A CLOSE FRIEND OF THE WIFE LEVI CHAVEZ TAKES THE STAND IN THE FORMER APD COP'S MURDER TRIAL MONDAY. SAMANTHA WHEELER TESTIFIED THAT CHAVEZ'S 26 YEAR OLD WIFE, TERA, WAS "READY TO MOVE ON" IN THE LAST MONTHS OF HER LIFE. WHEELER TOLD THE COURT THAT, IN AUGUST 2007, TERA CHAVEZ ADMITTED TO HER THAT SHE'D BEEN INVOLVED WITH WHEELER'S HUSBAND.
LEVI CHAVEZ IS ACCUSED OF KILLING TERA WITH HIS DEPARTMENT-ISSUED GUN IN 2007 AT THEIR LOS LUNAS HOME … THEN TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A SUICIDE. LEVI AND TERA CHAVEZ WERE BOTH INVOLVED IN EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS.
THE CHAVEZ TRIAL IS IN ITS THIRD WEEK.
