Will that she has three beautiful children and names Yessenia Suarez, 28

"Abuela, remember you have to go to my graduation" Felicita Perez says her 9 year old granddaughter Thalia would tell her. #luistoledo

Felicita Perez said she has a large group of relatives living in Central Florida about 100 She said she was first to move to Central Florida

“They would never run away. The first place they would have run would be to grandma’s house,” Felicita Perez testifies as she begins to cry

Grandmother testifies that Yessenia Suarez was proud of getting a bachelor's degree and was excited to be graduating. #luistoledo

Grandmother Felicita Perez breaks down as she testifies about her daughter's plans to graduate with honors #luistoledo

Court is in recess until 1:30

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[Kamille]

Another live link...

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[Kamille]

Luis Toledo trial: Opening statements underway

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Opening statements began Wednesday morning in the murder trial of a 35-year-old Deltona man who is accused of killing his wife and her two children.

Twelve jurors and three alternates -- 11 of whom are women -- will be seated Wednesday for opening statements in the trial of Luis Toledo.

http://www.wftv.com/news/local/luis-toledo-trial-opening-statements-underway/622988566

11 women? Is the defence hoping that one or more will be enamored by LT's swarthy good looks?

Too bad he didn't get neck or face tattoos like a lot of other "ganstas".

MOO

 

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Frank Fernandez‏ @frankfff 18m18 minutes ago

Felicita Pérez, the mother and grandmother to victims, continues her testimony

Felicita Perez said she closed her daughter's bank accountt two years after her daughter and children vanished.

"She was nervous, scared," Felicita Perez said about her daughter arriving at her house the night of Oct. 22, 2013 #luistoledo

Felicita Perez said Toledo was angry when he came to her house the night of Oct. 22, 2013.

Felicita Perez in a breaking voice says she tried to keep her daughter at her house but the daughter went home. #luistoledo

Felicita Perez said that night was the last time she saw her daughter and grandchildren. #luistoledo

Felicita Perez said she became alarmed when she could not reach her daughter despite repeated calls. #luistoledo

Felicita Perez left her job and drove to her daughter's house and saw Tyshawn Jackson. She asked him if he had seen Luis. He said no.

Police arrived and then Toledo arrived. Felicita Perez said Toledo appeared calm and was dressed for work. I asked him where were they

Felicita Perez said Toledo told her that Yessenia and children left last night. She told him he was lying. #luistoledo

Grandmother said she next called school, was told kids were not there. She started to cry on the stand.

"When they told me they weren’t there, I started jumping and going crazy about it" Felicita Perez tearfully recounts about kids #luistoledo

Felicita Perez said she has not stopped looking for her daughter and her grandchildren as she holds back tears #luistoledo

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[Kamille]

Frank Fernandez‏ @frankfff 2m2 minutes ago

Grandmother and other families shedding tears as pictures of the mother and children are shown on two screens inside courtroom #luistoledo

Defense attorney asks for break after family member walks out of courtroom and others shed tears #luistoledo

Defense attorney Deen complains about outward shows of emotion. Judge Zambrano says they have been controlling their emotions. #luistoledo

But Judge said one family member, the one who walked out who is Yessenia's father, has to better control his emotions #luistoledo

Jury back in courtroom as attorneys hold sidebar

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[Kamille]

Frank Fernandez‏ @frankfff 31m31 minutes ago

Defense attorney Jeff Deen now cross examining Felicita Perez

Deen: Your daughter told you that Toledo would never hurt her. Felicita Perez said yes she did #luistoledo

Felicita Perez said despite her statement earlier to Deen that her daughter was not scared of Toledo, she was one time. #luistoledo

Deen then asked to approach the bench for a sidebar. #luistoledo

Jury excused while Deen goes over deposition with Perez. Jury out for 30 minutes #luistoledo

Felicita Perez was referring to an incident with a knife that occurred several days before Toledo is accused of the killings #luistoledo

In incident Toledo picked up a knife and slashed a picture in the house. The judge instructed Perez not to talk about knife #luistoledo

"I'm sorry" Yessenia Suarez can be heard saying in the background of a 9-1-1 call from her workplace when Toledo went there #luistoledo

The 9-1-1 is being played out of the presence of the jury because defense objected to Yessenia Suarez's utterance on the call #luistoledo

Defense says you can hear Suarez apparently sobbing and it is extremely prejudicial. they can't question her what was happening #luistoledo

Judge Zambrano overrules objection and 9-1-1 tape will be played in its entirety later #luistoledo

Deen asked grandmother if she encouraged Luis to go to her house to talk it out with her daughter. She says no. #luistoledo

Felicita Perez said her daughter and Toledo were in the garage talking about divorce and how to split property up. #luistoledo

Deen questions Perez who responds that she talked to Tyshawn Jackson 3 times that morning and he gave 3 different stories.

Perez had asked Jackson about whether he had seen #luistoledo Deen is trying to make Jackson, an important witness, appear not credible

Prosecutor Will then briefly questions Perez on redirect

"Is it possible that the first time you saw (Jackson) that morning he could have been scared out of his mind," Will asks Perez #luistoledo

Deen objects and judge sustains the objection. #luistoledo


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[Kamille]

Frank Fernandez‏ @frankfff 9m9 minutes ago

Ronald Nathan, former principal at Bentley Elementary School, is on stand. Screen is showing a picture of Nathan and Thalia. #luistoledo

Thalia and Michael were in 3rd grade, Nathan said.

The kids were not in school on Oct. 23. until then they had perfect attendance, except 1 tardy, Nathan said. #luistoledo

Principal said no school has ever called requesting Michael and Thalia's records as happens when students transfer. #luistoledo


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[Kamille]

Ronald Nathan has been excused and there is a 5 minute recess in the courtroom.

 

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Kevin Dredden's job was to deploy new K9 handlers where they were needed, said Owens. Dredden was Suarez's lover #luistoledo

Owens said he saw Toledo and Yessenia walked out into the parking lot having a heated conversation. #luistoledo

Owens said Dredden said he would take care of it and he went over and talked with Yessenia and Toledo. Then Toledo started walking away

But Owens said he was in his office minutes later and heard yelling then saw Yessenia Suarez and Toledo down the hall.

Toledo was yelling to say he wanted to see "Mr. Pete" meaning Owens. Owens said he wanted to get him out of the building #luistoledo

Toledo walked to Owens and said he needed to see the messages on Yessenia's phone. Yessenia was trying to take phone from Luis #luistoledo

Another employee took phone and handed it back to Luis and then Yessenia grabbed it from Luis and got phone

Owens said it looked like there would be a physical fight but it didn't happen. She said Suarez was embarrassed and upset

Owens said that after Yessenia snatched phone back from Toledo he turned, looked her in the eye . Owens feared there would be physical fight

"Did Yessenia ever show up for work after that?" Prosecutor Mark Johnson asked. Owens said "she did not." #luistoledo

Jessica Vandergriff, another former American K9 employee now testifying. She said she saw Toledo and Suarez talking in Spanish.

She said it wasn't a good conversation but she did not know what they were saying because it was in Spanish

Vandergriff said Yessenia asked her to call the cops and she called the Lake Mary Police Department.

Prosecutor Mark Johnson playing call from Vandergriff to police. Toledo is heard in background talking about having messages to show

Vandergriff said she never saw Yessenia Suarez again after that day. Now she is being cross examined

Defense attorney Michael Nielsen cross examining Vandergriff. She said she heard that Luis would join in at some company basketball games

Prosecutor Johnson asked Vandergriff if she heard Toledo call Yessenia a "" on tape of police call. Vandergriff said "whoring around."

Testimony concludes for today

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[Kamille]

Luis Toledo trial: Testimony underway

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Opening statements began Wednesday morning in the murder trial of a 35-year-old Deltona man who is accused of killing his wife and her two children.

Twelve jurors and three alternates -- 11 of whom are women -- were seated Wednesday for opening statements in the trial of Luis Toledo.

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Toledo was quiet as prosecutors tried to paint him as an angry, jealous husband. They said that his marriage was ending and that he was jealous of an affair Suarez was having.

Prosecutors said Toledo installed a tracking app on her phone to access her location in real time. They said he killed her in a rage and killed her children to eliminate the potential for witnesses before seeking help from a neighbor to dispose of evidence.

"His answer is, 'I'll never tell you where the body is,'" Will said during opening statements Wednesday. "Not that he doesn't know or blames Tyshawn Jackson. 'I'll never tell you where the bodies are.'"

Defense attorney Jeff Deen said because the bodies haven't been found, it's unknown how the victims died of if they're even dead.

http://www.wftv.com/news/local/luis-toledo-trial-testimony-underway/622988566

 

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Just started watching today. Kevin Dredden is on the stand.

http://www.wildabouttrial.com/one_off/luis-toledo-trial-live-stream/