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Stopped corresponding completely, and mom said she called in sick, and we were working on sunday. and we were afraid. >> he says fear made him go to the house to check on tera. >> i walked in, the house was dark. and ... -- >> do you need a break to collect yourself? >> so i walked in, and our bedroom was to the left. , with a little light on, from the tv? i could not believe what i was seeing. >> he says, he instantly knew what had happened, and that he was to blame. >> i felt, i was telling myself

And hoped to go to law schools some day. after the trial, he remained in the albuquerque area with his wife heather, his young son, and two kids he had with tera. >> levi has been an excellent husband and father. >> the court -- cordova's later decided to drop their lawsuit against their former son in law. >> we are all here to remember tera. >> a few weeks after the trial, family and friends came together to remember tera chavez on what would have been her 32nd birthday, for all of those who loved her, tera is never really that far away. >> i will be in good company, if something were to ever...

Well >> we'll, talk about, you know, making her feel happy and not cheated on? >> that is fine, okay. >> there is little to suggest that tera was latching her start to anybody. >> yes, she wanted someone to treat her life. >> the defense calls levi travis. >> now, the man who everyone agreed had treated her so wrong was going to take the stand himself. >> how do you spell your last name? levi chavez. >> he says her and tera have been living on the edge of divorce for years, and she had become lonely, and depressed. >> did she ever express, thoughts to you like, she just wanted to disappear off...

This is your fault, right here. it is your fault. because i answered the phone, and i needed a second. >> what moments were you feeling? >> guilt, that guilt as you described it. like, she was gone, and i was by myself for the first time. and they were telling me, this is all your fault. this is all your fault. >> after his emotional account of finding tera, his attorney gave levi a chance to explain away other prosecution points. that computer search for how to kill? levi told the jury, but all came from his passion for martial arts. >> i remember looking up how to rip someone's throat out, b...