THE STATE RESTS ITS CASE AGAINST FORMER SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY TAI CHAN. NOW IT’S THE DEFENSE THAT’S CALLING WITNESSES IN TAI CHAN’S MURDER RETRIAL. CHAN IS CHARGED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF COLLEAGUE JEREMY MARTIN IN 2014 WHEN THE TWO STOPPED OVER IN LAS CRUCES AFTER TRANSPORTING AN INMATE TO ARIZONA.
CHAN’S COUSIN TESTIFIED ON THURSDAY THAT SHE WAS WITH THE TWO MEN AT DUBLIN’S PUB WHEN THEY GOT DRUNK AND STARTED ARGUING OVER A WORK ISSUE. MARTIN WAS LATER KILLED AT THE HOTEL ENCANTO, WHERE THE TWO WERE STAYING.
A DNA EXPERT TESTIFIED CHAN’S DNA WAS FOUND ON THE GUN USED TO KILL MARTIN BUT COULDN’T SAY IF MARTIN’S DNA WAS ALSO ON THE GUN.
