wasn t even armed. and if she was as frightened of him as she claimed to be, then how to explain this? phone records that show the two were in constant contact 30 times in the weeks after orlando was killed. we re talking about somebody who was clearly having a relationship with this person. come on, that s a pretty thin thread. clearly having a relationship. i mean, that s your speculation absolutely not. this was someone who was calling the victim equal number of times that he called her. and then, prosecutor rifkin went a step further. she discovered, she said, that cindy got pregnant after her husband was killed. miscarried at three weeks. and who did she text from the hospital? the person that she texted from the hospital, a little after 6:00 in the morning, was the victim. it was clear what the prosecutor was implying. that nissim might have been the father. cindy seemed stunned by the
he got aggravated and aggressive with me and he grabbed me by my shirt. and it was at that point in time that you shot him to protect yourself? yes, i did. i was in fear for my life. in my mind, he was there to kill me. cindy turned to the judge, fighting back tears, and explained that she fired because it looked like nissim was about to shoot her. he turns with his left hand towards his right, and at that moment, i just started shooting and shooting, like there was no tomorrow. because in my mind, he was reaching out for the gun i seen him with, and he was going to shoot at me. it was so scary. cindy s attorneys reminded the judge that after the shooting, the police announced cindy was would not be charged. after the detectives interviewed her, they felt at the time that this could be a case of self-defense. and the defense pointed out news stories of the time, in which police were quoting
nissim s girlfriend, nikita roberts, and their daughter, imani. are there any witnesses the defense needs to call this time? cindy would be the first, telling the judge that yes indeed, a tape would tell the story of what happened. but not the undercover dea tape. that was nonsense, she said. the true tape, the one that told the honest story of what she went through that day back in 2008, was her recorded 9-1-1 call after she shot nissim. oh, my god. oh, my god. oh, my god. that was the true cindy, the defense said. tearing out of the house, hysterical. panic stricken. telling the operator she was sure he was going to shoot her. i thought he was gonna fire at me. so i fired. and then i ran. i panicked. i panicked. please help me. sitting here on the witness stand, cindy swore her story was the same now as the one she told the cops from the start. that she was home alone when nissim showed up uninvited and attacked her.
the killers. what little information that you know, please just forward. police had urged her to make the appeal, hoping that all that emotion would help generate some much needed leads. though there was one lead both amazing and ultimately frustrating. right there, just below the roof line of cindy and orlando s house was a security camera. north miami police major, trevor shinn. we had video footage that we obtained from the victim s home. that s the camera that captured father and son heading out of the house and down the street on that last walk they took together. then watch this. a car barrels up to the curb. two men burst out, guns drawn. run around the corner out of camera range. that s where they opened fire on orlando and noah. within 15 seconds, they re back in the car, speeding away. but they re not done. he was on the ground. they come back by and now you
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