By David Lohr

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Following their expert witnesses, the prosecution called Gabriela Vanessa Sobalvarro to the stand.  Gabriela and Doris had been close friends, and she testified that she had called Eric on his cell phone at 2:43 p.m. and told him about Doris' murder.

Doris' mother then took the stand and testified that Eric's family had offered to pay her $1 million dollars to drop the charges against him — a claim his family vehemently denies.  After her brief testimony, a Hertz rental car employee testified that he had delivered a car to Eric's house on the day of the murder, but he said Eric was not present at the time of the delivery.  He also said a friend of Eric's had approached him and asked him to testify that he had seen Eric when he delivered the car.

The last person to testify for the prosecution was Lopez-Danglas.  He related the same story he had given to police in regard to seeing Eric at the scene and receiving money to place bags in a nearby car.

Managua Skyline

The defense had assembled ten witnesses to testify that Eric was in Managua at the time of the murder; however, the court would only allow four witnesses, including Eric himself, to testify.

Eric Volz

The first to testify on Eric's behalf was Ricardo Castillo, a Nicaraguan journalist who has worked with both the BBC and The Washington Post.  According to Ricardo, he had met with Eric on the day of the murder, and the two were in a meeting from about noon until 2 p.m.

Following Ricardo, Nick Purdy, an American journalist, testified on Eric's behalf.  Nick said that on the day of the murder, he had a conference call with Eric and Ricardo from 12:19 to 1:14 p.m.  The defense also presented instant message texts, showing that Eric and Nick had been messaging each other throughout the morning and afternoon.

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