In a verdict tat stunned seasoned court observers and attorneys, an eight-woman, four man jury returned a guilty verdict against Antonio Santos, accused of killing his wife Evelyn Santos back on October 12, 1998.
The jury, which was polled by 138th District Court Judge Arturo Nelson after he read their verdict, were apparently convinced by the case made against Santos by Assistant District Attorney Gustavo “Gus” Garza.
There were no outward shows of emotion after Nelson read the jury's verdict, but relatives of the woman hugged and cried outside in the court corridor.
According to the original police report, officers found no signs of a forced entry but a bloody crime scene inside their home. They reported finding blood and clumps of hair in what what looked like the scene of a domestic disturbance.
The jury, which was polled by 138th District Court Judge Arturo Nelson after he read their verdict, were apparently convinced by the case made against Santos by Assistant District Attorney Gustavo “Gus” Garza.There were no outward shows of emotion after Nelson read the jury's verdict, but relatives of the woman hugged and cried outside in the court corridor.
According to the original police report, officers found no signs of a forced entry but a bloody crime scene inside their home. They reported finding blood and clumps of hair in what what looked like the scene of a domestic disturbance.
Santos claimed he gave her CPR and tried to revive her by slapping her, shaking her and throwing water in her face but nothing worked. He said that he even tried to carry her but ended up having to pull her by her hair because she became heavy.
Prosecutors believed that Santos used his hand to suffocate his wife.Nelson instructed the jury to take an hour-long break after the verdict was delivered and told them to prepare for the punishment phase of the trial.
Prior to the 1998 murder accusations, Santos was under investigation by the federal government for money laundering, a crime to which he pleaded guilty. He served time in prison from 2001 until 2006.
Santos had since remarried, lived in San Antonio, and was making $90,000 a year plus bonuses before his arrest and subsequent trial cost him his job.
The jury was to return to set his sentence later today.
The jury was to return to set his sentence later today.
6 comments:
It's Santos, dummy. Also, invest your extortion money on a calculator.
Who pays an ex-con $90,000?
Maybe pay this amount someone to see his work no his life
It is curious how Saenz has chosen to resurrect these two cold cases just now.
Loose tongues say that if he wanted to clean his files, he might have started with a case involving the son of one of his Asst. DAs who was never brought to trial after he was caught taking money to lower bonds at a county office.
Luis Saenz cohorted a nice cushy deal for his niece and nephew dwi charge while the victim will be cripple for life.
He is a corrupt man he need go to jail.
I worked with him for about 4 years and was weird . You could tell there was something not right about him
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