michael romero is levi s uncle. and as the town magistrate, he performed the ceremony. the whole town is there? yes the whole town is there. it was a joyous occasion. loving couple. and together, they dropped of a life that they had. tara worked as a hairstylist but had bigger goals. she was really wanting to start her own business. her own business meeting her own salon? yes. so she approached me. i m all for it. i will be a silent partner. although, she did laugh at me. because i was not silent. levi chavez worked, long hours with an officer at the albuquerque police department. it was his dream job. in his world, police work was known as the family business. his father side was a police officer. so he had four or five uncles who was a police officer. and i was an ex police officer
from friends and family, who alleged terror felt threatened by her husband. the state had another card to play. it was time to put their cheating on full display. among the mistresses who arrived in court, katrina gourley. a verizon store clerk that levi met shortly before tara s death. they began an affair the day they met. a few weeks later, they were in bed together again, in the same home where tara had died. oh when you went to the residents, you have a sexual encounter? yes. where the children there? he said they, were but i did not see them. next, up a fellow apd officer. regina sanchez. tara had called her when she learned regina had been sleeping with levi. the nature of the phone call was to get mad at me, ask what was going on. why she upset? yes. very.
back up roses story. the jury also never heard family or friends testify that tara thought levi might hurt her, perhaps over the truck. all of that was hearsay. still, mccain s co-counsel, and keener, believe that they had much more evidence against levi and made his infidelity the centerpiece of their case. they said levi had simply grown tired of tara. how would you describe him levi chavez was a very me centered person. everything about levi is about levi. coming up, levi s lovers take the stand. when you went to the residence, did you have a sexual encounter yes, i did. one mistress, his alibi, changes are story. is there any way for you to actually know what time you got there i do not know when dateline continues. dateline continues
talk to a neurologist or migraine specialist about vyepti. learn how you could save. in june 2013, he was the trust angel in new mexico court for killing his wife, tara. he had been on bill, fired from his job as a albuquerque cop
to kill her. she didn t want me to go after her and ask. i would never do. it because i understand when she was coming from. so if you believe, that the two women in the love triangle had made peace. if you believe that. did you believe it was possible that neck or his wife and killed tara? absolutely. well let me ask you a question, did you kill her? now. i really loved her. really i did. i did. that left one more question about the man in the middle. neck. where was he that weekend tara died? well, i ll make sure the main thing i need to make sure. that you re not with the care. she was with me. he was her alibi and she was? he s pretty much yeah. and that doesn t necessarily mean anybody is lying sometimes it just works out. yeah, they were a couple. and i know by experience they spent a lot of time with friends, family, or themselves at home. the investigator says that he did not dismiss them as