He has full custody of his two children, according to Teras parents Joseph and Theresa Cordova. Serna said his client was a victim of an overly aggressive former detective and 'lies' from local media outlets, although none reported Serna ever requesting for a retraction or correction from any stories since 2007. The murder trial eventually took place in the summer of 2013 and lasted a total of 21 days of testimony and two days of deliberation, KOAT wrote. Levi was initially charged with murdering his wife with his police issued Glock and making it appear as a suicide. Chavez alleged malicious prosecution, malicious abuse of process, defamation, and outrageous conduct, court documents show. Former APD officer Levi Chavez is accused of killing his wife Tera. Levi Chavez's alibi in question - KOAT According to several local coverages, the news of his admission to the university inspired mixed reactions from alumni and other students. Levi Chavez Now: Where Is Tera Chavez's Husband Today? lmao. Recruiting was all about quantity not quality. She won't be around long. Levi can never get any City, State or Federal job again. Levi was initially charged with murdering his wife with his police issued Glock and making it appear as a suicide. Indeed, the records appeared to show that Levi Chavezs cellphone was in Valencia County early on Oct. 19 and that he was on Albuquerques West Side, where he was working a swing shift for APD, later that day. He gets on the stand and attempts to cry like the bi**h that he is. She was an indoor girl, kind of girly. The past six years with good reason was probably a hell for Levi. Today's online edition of the "London Mail" has a front page story on the "Casanova Cop" complete with several color pictures. The Murder of Tera Chavez It's Crime O Clock Somewhere They also said hed had other affairs, including with some of the neighbors and other Albuquerque police officers. Eye, why don't you ever mention the crowd of APD cops who went and trampled all over the crime scene in Los Lunas (out of their jurisdiction) anymore? 'Justice was not served,' Joseph Cordova, the father of Tera Chavez, said after listening to the verdict with his wife. Dust to dust? Cty. Former police officer acquitted of murder in wife's death - NBC News The Eye On Albuquerque does not read through each comment for accuracy, Eye On Albuquerque does not edit nor does the Eye On Albuquerque pre-moderate any comments. In the criminal case against him, prosecutors wanted. Defense tries to shift suspicion from Chavez - Albuquerque Journal Well this whole case is like peeling an onion. Hes an APD cop. Instead, only the audio position of the recording was played in court. none other than Ray Schultz. After more than 10 hours of deliberations, a jury acquitted Levi Chavez, 32, of murdering of his wife, 26-year-old Tera Chavez, in 2007 and trying to make the hairdresser's death look like. During the gap, Keener asked, You have no idea where the cellphone of Mr. Chavez was?. However, as Dateline NBC explored on its episode The Officers Wife, investigators had questions about her death, especially as the gun used was Levi Chavezs department-issued firearm. Over the next several months, detectives began digging into Levi Chavezs story and the investigation eventually deemed her death a homicide. 'I took her for granted.'. But its the sideshow thats spellbinding. Updated: Prosecutors win, lose in Chavez murder case But one of his pronouncements from the bench hints that he has a good sense of what a soap opera hes got on his hands. Except of course theres no record of Chavez doing anything. Levi Chavez's current wife takes the stand - YouTube He is suing the detective who first launched the investigation into the 2007 death of Levi's wife, Tera Chavez. Heather Chavez, Levi Chavez's current wife, testifies during his murder trial on Friday, June 28, 2013. Chavezs bio states that hes the emergency housing director at the Westside Emergency Housing Center. Judge Eichwald has presided over all this with a demeanor that has ranged from dour to dyspeptic. Levi Chavezs current wife, Heather Chavez, took the stand Friday.She detailed the development of the pairs relationship following the death of Levi Chavezs former wife, Tera Chavez.Less than one month after Tera Chavez died, then-Albuquerque detective Heather Hindi said she was already texting Levi Chavez about her interest in marriage.Levi Chavez proposed about a month later.Levi Chavez is accused of killing his then-wife Tera Chavez in October 2007 and making it look like a suicide.About a month after the proposal, Hindi sent Levi Chavez a text saying he was her reason to exist.They married in July 2008, days after she finalized her divorce with another Albuquerque Police Department officer.Though the women never met, Heather Chavez did attend Tera Chavezs funeral. Levi is a complete sociopath. He. In July 2013, after a month-long trial, the verdict from the jury came in: not guilty. So I knew if he were going to be Judged by a jury of his peers they were going to be too gutless to find him guilty. For Tera Chavez, Levi was her high school sweetheart, husband, and the entire world. But on direct examination by Bryan McKay, senior trial attorney for the 13th Judicial District Attorneys Office, Garley testified that she also went to the home the Chavezes had shared at 11 Ash Place on the weekend of Nov. 11 and 12, 2007. Ahh, that would be Pepe Lemuel Martinez coming from Fred Mowrer and Ray Sanchez's law office! Bonus fact: He and Tera got to third base in the back room at Style America. When police officer Levi Chavez finds his wife, Tera, shot to death . A month after Tera Chavezs death, her husband was placed on leave at the Albuquerque Police Department as the investigation into her death continued, KOAT reported. In 2000, they tied the knot and moved to Virginia, where Levi was working as a Coast Guard. Comment directly to Leslie at 823-3914 or llinthicum@abqjournal.com. Everybody and everything outside of themselves are twisted in their mind into mere objects to be used to achieve personal fulfillment. Please comment on this debacle Chief Schulz and Mayor Berry. That wouldve been after she moved out of the home she shared with Steve Hindi, according to her testimony. Steve Hindi : Public records about cops. Levi got what he needed out of her for the trial! No mention recently of Heather's high ranking relative at the DA's office. Im innocent. Valencia County sheriffs initially ruled the death as a suicide due to the "close proximity of the gun to the body. 'I'm very embarrassed about it,' Chavez said, then later added. She attended Teras funeral, according to her testimony, as did many other APD officers. I hope he gets what he deserves some day. Three weeks after Teras death, Levi Chavez was having sex with another woman in the home near Los Lunas from which authorities had removed Tera Chavezs body, according to the mistresss testimony. Thats when she married Levi Chavez and took his last name, according to testimony she gave this morning at the end of the third week in her husbands murder trial. "What did I tell you?" Serna told Chavez. A 21-year-old man was shot and killed outside of a Santa Fe hardware store early, CORDOVA, New Mexico (AP) -- Ever since missionaries started building churches out of mud 400, A New Mexico teenage mother was sentenced Monday to a mandatory 18 years in prison, Man shot, killed outside Santa Fe hardware store. Comments like "come on bring it on (referring to civil suit) and I told you guys," shows a guy with NO remorse and a poster child for APD. About a month after the proposal, Hindi sent Levi Chavez a text saying he. Later on, when Tera passed away, he claimed that the only reason he hadnt left his wife was because of their two children. Former cop Levi Chavez is charged with first-degree murder. Levi Chavez and Tera Chavez. Levi Chavez was working at the Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department when he was arrested in 2011, but it wasnt until two years later, in 2013, that he stood trial for the charges against him. What Levi is guilty of is mentally abusing his wife, lying, cheating and deceiving. Levi knows exactly what it's like to be falsely accused of a crime. Chica, email the Eye a screen shot of your twitter page showing the DA'S response. Levi and Tera Chavez were high school sweethearts who married young and were raising two children together. Society will see us all as worthless, which is true now. Remember Schultz when you said to one of our Eyes when asked why he hadnt terminated Chavez in 2009, Theres nothing I can do until hes adjudicated in court.. I wasnt worried.. - friend of Kari's)Martinez also frequents Sanchez Mowrer firm (drinking buddies, that would be Ray Sanchez, brother of Senator Michael Sanchez, and Mowrer, APD Union lawyer); Michael Sanchez - friend and past partner of Judge George Eichwald. Tera Chavez Death: Why Parents Believe Death Was Not A Suicide | Crime News Cop accused of killing wife received pay, raises - Police1 Prove your mental mettle by spotting the six difference in these near-IDENTICAL garden illustrations, At least 14 people are injured in roof collapse at home near Ohio State University, Prince Harry's 24-hour flying visit for Coronation: Duke 'plans to be on plane back to the US just two hours after the historic ceremony finishes at 1pm so he can get back for son Archie's fourth birthday', Second chances? So so sadI went to school with Levi. However, things began turning around for the mother of two when she began making plans to leave her husband and open a salon of her own, her family said. View the profiles of people named Levi Chavez. @ 10:34 You got a Twitter response from the DA's Office because they are more interested in the LITTLE THINGS than what is really important. She started a sexual relationship with Levi in October and went to the house he and Tera had shared to have sex with him a few weeks after Tera died. Heather Chavez still works for the department. The police re-opened their investigation in March of 2010 and charged Levi with her death on April 20, 2011. Heather Chavez said she was helping move Tera Chavezs items out of the Los Lunas home in the weeks after the funeral. Where Is Levi Chavez Now? - The Cinemaholic WTF are you talking about? NBC's 'Dateline: The Officer's Wife' chronicles the mysterious death of Tera Chavez, 26, who was found shot to death in her Los Lunas, Albuquerque, New Mexico, home on October 21, 2007. As mentioned, Levi Chavez was charged with her murder in April 2011, but it took another two years for the case to go to court due to a series of motion hearings, civil trials and a change of venue for the trial, KOAT reported. Chavez told jurors that he found his wife dead from a gunshot wound and thought it was God's way of punishing him. . Her family said they knew there was trouble in the relationship and they had heard Levi Chavez was cheating on his wife, Alibi reported. Tera Chavez was just 26 years old when she was found dead of a gunshot wound on October 22, 2007. I'm a relationship expert and here are 10 tell-tale signs your partner may be cheating on you with a work colleague, Inside America's oldest operating McDonald's: This restaurant serves up nostalgia with its orginal 1953 decor intact - and it's the only place where you can order this secret menu item, Could YOU spot a murderer? Join Facebook to connect with Levi Chavez and others you may know. But on that night in October, Levi, a police officer with the Albuquerque Police Department, called 911 to report that he'd found his wife dead in their home. Her mother said she wants the kids to know, Shed never leave them. When I saw the news about Levi wanting his certification back I laughed! According to reports, an Albuquerque, New Mexico police officer, Levi Chaves, was suspected of shooting his 26-year-old wife, Tera Chavez, after investigators allegedly believed he attempted to cover up the crime as a did. Accused: Prosecutors have depicted Levi Chavez as a philanderer whose marriage was crumbling, and say he killed his wife after she found out he had staged the theft of his pickup truck to collect the insurance proceeds.