NM - Tera Chavez, 26, found dead in her Los Lunas home, 22 Oct 2007 - #2

[calamityjane831]

Well I hope that if the jury finds LC guilty then at least the Cordova family can sue for some visitation with their grandchildren to try and re establish a relationship. This case is tragic on so many levels.

 

[geevee]

They started lunch soon, huh?

 

[geevee]

Does anyone know what the evidence was they asked for? There's a pic of an envelope being opened on KOAT's page but I have no clue what's in it.

 

[calamityjane831]

I found a good news video that Anna V did that KOAT broadcast that gives some good insight into the jury and who they are and it actually scares me. No case is a slam dunk but this is far far from it and after watching this news story I feel like YIKES. I am mentally prepared for it to go either way. Please check it out and let me know what you all think.

http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico...nds/-/9153728/20982346/-/nc1pg7z/-/index.html

 

[calamityjane831]

I am posting the transcript from the KOAT 7 news story about the jury for those who may not be able to watch a video right now.

THE FATE OF A FORMER A-P-D OFFICER, ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE AND MAKING IT LOOK LIKE A SUICIDE... IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE JURY. THEY BEGIN DELIBERATIONS TOMORROW IN SANDOVAL COUNTY DISTRICT COURT. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANNA VELASQUEZ GIVE US INSIGHT ON WHO THE JURY IS, AND THEIR MONUMENTAL TASK. FOR FIVE WEEKS... JURORS LISTENED TO MORE THAN 40 WITNESSES ... INCLUDING THE DEFENDANT LEVI CHAVEZ ... HIMSELF. 14/4:07 I felt like god was telling me this is all your fault this is all your fault :11 THEY ALSO SAW AND HEARD ABOUT 300 PIECES OF EVIDENCE... INCLUDING THE 911 CALL CHAVEZ MADE AFTER HE SAYS HE FOUND TERA DEAD ON OCTOBER 21ST 2007... ALL OF THEM WATCHED HIM CRY WHEN PROSECUTORS PLAYED IT ON THE FIRST DAY. which department do you work for? APD anna - the original jury was made up of 14 women and four men. Most appear to be in their mid-50s. A couple of men and women look to be around Levi Chavez age which is 32 years old. Six were sent home... And of the 12 jurors seated now... two young women and one older man who had been on the edge of their seats throughout trial THEY WATCHED INTENTLY... AS DEFENSE ATTORNEY DAVID SERNA RIPPED ON FORMER VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DETECTIVE AARON JONES THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR... 1:31 okay fine you know what? I'll be honest with you I don't believe a word out of your mouth I'd have to see it or hear it. :41 AND DURING THE SECOND WEEK - TERA'S FATHER HAD THEIR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION. Cordova 7/7:05 she blew me a kiss, gave me the two thumbs up :10 AND THE WOMEN WHO ARE STILL ON THE JURY NOW... WATCHED CORDOVA AS HE LEFT THE STAND ... SAT DOWN NEXT TO HIS WIFE... TERA'S MOTHER... AND EMBRACED. THOSE SAME LADIES APPEARED TO BE MOVED WHILE THE DEFENSE'S SUICIDOLOGIST READ PART OF TERA'S JOURNAL OUTLOUD. 6/:08 2007, march 29th. i love him more than myself. i keep hoping his love will kill me. my heart will stop, or i'll disappear. :17 SOME JURORS TOOK NOTES DURING BOTH GUN EXPERTS TESTIMONIES... WHERE THE PROSECUTION'S WITNESS SAID SOMEONE HAD TO HAVE RELEASED THE MAGAZINE THE WEAPON AFTER IT WAS FIRED... WHILE THE DEFENSE'S WITNESS SHOWED THEM HOW HE BELIEVED TERA SHOT HERSELF. BUT WHEN CHAVEZ TOOK THE STAND AND WALKED THE JURY THROUGH THE NIGHT HE SAYS HE FOUND TERA DEAD... MANY OF THE WOMEN APPEARED TO SYMPATHIZE SEVERAL ARE STILL PART OF THE 12 WHO WILL DECIDE HIS FATE. ANNA VELASQUEZ KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS.

Read more: http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico...20982346/-/nc1pg7z/-/index.html#ixzz2Z8h4nkRU

 

[Jewels53]

I found a good news video that Anna V did that KOAT broadcast that gives some good insight into the jury and who they are and it actually scares me. No case is a slam dunk but this is far far from it and after watching this news story I feel like YIKES. I am mentally prepared for it to go either way. Please check it out and let me know what you all think.

http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico...nds/-/9153728/20982346/-/nc1pg7z/-/index.html

I have a feeling this jury is not united or we would have had a verdict. I think it will be either Not Guilty or a Hung Jury. Call it intuition, this is just a gut feeling I have.

Now I really, really hope I am wrong. I feel LC is very capable of committing this crime. All imo

:truce:

 

[Thundar]

I found a good news video that Anna V did that KOAT broadcast that gives some good insight into the jury and who they are and it actually scares me. No case is a slam dunk but this is far far from it and after watching this news story I feel like YIKES. I am mentally prepared for it to go either way. Please check it out and let me know what you all think.

http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico...nds/-/9153728/20982346/-/nc1pg7z/-/index.html

I have felt all along that a jury could take this case either way! I still feel that way! This case is not a slam dunk but there is a pile of evidence pointing to his guilt.....there is also a whole lot of emotional tug and pull by the defense on the jurors. The prosecutor proved that Mr. Chavez lied on the stand to the jurors in a couple of areas.....so I don't know whether the jurors will throw out all his testimony or just part of it. The proseuctor's rebuttle closing was the strongest thing in the entire trial and it is the last thing the jury heard.....so here is hoping they put the most faith in that actually being the truth of what happened........

 

[calamityjane831]

I have a feeling this jury is not united or we would have had a verdict. I think it will be either Not Guilty or a Hung Jury. Call it intuition, this is just a gut feeling I have.

Now I really, really hope I am wrong. I feel LC is very capable of committing this crime. All imo

:truce:

Just my thoughts right now
Jewel53 that is what I am beginning to feel too. I started feeling that before I watched that news clip but that clip added more to my already gut feeling that was beginning to grow. I desperately hope I am wrong too. lease:
Thanks for your insight.

 

[Cherry]

I missed most of trial....now listening to rebuttal closing. It was a 5 wk trial. Lots of evidence. I hope for guilty, I believe he killed her outright. Tired of her thought he was smarter than everyone else, much like Jason young did. Jmmho

 

[Jewels53]

RT @OmrEsq : @Anna_Velasquez @cjproctor74 Jeff is the best in the business. No question! He knows more than the State does in #LeviChavez

lol

 

[calamityjane831]

12:08 PM
TwitterAnna V @Anna_Velasquez
Jury still deliberating #levichavez

 

[calamityjane831]

I wonder what was in this evelope?

This is the piece of evidence the jury asked for earlier. Hmm?

 

[NCEast]

I'm back and read through all the posts....was so hoping for a guilty verdict when I got back home. I am about to go to the link you provided CJ and watch that video but in reading your transcript of it, I am very anxious about this jury too.

 

[calamityjane831]

12:34 PM
TwitterAnna V @Anna_Velasquez
ok - baliff just blocked the window into the courtroom, can't see what's going on, and courtroom doors locked #levichavez

 

[calamityjane831]

Omg!!! The blood is draining from my head.

 

[calamityjane831]

Anna V ‏@Anna_Velasquez 2m
No camera inside the empty courtroom either #levichavez
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[geevee]

2:37 PM
Anna V @Anna_Velasquez
But we will stay here in the courthouse until end of court day or verdict, which ever comes first #levichavez

 

[geevee]

Maybe the jury wanted to see a video?

 

[NCEast]

The link to the article CJ sent didn't work with respect to going straight to the page but it did take me to the main page and I found the article by searching around a little bit.
There is a woman on Twitter--may be one of us?--'mama*of*3--who is determined he is guilty. I hope it's not one of us (although if it is that's fine) and she is the common voice for everybody who has followed this trial, especially the locals there. I hope her remarks are imitating how the jury feels.

 

[calamityjane831]

Oh I hope they are not struggling.