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Family Says Witness Died 'Doing The Right Thing'
Javad Marshall Fields' Family Testifies
POSTED: 6:42 pm MDT April 25,
2008
UPDATED: 7:37 pm MDT April 25,
2008
DENVER -- The family of the man prosecutors said was murdered to silence his testimony told a jury that he knew the danger, but insisted on testifying.Javad Marshall-Fields and his fiancée, Vivian Wolfe, were ambushed while driving their car in Aurora in June of 2005.Marshall-Fields was set to testify in an upcoming trial involving the murder of his friend Greg Vann.
Hours before the shooting, Marshall-Fields told his uncle and sister that he was scared and worried that his life was in danger. He said he had been approached at a sports bar and told to "watch his back." In spite of the danger, he said he was going to testify."He was the only one who said, 'I am going to stand up for the truth.' It makes me proud to be his sister," his sister told 7NEWS.Sir Mario Owens is accused of killing the couple. He could get sentenced to death if he is convicted in this case.
Previous Stories:
- April 21, 2008: Victims' Mothers Leave Courtroom In Tears
- April 8, 2008: Prosecutor: Suspect's Motto Was 'You Snitch, You Die'
- March 11, 2008: Death Penalty Trial Begins In Witness Intimidation Case
- April 3, 2007: Sir Mario Owens Gets Life In Prison For Shooting Death
- February 22, 2007: Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty In Witness' Murder
- February 9, 2007: Man Charged In Witness Slayings Sentenced In Park Shooting
- January 30, 2007: Jury Finds Owens Guilty Of Murder In 4th Of July Shooting
- January 26, 2007: Jurors Deliberate 4th Of July Murder Case
- November 3, 2006: Robert Ray Gets Mixed Verdict
- November 2, 2006: Jury Deliberates In Robert Ray Murder Trial
- October 31, 2006: Trial Comes To Close In 2004 Killing
- March 13, 2006: Men Accused In Witness Slaying Appear In Court
- March 9, 2006: Three Indicted In Aurora Ambush Slayings
- December 29, 2005: Suspect In Triple Shooting Back In Colorado
- December 12, 2005: Triple Shooting Suspect Has Extradition Hearing In Louisiana
- November 7, 2005: Arrest Made In Lory Park Slaying, Shootings
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