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laura torres headed into court to testify about what her son's life was like at a child.he told jurors antolin torres the lived with a father who drank a 12-pack every day hit her while pregnant and threatened to kill the entire family. >> what the defendants wants to do is set the stage for the psychologist to testify about his upbringing and how that's impacted his life. but also a mother's plea to not be ignored. >> laura torres also said antolin was raised in a tiny home in sand martin and had no heat. he had little supervision because she worked two jobs. she said when she worked in strawberry fields the family was exposed to pesticides. later they testified if he is sentenced to life behind bars she is committed to bringing his young daughters to see him. >> what they're saying through the mother's testimony is that he could still have a relationship with his children. he would be behind bars, but the qualities that he has a father could be sfeextended to the kid they want to see if you execute him think about the children. >> in a new development today the defense

. >> reporter: laura torres took the witness stand today. and she was very tearful as she told jurors about antolin's abusive father and what it was like for the entire family to grow up in poverty. laura torres told jurors antolin and his siblings with her in a tiny house with no heat in sand martin. she told the jury his father drake drank a 12-pack of beer efrl day and. hit her when pregnant and threaten to kill the entire flam. >> what the defense is trying to show is the difficult child of the defendant, that he was around abuse his entire life, all of the factors did not excuse his behavior but may have affected hits behavior. >> laura torres told jurors her son was always good to her and if he is sentenced to a life behind bars she committed to bringing his young daughters to see him. >> the defense is turning the tables and saying looking at the ripple effect this will have on mr. torres's family particularly the two young children without a father if he is executed. >> torres is convicted of killing sierra lamar who disappeared more

today laura torres testified about the volatile and impoverished environment young antolin was raised in. torres saying she was beaten by garcia torres' alcoholic father. at one point she said her husband tried to strangle her with her own waist-length hair. legal analyst steven clark says her testimony was powerful. steven clark/legal analyst<" it is obvious what the defense wants to show here is that antolin garcia torres had a very difficult childhood and was someone who was around abuse his entire life and while that doesn't excuse hi, it might have effected his behavior and that is what the defense wants this jury to cling to...">(steve) garcia torres' mother also testifying about working in the fields when she was pregnant with antolin as the defense strategy heads toward suggesting that exposure to farm chemicals is somehow related to the murder of sierra lamar. (steve) in san francisco. police say a woman was arrested after trying to snatch a child out of his mother's arms(pam) it happened just after nine- this morning .... inside the citys ferry building. (pam) police say, by

laura torres, the woman in pink, on the left, mother of antolin garcia torres, took the stand. speaking through tears and by way of an interpretor, she told the jury about her struggles raising antolin and his siblings amid poverty and domestic violence. the defense also raising her and her son's possible exposure to farm chemicals as an issue for the jury to consider. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news (pam) time to check the forecast.. chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now... (steve) she'll let us know what's ahead for the week.. .as expected temperatures are running cooler for all locations away from the coast today with many spots 5 to 12 degrees less than values from sunday. current readings show a wide range from 50s and 60s to parts of the coast with 70s and 80s inland. still a few hours of heating, so would expect the warmest inland spots to again get into the 90s, however the number of locations should be less than yesterday. satellite shows widespread clouds along the water and with the minor onshore flow expected to continue, likely that many of the local

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the first witness for the defense was laura torres, his mother. the defense attorney, brian matthews, asked questions about the move from mexico with her family, living conditions and also the abuse she took at the hands of her husband, and at one point, laura started crying on the stand. her husband is currently in prison for child molestation. this comes after the prosecution witnesses took the stand last week with impact statements from family and friends of sierra. the defense is expected to call the mother of torres' two kids. abc 7 news. >> matt, thank you. >>> developing news in san francisco this morning where police look for suspects in a home invasion that escalated into an officer involved shooting. police arrived at a home at 11:00 last night as officers prepared to search the residence, several sus pickpect out the back. one fired at officer and one officer returned fire. >> at this time, there are no known injuries, result of the exchange of gunfire. from what i hear, though, it was harrowing, very, very close call for the officers t

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laura torres says her son antolin garcia-torres was a good son but endured a harsh childhood with an abusivive 4th. she wept as she described being terrorized and beaten by her husband when she was pregnant with antolin. when antolin's father went to jail for the first time, this was middle supervision of antolin because she was working. his father was convicted of raping his younger sister. the defense is expected to call a psychologist to the witness stand who could testify about how antolin garcia-torres was troubled by his childhood. >>> california plans to roll out a limited version of its earthquake warning system next year. an extra $10 million in federal funding is helping researchers install more earthquake sensor stations in the ground. particularly in the rural areas of northern california. the roll out could happen in stages with schools or private companies first. eventually people could receive alerts on their phones and computers. a prototype gave san francisco an 8 second warning of the napa 80 in 2014. >>> a reality check to bring a single payer healthcare program to

today laura torres talked about the living conditions and the abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband. the jurors heard from the prosecution last week and are deciding whether to give them death penalty or life in prison without parole. >>> turning now to look at the weather. take a look at this video from drone view 7 over treasure island today. blue skies. nice warm temperatures. >> looking good. it was sunny and warm. a cooldown is coming. >> the cooldown has already begun in some bay area spots. as we look at the 24-hour temperature change, some areas like novato, palo alto, are a few degrees cooler than this time yesterday but it is warmer by 2 degrees in fairfield and 2 degrees cooler in half moon 63 degrees san francisco. 76, mountain view, 81, san jose. 57 at half moon bay. 84 in santa rosa, 80 in napa, 93 in livermore. we've got lots of heat. as we look at the temperature drop, the fog pushes out over the bay, that's a clue, cooler days to come. >> thank you. >>> oroville, crews are trying to repair the spillway. on friday, officials closed the main spillway for the s

reporter marianne favro is there as we speak tweeting live as she reports that garcia-torres' mother laura torres was on the stand saying she was exposed to pesticides and how his father was a violent man and drank a 12 pack of beer a day and at one point threatened to kill the entire family. a lead detective in the trial gave false evidence in another trial. marianne favro will continue following this case for our 5:00 and 6:00 news. >>> hopping raappening right no police continues for a chase of suspects wanted for a robbery and also for an assault with a deadly weapon. just before 6:00 on saturday night the suspects led police on a chase that ended just off blossom hill road right across from a local high school, grove high school. police thought the suspects were holed up inside of a home and had it surrounded in a standoff that led well into the morning. when finally got inside the house it turned out that the suspects weren't inside. right now to the east bay andnent antioch and an investigation under way after a marijuana grow -- a house having a marijuana grow caught fire. it took about a

torres from the death penalty. good morning. >> good morning to you, laura. we can expect antolin garcia torres will likely never be a free man again. the question now is whether he'll spend the rest of his life on death row or whether he'll spend the of his life in prison. in this penalty phase, it's expected both sides will lean very heavily on emotions. his attorneys want the jury to consider his point up to this point, include the domestic violence and incest that happened in his home when he was a child, and the sabta clara county district attorney's office will talk about the impact sierra lamar's kidnapping and killing has had on her family. >> this is no longer about guilt or innocence. this is now about emotion and the impact of this crime on sierra lamar's family. >> four documents were filed for today, including the district attorney's request for own separate psychological evaluation of tan olingarcia torres. the defense positi's oppositiont violates his right to remain silent, and the d.a.'s motion opposing a doctor's testimony regarding the impac

laura. lawyers for antolin garcia torres pleaded with the jury to show him some mercy.w his two young daughters to grow up with their father, though that might be behind bars. now, those calls for mercy were among the last things the jury heard from the attorneys before the judge gave them their instructions explaining what they needed to consider as they decided between jail for the rest of antolin sea torres' life or sending him to death row. our legal analyst was there as the defense painted a picture of a man shaped by violence and poverty, but he also says that the prosecutor for the district attorney's office painted a different picture of a family in pain. >> what the prosecution tried to do in this closing statement was remind the jury of the horror that the sierra lamar murder case involved and the horror that continues with her family not knowing what truly happened to her and the fact that they do not know where she is. >> now, it took the jury just 12 hours to decide that antolin garcia torres was guilty of the kidnapping and killing of sierra lamar. when th

laura. the biggest question of all is will this jury convict antolin garcia torres of murder?hose there is no body. no body was ever found for sierra lamar. the court told us to be ready here at 9:00. we know that they have two courtrooms inside ready for the number of people who want to hear this verdict in person as it's read at 9:00 this morning. today, sierra lamar's family won't get more answers than they already have about what happened to sierra she left home for the bus stop five years ago, but the family may find the jury believes there iszv enough evidence against her accused killer even without her body. wh one of sierra lamar's best friends, now a 20-year-old woman herself, says the verdict isn't the only thing she and the family want. >> there's still going to be that, like, lingering question of what happened to her. like, we get it, like, this could have happened and this possibly most likely did happen. >> prosecutors hung their case on sierra lamar's dna evidence found in his car and his dna found obher clothing. in garcia torres' defense, theo lawyers tried

torres and his defense team. good morning, kris. >> good morning to you, laura. we know the jury will reconvene at the hall of justice next tuesday. but today, antolin garcia torres's lawyer along with the lawyer from the district attorney's office will gather less than a day after antolin garcia torres was convicted of killing and kidnapping sierra lamar and trying to kidnap three other women. we also talked with the families as they were walking out of the courthouse yesterday, less than an hour after the guilty verdicts came down. sierra lamar's mother marlene did not want to talk about whether garcia torres should get the death penalty, but it is one option. the lead prosecutor told us he would not comment out of respect for the process. but the nbc bay area legal analyst who himself has been in that same position before, explained that the death penalty offers a powerful bargaining chip that could be cashed in to find sierra lamar's body. >> that process requires respecting the jury's decision and to be free from any interference, there can be no further comm

torres murder trial. kris sanchez joins alive outside the hall of justice this morning. good morning. >> good morning, laura. there are two things that will not happen today. antolin garcia torres will not take the stand in his own defense, and we will not hear from the detective who was discredited in another case, and that testimony that put him under fire in this particular case. now, before the four-day break, jurors heard emotional testimony from antolin garcia torres' own mother who testified about the poverty and violence that were part of his early life. the judge only allowed some part of that kind of testimony. before that, the jury also heard from sierra lamar's parents, her sister and friends, who told them what life was like for them since garcia torres kidnapped and killed the 15-year-old. another thing that could be in play today, though, is an exchange of information. if garcia torres reveals where sierra lamar's body can be found, he could spare himself from death row, but up to this point, his lawyers have maintained that he did not kidnap and kill her. the jury had a four-day break away f

torres, and we have been watching it closely. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam and laura. today will mark the first full day of jury deliberations in the trial of garcia torres when a panel of six men and six women meet later at the hall of justice. they'll weigh both sides presented to them during trial that lasted for three months. and will try to decide whether or not to convict garcia torres for the kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old sierra lamar who disappeared on the way to her bus stop in morgan hill in march of 2012. do they believe the prosecution, which presented evidence that the suspect's dna was found on lamar's clothes and lamar's dna in the suspect's car, or do they side with the defense which questioned whether lamar is actually still alive given the fact her body has never been found. a santa clara university lawfessor tells us it could take the jury quite some time to come back with a verdict. >> could take at a minimum several days. but it could even take longer for them to work through the evidence. and some of it depends on whether or not there's any

mother of convicted killer antolin garcia-torres is a pleading with the jury that is deciding his fate to spare his life. the case is now in the penalty phase and lauragarcia was on the witness stand in san jose yesterday. she cried as she testified that her ex-husband was verbally and physically abusive. garcia-torres was found guilty of kidnapping and killing 15- year-old sierra lamar of morgan hill. the jury must decide if he should get the death penalty or be sentenced to life in prison without parole. >>> police in palo alto released a photo of a man wanted for robbing a bank of america yesterday afternoon. authorities say the man went to the bank on linton avenue just after 1 pm, handed the teller a note demanding money and ran off with an undisclosed amount of cash. no weapon was seen or mentioned and the robber, there is photo, described as african-american, 5 feet, 160 pounds. he was wearing wraparound glasses to hide part of his face. >>> police in oakland are investigating a stabbing at embiid donald's were two men were hurt. this happened after 4 am yesterday afternoon near 98th avenue and international boulevard. police say is started wi

. >> laura garcia was on the witness stand most the day in the penalty phase of the murder trial. she testified that her exhusband was physically abusive. she said garcia torres abused her. jurors have to decide between life without patrol or death. >>> the senate intelligence committee in the russian interference in the election, flynn may have lied to investigators by not disclosing payments from russia. sources said he wants to testify but only in exchange for immunity. >> people want to make a big deal that you are hiding something. that isn't the case. they are listening to a competent lawyer. you should have protection. >> they are troubled by the washington post. trump pressed two top officials in march to deny any collusion between the russians and trump. >> the president was in israel today. the president said he did not reveal the source to russian diplomats. >> the first president to visit the wall. working together to peace. the president specifically hoping to restart peace talks between israel and palestine. >> we can achieve a more peaceful future for this region and for people of all faiths and all beliefs. >> netanyahu candid about the obama

laura. today being day two of jury deliberations in the trial of antolin garcia torres here at the hall of justice. according to a santa clara university law professor we spoke with, she tells us one issue expected to weigh heavily in the jurors' decision making process, the fact that sierra lamar's body has never bib found. >> there's no crime scene, no weapon. the jury has to put a lot of pieces together. >> the defense has tried to argue that sierra lamar was not abducted five years ago on the way to her school bus stop in morgan hill, that instead she ran away and is still alive. during the three-week trial, the prosecution presented evidence of garcia torres's dna on her clothes, which happened to be found in a field in morgan hill, and her dna in his car. the jury is expected to take several days to deliberate and come back with a verdict. if they find garcia torres guilty, they then must decide whether or not to sentence him to death. if the verdict is not guilty, garcia torres could never be tried again in lamar's death, even if there's new evidence. bob redell, today in the bay. >>> new t

laura, and it has been emotional. and jurors post recently heard from antolin garcia torres' own mother who testified about the extreme poverty and violence he saw in the home as he was growing up. the judge only allowed some of that kind of testimony in order to appeal to the jury's sympathy, it had to be related to domestic violence. before that, the jury also heard from sierra lamar's parents. her sister, her friends, who told them what life is like for them since garcia torres kidnapped and killed the 15-year-old. another thing that could be in play is an exchange of information. we have talked about this before. if garcia torres reveals where sierra lamar's body could be found, he could spare himself from death row. up to this point, his lawyers have maintained he did not kidnap and kill her. now, the jury had a four-day weekend away from this courthouse. they have been here and very committed for a very long time. they had four days where they didn't have to talk about the case, but certainly, they were likely to have thought about it. we do know that garcia torres will not be testifying on his own behalf in thi

laura garcia-cannon. >> we brought you the verdict during breaking news special report in our 9:00 hour. antolin garcia-torres found guilty on all four charges, murder and kidnapping of sierra lamar and three additional charges of attempted kidnapping during a carjacking from incidents with other women. >> we have a team of reporters at the hall of justice and analysts here in the newsroom. >> let's start with nbc bay area's kris sanchez who has been covering this story for years. you spoke to sierra lamar's mother marlene shortly after that verdict was handed down. >> reporter: right. good morning to you, sam and laura. the interesting contrast today was the speed with which this jury reached that guilty verdict and the months of time that this case spent in courtrooms and the five long years since sierra lamar disappeared on her way to that bus stop back in 2012. when i talked with marlene lamar about half an hour ago as she was leaving the courthouse to go home, i heard in her voice the same emotion that i heard five years ago had she was talking about her daughter having disappeared. >> pretty much we had

trial of antolin garcia torres has heard testimonyabout how he was raised by parents who were farm workers and lived in houses with holes in the walls, near the fields. his mother laura testified about how she was pregnant with antolin when she picked strawberries in an around morgan hill. today, the defense called in a toxicologist who said that it's possible garcia torres might have been exposed by those chemicals although he couldn't say to what extent he might have been effected. if the jury believes that he suffers from from a condition caused by exposure to pesticides, that could be a mitigation factor that warrants not sentencing him to the death penalty says former prosecutor steven clark.steven clark/legal analyst" because he has nothing to do do with that toxic exposure and under those circumstances the jury might be thinking that is something he couldn't help. the expert testimony is designed to go after his mental state and say that he didn't have a normal childhood and was subjected to toxics that might have effected his decision making and brain function at a very organic level..."rob fladeboe/san jose " away from the jury today, the judge denied a defe

. >>> the mother ever garcia- torres who was convicted of killing sierra lamar is pleading with the jury to spare his life. the case is now in the penalty phase. laurarcia was on the witness stand in san jose most of the day yesterday and cried as she testified that her ex-husband was verbally and physically abusive. garcia-torres was found guilty of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar. the jury must decide if he should get the death penalty or life in prison without parole. >>> the wife of an al media sheriff's deputy is due in court today in connection with a deadly d. i crash that killed a 3-year-old boy. accused of slamming into a car that was parked on the shoulder of 680 in san ramon in september. 3-year-old dunn was killed. the woman is being charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence. earlier this month, she was also arrested for public intoxication in pleasant i don't know. >>> the time is 7:39. a bay area woman is suing b.a.r.t. over one of its apps, claiming that app individes users' privacy. pamela moreno of albany says the bark watch app that was released in 2014 secretly collects informa

laura garcia-cannon. just about 90 minutes from now, jurors in the antolin garcia torres murder trial is expected to revealheir verdict. this is a case that has gripped the bay area for five years. that's when sierra lamar disappeared on her way to school. her body was never found. jurors deliberated for about two days before reaching their verdict late yesterday. their announcement has been put on hold until 9:00 this morning. nbc bay area will break into network coverage at that time to bring you a live special report. >> as we wait for that, let's check in with kari hall. >> we have a clear start on this tuesday morning. looking live over san jose. it's going to be a cool start, but then to see those temperatures making it into the 80s this afternoon. we'll see that 81 degrees by 4:00 and at 8:00 this evening, 69 degrees. upper 60s for san francisco and then cooling down for the next several days. some breezy winds and a mix of sun and clouds. we'll also start to see the morning fog rroheturning by tomorrow, and 83 degrees will be the high inland today, but then it will be slightly cooler with a stronge

laura and sam. in just over three hours here at the hall of justice in san jose, the prosecution will try to convince the jury to convict antolin garcia torres in the murder of sierra lamar, a 15-year-old girl who was abducted and murdered on her way to her school bus stop five years ago in morgan hill. then the defense will get its final chance to plant a seed of reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury to convince them to return a verdict of not guilty. the trial did wrap up yesterday at the hall of justice after three months of testimony. the judge confirmed with garcia torres that he would not be testifying in his own defense. his response in court yesterday, quote, nothing has changed. even though lamar's body has never been found, the prosecution presented other physical evidence that might link garcia torres her disappearance, including dna found in his car and dna on her clothes, which were recovered in a field near her home. the last person called to the stand was a digital evidence forensic examiner for the sheriff's office who testified about lamar's final activity on her e-mail and social media accounts. and surveillance cameras

garcia torres and his lawyers as he's getting ready to be sentenced for kidnapping and killing sierra lamar. >> a good wednesday morning to you. thank you for starting your day with us. i'm lauracia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. about 30 minutes ago, we saw the

torres will be put to death. >> kris sanchez live at the hall of justice with a final plea from defense attorneys to try to save his life. good morning, kris. >> good morning to you, laura and sam. his lawyer pleaded with the jury to consider his upbringing, a violent childhood, and to ask them to show mercy and not strip his two young daughters of an opportunity to know their father. that was one of the last things that the jury heard before the judge gave them their instructions, explaining what they had to consider as they decide garcia torres going to jail for the rest of his life or to death row. our legal analyst was there as well as the defense painting a picture of a man shaped by violence and poverty. >> he was someone who suffered as a juvenile growing up with a lot of hardships, and that could have led to the decisions he made. he's not someone who had been spending his whole entire life committing crimes. >> coming up at 6:00, i'll show you what the district attorney's office presented to the jury to counter that argument. it did take the jury about 12 hours to decide that he was guilty of the murder and kidnapping of sierra lamar and the attempted kidnappin

laura garcia cannon. the last phase of the trial is set to begin today for sierra lamar's killer. jurors will begin hearing the penalty phase in antolin garcia torresh penalty or life in prison. the same jury convicted garcia-torres for kidnapping and murdering sierra lamar five years ago. it is expected both sides will lean heavily on emotion during this phase of the trial and defense attorneys will argue to spare garcia-torres from death by outlining some of the details in what they're called his troubled life growing up. >>> time now to switch gears. check the morning commute with mike. >> behind me in the last five minutes we've seen the toll plaza really clear up from richmond heading to san raffle. just after our last report they cleared all lanes. a pretty quick recovery from the east bay to the san rafael side. lighter traffic around the bay. earlier crash at bay bridge presented not much of a problem. a smooth drive across san mateo, done barton and north and west, but nothing major down here a crash from0 to 85. back to you, laura. >> thank you very much. we'll be back with another local news update in a half hour. hope to see you then. h

laura garcia-cannon. a short time frau now, jurors will resume deliberation in the high-profile criminal trial tied to the sierra lamar murder case. closing arguments wrapped up yesterday in antolin garcia torres'sder case. prosecutors argued garcia torres kidnapped lamar while she headed to school and later killed her. the defense claims since lamar's body was never found, she likely ran away. if convicted, garcia torres faces the death penalty. >>> right now, things developing in the weather department. we're cooling down. >> yes, in a major way because we have a lot of of clouds moving in. also a cold front across the bay area. it's going to be windy with a lot of clouds and peeks of sunshine for the south bay. as you head out now, 57 degrees and 56 in the east bay. highs reaching into the low 70s. some times of sun but also mostly cloudy skies in the tri-valley, a high of 73 degrees. coming down from the 80 yesterday. and san francisco will be at a windy 64 degrees. over the next couple days. we'll continue on with some gusty winds, and also some fresh breezes. our temperatures will be closer to average for this time of year. let's get an update on how the roads are moving with mike. >> over