COULD YOU CONVICT THIS FATHER? David Barajas Murder Trial

[HairOfTheDog]

He either watches a lot of tv, got really lucky, or possibly he's an international hit man.

Or, he was just focused on what he wanted to do and had help in covering it up.

Moments after the accident when the the teens arrived on the scene, Barajas told them "not to let them go" -- referring to whomever was in the car -- and the teens parked their car in front of Banda's. That's when the teens say that Barajas disappeared from the scene for 3 minutes, came back and approached Banda's car. After which, the teens and the cafeteria worker heard gunshots.

The two responding officers "forgot" to include in their police reports the fact that shots were fired at a fatal accident and murder crime scene?

Aside from the exact details, its not really a mystery in my mind what went down that night. A few people decided that Banda deserved the death penalty and his executioner didn't deserve to face legal consequences for delivering it. Quickly -- everybody agrees that they didn't see the shooting, somebody takes and ditches a gun, somebody gets rid of home surveillance video (if it was even functioning at that time). It's not difficult, even that moron Aaron Hernandez -- with a little help from his friends -- managed to accomplish all of that immediately after (allegedly) committing murder.

Gun powder residue washes off with hot water and soap or after about 48 hours. Barajas was taken to the hospital directly from the scene where he was probably cleaned thoroughly with disinfectant. I don't know how long it was between the accident and the time the residue tests were administered, but unless they were done before that (which I doubt, considering there was no warrant), it doesn't surprise me that the test results came back negative, even if Barajas pulled the trigger.

While I still think it's possible that the shooter was one of the cops (though it's more likely to me that they just advised and assisted Barajas in destroying evidence after-the-fact) or one of the witnesses, it's far more likely to me that Barajas retrieved an unregistered gun from his home or glove box and used it to kill his sons' killer.

Since I still have reasonable doubt however, I couldn't vote for a guilty verdict if I were on the jury.