Fiancée speaks out after ex-boyfriend shoots and kills her husband-to-be: 'My whole world was taken away'
Flags were also going up for Detective Weaver. He believed he now had a prime suspect in Patrick's death. And, Weaver had an idea; now was the time for Jessica to return Bender's calls and investigators would listen in.DET. WEAVER: OK, call him and put him on speakerphone.Detective Weaver was hopeful Bender might say something to implicate himself:GREGORY BENDER: What are you talking about?It was a tense, awkward moment.
Volusia County Prosecutor Ashley Terwilleger says learning about the murder plan was a potential game changer — if investigators could find it. : So, the next day, February 28 of 2018, they execute the search warrant at Gregory Bender's home in Orange County, Florida, in Windemere. With the murder plan in hand, Weaver had a powerful case against Bender. And with the discovery of this ammunition, there was now a direct link to those unique bullet shells found at the scene. Remember, Patrick was shot four times with that type of unique ammo, but only two shell casings were recovered at the crime scene. That's what made another discovery by investigators at Bender's house so important.Det.
And.using undercover video shot by a private eye, they plan to challenge Jessica on the stand about the real nature of her relationship with Greg Bender. Prosecutor Ashley Terwilliger is now the voice Patrick's loved ones had longed for as she began her opening statement. Jurors learned that Bender went to extraordinary lengths to poison Jessica and Patrick's relationship. On secretly recorded video, it appears Bender and Jessica are at lunch, and then a week later at a restaurant enjoying dinner, just a few months after she started dating Patrick. Jurors learned that Gregory Bender went to extraordinary lengths to poison Jessica and Patrick's relationship.
RICHARD PARKER [to Jessica]: Did Max De La Cerda comment in a very positive way regarding your appearance? DEFENSE [to Max De La Cerda]: Would you say you had a good relationship with her?That led to a combative cross examination when Max took the stand. MAX DE LA CERDA: It might be mine, sir. I'm constantly on the go. I work here, I work there, I don't keep track of phones, I don't keep track of time. … so, what point are you trying to make? I don't know!: They wanted to blame it on Max and you can tell … he's angry that his son was killed unnecessarily, violently, horrifically and now he has to be in a room with his son's killer.
ANDY URBANAK: He couldn't take that Jessica left him and wouldn't come back to him because of Patrick De La Cerda. And Jessica Devnani still wears that very engagement ring, in honor of a marriage that never took place. Jessica Devnani and Patrick De La Cerda's family are angry about the restraining order because they believe it failed to save Patrick's life. But now, Patrick's loved ones huddle together, hoping finally, three years after Patrick's murder, the jury will give them justice.
Remember that during the trial, the defense shamefully tried to suggest that Max may have been involved in his son's murder.
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