illam, correct? yes, i told him that i was very scared. i told him that i had to defend myself against illam. cindy s testimony appeared to be a powerful performance, but there was one person not impressed. lead prosecutor, abbe rifkin. what was your impression of her testimony at the stand-your-ground hearing? that she was an actress and she was putting on an act. and the act began with that 9-1-1 call. was that the real cindy? not a chance, said prosecutor rifkin. the real cindy was the one on that friskey tape, speaking freely when she thought nobody else was listening. and during cross examination, prosecutors said police were never as suspicious of nissim as cindy claimed they were. instead, they said, it was she who pushed him as the number one suspect. at the time, you were telling the police to
how did they treat you that day? they treated me very well. they were very nice. after my statement, they told me that it was a justifiable, self-defense. afterwards, the lead detective dropped cindy at her parents house. then she told my family that i did the police a favor by taking out the trash. the next day, news reports quoted the police as saying, nissim was a suspect in orlando s murder and that cindy was justified. shot him in self-defense. but now, regardless of that, you had just killed somebody. had taken another human life. yes. that can t be easy to deal with? no, and it felt unreal. it felt unreal. however, as you say, the police told you you had taken out the trash.
nissim as a suspect in orlando s murder. at the time, he was the person the police was investigating and the only suspect in my husband s murder. and as for that dea undercover tape, which so faithfully recorded what she told friskey, about planning in vengeance, an eye for an eye. this is me telling him how i felt. my embellishment on the story. it was all pure theater, she said. she was trying to impress friskey, not confess to him. i made myself to look tougher than i was because i why d you do that? because i m a single mom, living in a man s world. so, i wanted to sound like i m tough. you can t mess with me. cindy asked the judge to look to one statement on that tape that was all true and consistent with the fear cindy showed on the 9-1-1 call. you told friskey that you had to defend yourself against
in school, there s boys that tell lies about him and try to get him in trouble with the teachers. so, he said, i understand, mommy. ask state attorney katherine fernandez rundle about what happened to young noah, now living with relatives, and she calls it a tragedy. that is really the heart of this case, because that s the person who really has suffered and lost everything. when we talk to cindy, it s been seven years since the tumultuous events that put cindy carballo behind bars. seven years since her husband was murdered, in a case that still hasn t been solved. seven years to contemplate the act that put her here, and whether she d do it again. yes. because i was attacked, and i that moment i felt that he was going to kill me. and if not having remorse makes me guilty, i don t think it should be that way.
as day to turn tonight, a dog mystery unfolded on a stretch of sidewalk in miami, when a car pulled up and opened fire on a father and his infant son. a widow was wrecked with grief. desperate for justice. the shooting was caught on a security camera, but detectives soon learned that the pictures only revealed a small glimpse into this twisted tale. here s keith morrison with miami heat . it was dusk in miami. the days heat retreated. parks filled up. soccer games were called to order. orlando mesa loved the evening ritual. he and his 18 month old son, noah. orlando doted on the boy. he was a hands-on dad. and noah s mom, cindy, was there to record it all. my husband was an outdoor person, so he was always doing things with noah. and so, on a spring evening