NM - Tera Chavez, 26, found dead in her Los Lunas home, 22 Oct 2007 - #1

[ChubbyCheeks]

No wonder defense attorney has already taken issue with Mr. Jones - he holds people, including fellow cops, accountable for their actions!

 

[NCEast]

Hi NCEast nice to see you. Yes 11 am there.

Thank you, it's nice to be here with you all! Thanks for the time confirmation.

 

[Thundar]

This witnesses boss told him they were going to do a "scratch and sniff" at the crime scene. He asked what a scratch and sniff was.....he was told it was scratch the surface and see if anything stinks. Was told no state police would be called.....that is so wrong! The state police should have been called when an unattended death resulted from a police officers gun.

 

[ChubbyCheeks]

The State just showed the picture with Tera deceased in the bed - no warning, there was the picture. She looks asleep to me. I didn't notice any blood.
OH CRAP - correction! Another couple of pictures show blood. Be prepared if you don't like seeing crime scene photos.

 

[seattlechiquita]

The State just showed the picture with Tera deceased in the bed - no warning, there was the picture. She looks asleep to me. I didn't notice any blood.
OH CRAP - correction! Another couple of pictures show blood. Be prepared if you don't like seeing crime scene photos.

CRAP they did it again

 

[calamityjane831]

The State just showed the picture with Tera deceased in the bed - no warning, there was the picture. She looks asleep to me. I didn't notice any blood.

Wow, the picture they just showed had the blood from her mouth:facepalm::facepalm: poor dear

 

[Thundar]

Sounds like there were way too many people at the crime scene. So far I have a Sergeant Joseph, Sergeant John Gordon, Aron, and Debra Hall who was taking photographs. Then there was the dude that used the bathroom. Mr. Chavez was also there. I am surprised there was any evidence that was not muddied!

 

[ChubbyCheeks]

Both prosecutors now have spent a lot of time going through pictures, seems they aren't prepared. Juan Martinez has set the expectation bar very high in my head.

 

[Thundar]

A damp green towel at the scene? Perhaps someone took a shower to remove the blood splatter from themselves?

 

[calamityjane831]

Both prosecutors now have spent a lot of time going through pictures, seems they aren't prepared. Juan Martinez has set the expectation bar very high in my head.

I always have a hard time adjusting to the different styles of the prosecutors and defense lawyers in each new trial. Especially fresh off of another trial like the two most recent, Jodi Arias and Brett Seacat, even though Jodi I just checked in every now and then the prosecuting team was amazing.

 

[CUCKOOHEAD]

'Was she still there when you left?' the state asks. Is this the female officer who ended up married to the defendant?

 

[Thundar]

'Was she still there when you left?' the state asks. Is this the female officer who ended up married to the defendant?

WHAT? This wasn't on the timeline! Is that Debra Hall? The officer taking the photographs that night?

 

[calamityjane831]

'Was she still there when you left?' the state asks. Is this the female officer who ended up married to the defendant?

Whoa!!!

 

[CUCKOOHEAD]

Man this guy has an excellent memory.

 

[calamityjane831]

WHAT? This wasn't on the timeline! Is that Debra Hall? The officer taking the photographs that night?

The witness said that D Hall was taking pictures and another time he called her Debra.

 

[CUCKOOHEAD]

WHAT? This wasn't on the timeline! Is that Debra Hall? The officer taking the photographs that night?

On one of those linkgs it mentioned the various affairs Levi Chavez had and some (maybe all) of them were other female LE. He got married to one of these women. I couldn't hear the woman's name in this testimony. I was hoping someone here may have caught it. Not the officer taking the photos another woman that came onto the scene later.

 

[calamityjane831]

Lunch return at 1:15pm

 

[CUCKOOHEAD]

http://www.policeone.com/legal/articles/3558395-Cop-accused-of-killing-wife-received-pay-raises/

This is sickening. A mediocre cop, who was demoted to dog catcher, continues to milk the system.

 

[Thundar]

Goodness I found an interesting article on insurance news. net.

"Among the pictures he's trying to paint is one of a marriage that was failing, in part, because Levi Chavez was having affairs with several different women. One of those, according to prosecutors, was with fellow APD officer Heather Hindi. Less than two months after Tera's death, Levi bought a diamond ring for Hindi, whom he later married. She now goes by the name Heather Chavez."

http://insurancenewsnet.com/Other-Articles/1185385/Prosecutors-win-lose-in-Chavez-murder-case-[Albuquerque-Journal-NM]

This article implies that the murder was a result of the insurance fraud which is the stolen pickup that was not really stolen but which Mr. Chavez's fellow officers helped him stage as stolen.......a lot of info in that article.....

 

[seattlechiquita]

http://www.policeone.com/legal/articles/3558395-Cop-accused-of-killing-wife-received-pay-raises/

This is sickening. A mediocre cop, who was demoted to dog catcher, continues to milk the system.

I know right? Hard to believe they kept him on payroll so long. Sigh sigh sigh.