During the trial, prosecutors argued Griffith killed his girlfriend because he was seeing other women and wanted to get her out of the way. The defense painted a different picture, arguing that Flores-Narvaez was a stalking, violent woman who had threatened her boyfriend on numerous occasions.
After strangling the victim, Griffith and a friend disposed of the woman's body by dismembering her and placing the various body parts in concrete-filled tubs and leaving them in a vacant home. During trial, the jury head over a dozen calls Griffith made to police about his ex-girlfriend that he said were ignored, according to the station. The defendant said officers ridiculed his pleas for help. Please enter email address to continue. Please enter valid email address to continue.
I couldn't comprehend it. I think he said something to the effect of, 'It's not what you think. A month after the killing, Flores' body was found and Griffith was arrested after his roommate, Louis Colombo, began cooperating with police in exchange for immunity. Colombo told investigators that he watched Griffith wrap his hands around Flores' neck during an argument, authorities say.
He claims he left and returned to find the woman dead. The two men allegedly took a pound tub containing fresh concrete and the body to the vacant house, but the tub started leaking. Griffith then broke the body out of the cement block, cut the body in half and distributed the remains in two smaller tubs, authorities said. Testifying in his own defense, Griffith characterized Flores as clingy and possessive. She claimed in the weeks before she died that she was pregnant for the second time in about six months, he said, and was going to have another abortion.
Griffith testified he accompanied Flores to a clinic for a similar procedure in May Medical examiners found no evidence during Flores' autopsy that she was pregnant in December. Griffith does not face the death penalty. Deliberations are expected to continue on Thursday. IE 11 is not supported.
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