Officer Tells Court Man Confessed To Shooting

Villacorta testified that she and a family member have received three letters from Landero-Pons since his arrest.

In the first one, she said, Landero-Pons wrote that he "did it for me" because "I love you" and that "I should forgive him for what he had done." She said she read parts of the letter hurriedly before tearing it up and throwing it in the trash.

Villacorta said she gave the two other letters to investigators. In one, which was read in court Thursday, Landero-Pons allegedly wrote, "If the police ask you anything about me, don't tell them anything. They are looking for information to see what they can do to me."

There were a couple of odd moments during Villacorta's testimony.

When Morgan asked her whether she could see Landero-Pons in the courtroom, she said, "No," although he was sitting directly in front of her, about 15 feet away.

About 20 minutes later, Morgan asked again whether she could identify Landero-Pons. Villacorta stood up, looked around and said, "I don't see him."

Morgan then asked the judge whether she would allow Villacorta to leave the witness stand to look for the defendant.

Then, pointing to Landero-Pons, Villacorta said, "Oh. This one. Right here."

She said she hadn't noticed him before because his head had been bowed.