El Paso: ex-girlfriend says body dumped in desert
EL PASO, TX
Testimony was to resume Thursday in the El Paso murder trial of
30-year-old David Marmolejo.
The body of 54-year-old Gloria Huerta Marmolejo was discovered
in July 2009 in the desert. An autopsy revealed she was strangled.
Mariah Wilson, who is the defendant's step-sister, testified
Wednesday that she helped him clean the murder scene at the
Marmolejo home. Wilson also told jurors that she was with
Marmolejo, driving to the Santa Teresa desert, where the body was
dumped.
Prosecutors have granted Wilson immunity, in exchange for her
testimony. She said she feared Marmolejo, but decided in March to
tell authorities what happened.
