phone and his own personal phone with him, the night of the murder. and the next day, when he was driving his train. they moved north and then back south, on the railroad. but now, prosecutors had to tackle the head-scratching question of motive. why would tony kill melissa in the first place? debra villegas testified that tony became very jealous and angry with melissa, because she had virtually replaced him in the household. was melissa helping you through this difficult time in your life enough for this divorce? yes, ma am. and that was the theory, in order to get deborah, he killed her best friend. you have these domestic homicides all the time, but this had a twist to it, because he did not kill deborah. then tony endeavors 23 year old son, caleb, was called to testify against his father. the usual blank stare on tony s courtroom face changed, as his son recalled how his father
when we made grand wagoneer, proudly assembled in america, we knew no object would ever rank with the best things in this country. but we believed we could make something worthy of their spirit. debra vhs s world had been turned upside down. her best friend, melissa lewis, had been murdered. and debra s exchanged husband, tony, was charged with killing. her people thought deborah s psycho ex-husband has murdered melissa, you know. it s just overwhelmed with guilt and shame. melissa s word or weighed heavily on deborah s mom as well as the mind of her boss, scott racine. but scott seemed to be rattled by something more than just melissa s murder. for some reason, after tony s arrest, rotten beefed up his own security.
full-time job. best and ever. carrie humbert is your sister. missy didn t have children herself? no she did want to have children. she wanted her career. i want her best friend debra zone marriage was in trouble and hitting the rock, separation, melissa was there for her to. playing the same great at row for deborah s for kids. the two became inseparable at work, and outside the office. she s cooking for me and the kids, and we have movie that s on saturday. after her divorce still shaking melissa started dating a little. but work not relationships would occupy her front and center. eventually her diligence paid off. in 2008 after seven years at the, from the former interned was made the first female partner. she shared with me early on, that she hoped to be a judge. monday and deborah had done wolf herself to. after all those years working as a paralegal, and keeper of the supply cabinet, her boss
villegas. before the defense rested, the judge asked tony villegas if you wanted to testify. but to testify or remain silent? we , silence. or in closing arguments, said that all evidence pointed toward. tony the pepper spray, cell phone records, and the dna. there is not one other person on the planet earth that could leave the dna on this jacket. the defense remind the jurors that the pepper spray evidence was weak and that both phone records and dna results could be manipulated. if pieces of the puzzle do not fall into place because reasonable doubt prevents them from falling into place. the jury now had the case. outside the courtroom, deborah villegas some ulises family for the first time in eight years. all these years later, and it just washed over me like it just happened, you know, that i
i was like i just did not think it was him. but cops are funny. they don t just take people s words for. things they check them out. police have identified and cleared a number of potential suspects. but now there s someone you on the radar. the revelation would rock a malicious friend deborah, why would he want to kill her? . coming up she couldn t connect the dots to put her in that garage with a. front absolutely not i remember that i couldn t even. standup wasn t able to stand on. my feet when dateline continues. ne continues. control? hide my skin? not me. by hitting eczema where it counts, dupixent helps heal your skin from within, keeping you one step ahead of eczema. and that means long-lasting clearer skin. and fast itch relief for adults. hide my skin? not me. by helping to control eczema with dupixent, you can show more with less eczema.