her. Wallace reiterated account of Wagner holding a gun in her mouth, and the fact Fernandes’ that Wagner kept loaded guns in the house. After death, Fernandes confided to Wallace Wagner’s that Wagner had beaten her on the day of the stabbing. When Wallace asked Fernandes why she had never confided before, Fernandes stated that Wagner had threatened to hurt her and her daughter if she talked to anyone about the abuse. Prior to the incident on May 7, 2014, however, neither Brandon nor Wallace had concerns for safety, or the safety of Angelina. Fernandes’ From April through June 2015, the fourth and final grand jury considered the evidence in this case. Again, as with the prior grand jury proceedings, the grand jury minutes from the previous grand juries were entered into the record. The Commonwealth also entered into evidence, inter three statements from the neighbors, video recorded interview, photographs alia, Fernandes’ showing the bruising on arm and face, and twenty-two text messages exchanged Fernandes’ between Fernandes and Wagner. One of the texts from Wagner stated, you are in “Everyday Vegas, why? gonna fucking kill text from Wagner gonna be I’m you.” Another said, “You’re fucking sorry for leaving In another text, Wagner stated, at home me.” “You don’t [slave] everyday, fucking done, wait till you get home you’re bitch.” The fourth grand jury also heard testimony from Detective Baez and Detective Joseph Essex from both and (“Detective Essex”) regarding information recovered Fernandes’ Wagner’s cellphones found at the scene of the homicide and at home. In a 2013 text Fernandes’ mother’s from Wagner to Fernandes, Wagner wrote that Fernandes is to be and that she better “going sorry” The grand jury also heard from Detective Essex about a text Fernandes sent to “watch [sic].” Wagner not normal to say that he would saying “it’s beat her.” Finally, the Commonwealth presented substantial evidence from family and Wagner’s friends about good reputation. sister and friends described him as a Wagner’s Wagner’s “good”
her. Wallace reiterated Fernandes’ account of Wagner holding a gun in her mouth, and the fact that Wagner kept loaded guns in the house. After Wagner’s death, Fernandes confided to Wallace that Wagner had beaten her on the day of the stabbing. When Wallace asked Fernandes why she had never confided before, Fernandes stated that Wagner had threatened to hurt her and her daughter if she talked to anyone about the abuse. Prior to the incident on May 7, 2014, however, neither Brandon nor Wallace had concerns for Fernandes’ safety, or the safety of Angelina. From April through June 2015, the fourth and final grand jury considered the evidence in this case. Again, as with the prior grand jury proceedings, the grand jury minutes from the previous grand juries were entered into the record. The Commonwealth also entered into evidence, inter alia, three statements from the neighbors, Fernandes’ video recorded interview, photographs showing the bruising on Fernandes’ arm and face, and twenty-two text messages exchanged between Fernandes and Wagner. One of the texts from Wagner stated, “Everyday you are in Vegas, why? I’m gonna fucking kill you.” Another text from Wagner said, “You’re gonna be fucking sorry for leaving me.” In another text, Wagner stated, “You don’t [slave] at home everyday, you’re fucking done, wait till you get home bitch.” The fourth grand jury also heard testimony from Detective Baez and Detective Joseph Essex (“Detective Essex”) regarding information recovered from both Fernandes’ and Wagner’s cellphones found at the scene of the homicide and at Fernandes’ mother’s home. In a 2013 text from Wagner to Fernandes, Wagner wrote that Fernandes is “going to be sorry” and that she better “watch [sic].” The grand jury also heard from Detective Essex about a text Fernandes sent to Wagner saying “it’s not normal to say that he would beat her.” Finally, the Commonwealth presented substantial evidence from Wagner’s family and friends about Wagner’s good reputation. Wagner’s sister and friends described him as a “good”
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