Romero_Trial_Transcript_8_25_04_53_2

8-25-04 Trial Transcript
16 And we had our daughter, who was between 12 and 14 at
17 the time, and I threw a mattress over her and I was just
18 crawling, crawling through my house, listening for the noises
19 so I could fire in that direction of the noises.
20 Then the footsteps ceased, they stopped, and then
21 there was this death silence until ten minutes later, when the
22 phone rang again.
23 And the voice said to me, "Doctor, this is Eliseo
24 Soto (phonetic) from the National Police." He was an
25 inspector with the National Police.
RAMIREZ AMAYA - D
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1 Q. Did he say he was from the National Police?
2 A. I knew that he was an inspector with the National Police.
3 I knew him.
4 Q. How did you know he was an inspector with the National
5 Police?
6 A. Because I knew him from childhood when my mother took him
7 in because he did not have parents, and my mother took him in
8 and helped him and she also helped him get the job at the
9 police.
10 Q. What did Eliseo Soto say?
11 A. He said to me, "Doctor, you are alive," but he was
12 surprised to know that I was alive.
13 And I answered to him, "Yes, I am happy to be alive."
14 And he said, "Don't worry. Perhaps they were just
15 trying to scare you."
16 And then I had spoken to my parents and some friends,
17 and about half an hour later, both my parents and also my
18 friends arrived at the house.
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