CLOSING ARGUMENTS AND POSSIBLY FURTHER CROSS EXAMINATION OF FORMER APD OFFICER LEVI CHAVEZ ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY IN CHAVEZ'S MURDER TRIAL. THE DEFENDANT SPENT WEDNESDAY TESTIFYING IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.
WHILE ON THE WITNESS STAND, HIS LAWYER, DAVID SERNA, ASKED CHAVEZ ABOUT WHEN HE FOUND HIS WIFE'S BODY IN THE BEDROOM OF THEIR LOS LUNAS HOME. CHAVEZ GOT EMOTIONAL AS HE TOLD THE JURY ABOUT WHAT HE SAW. WHEN ASKED IF HE KILLED HIS WIFE, CHAVEZ REPLIED, "ABSOLUTELY NOT."
CHAVEZ IS BEING TRIED FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HIS 26 YEAR OLD WIFE, TERA CHAVEZ, AT THE COUPLE'S HOME IN 2007. HE'S ALSO ACCUSED OF STAGING HER DEATH TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A SUICIDE.
