A potential bombshell in the case of a former Fresno paralegal accused of killing a man and dismembering his body. Wednesday, a potentially damaging witness came forward, as images of the crime emerge.
Jurors watched chilling images linked to the five year old killing that 55 year old Brian Waldron has admitted to committing. The prosecution showed autopsy photos of 21 year old Jonathan Taylor. His body was found dismembered and buried in a shallow grave deep in the foothills. The alleged weapons used to kill Taylor and cut up his body were also presented.
Waldron is charged with beating Taylor to death and then mutilating his body inside a bathtub back in 2008. The prosecution says it was cold blooded murder, pointing to evidence like a list of cleaning products to prove the defendant tried to cover up his crime.
Fresno police crime scene investigator Brian Heck says, "There are items like carpet cleaner, clorox, stain remover."
Then, another witness took the stand; William Hawes, a former co-worker of Waldron. In riveting testimony, he claimed five years before the crime, Waldron said he wanted to get rid of a neighborhood kid who was pestering him.
Hawes says, "He wanted to hit in the back of the head, drag him to the bathroom ,chop him up."
Waldron's attorney, Jim Lambe, says his client is not guilty of anything other than self defense. According to Lambe, Taylor was a criminal who was high on methamphetamine. Waldron has admitted he was drunk the night of the incident, but claims Taylor was a bulldog gang member who entered his apartment uninvited and attacked him. He says he cut up, and disposed of Taylor's body because he was afraid of the backlash from other bulldog gang members.