as for jay cochran, he kept his promise two days after his wife died.was here in the courtroom, sitting front and center trying to catch the eye of her accused killer. >> he didn't see linda's face. he's going to see my face, time and time again. >> reporter: minutes after seeing the man who allegedly mowed down his wife, jay cochran told us why he felt he needed to be in the front row. >> i'm going to be here every time there is a hearing or any event taking place for that defendant. i'm going to be here. and linda will be with me. >> reporter: 65-year-old linda cochran was killed on tuesday, on a morning walk. cochran just retired, a mother of five, a primary care giver for the couple's two disabled sons. >> my wife -- continuously thought about the family first. >> reporter: the 26-year-old did not enter a plea to charges of murder, vehicular manslaughter and felony evading. police say one of their officers chased the speeding blue cam yaro seconds before it hit cochran, smashed through a fence, and drove several hundred yards off the delta view golf

as for jay cochran, he kept his promise two days after his wife died.was here in the courtroom, sitting front and center trying to catch the eye of her accused killer. >> he didn't see linda's face. he's going to see my face, time and time again. >> reporter: minutes after seeing the man who allegedly mowed down his wife, jay cochran told us why he felt he needed to be in the front row. >> i'm going to be here every time there is a hearing or any event taking place for that defendant. i'm going to be here. and linda will be with me. >> reporter: 65-year-old linda cochran was killed on tuesday, on a morning walk. cochran just retired, a mother of five, a primary care giver for the couple's two disabled sons. >> my wife -- continuously thought about the family first. >> reporter: the 26-year-old did not enter a plea to charges of murder, vehicular manslaughter and felony evading. police say one of their officers chased the speeding blue cam yaro seconds before it hit cochran, smashed through a fence, and drove several hundred yards off the delta view golf

. >> jay cochran's wife linda went out for a daily stroll on tuesday morning and never came back. >> i'm here to make sure that there's as much justice as we can get. >> an officer spotted him driving erratically. the 26-year-old concord man trying to outrun the cops. instead, he slammed into the 65-year-old mother of five walking on the sidewalk on the road next to the golf course in pittsburg. >> he's behind bars. i feel good about that. >> chavez left the woman for dead. he slammed his black camaro into this fence and drove through the golf course and ditched his car and took on foot. he was arrested on the same street jay and his wife lived on. she was the primary care-giver for the two adult disabled children. >> my wife continuously thought about the family first. >> at the time of the crash, he was driving without a license and was on probation for a dui arrest in august. after according to court records, nearly three times the legal limit. four weeks ago, a judge ordered him to attend dui education classes starting on april 1st. for nine months. it's unclear if he ever went.