KCCI KCCI 8 News At Noon January 13, 2016
Taking the witness stand this morning. The defense asked for a mistrial stating it would be prejudicial to the jury. The judge did eventually grant the mistrial here the polk county courthouse. We heard overwhelming applause from joe lopezs family who was inside the courtroom when this was announced. Her family did not looking one family after that happened but i spoke with them off camera. They say they are very surprised, shocked, upset. They say this is certainly not over. Lopez is on trial for the murder of nisa alvarezs child in november 2014. He says she fell out of her high chair when h...