A few months before his death, Mr. German wrote an article for The Las Vegas Review-Journal describing employees' complaints that Mr. Telles had created a toxic work environment, demonstrated favoritism, and had an improper relationship with a staff member. Mr. Telles denied the allegations. He lost his re-election bid a month after the article came out, and Mr. German kept reporting.
The prosecution rested its case on Aug. 19 after four days of witnesses and presentations that relied heavily on the evidence police recovered from Telles' home, photos and surveillance video from the day of the stabbing, and a match between Telles' DNA and DNA recovered from underneath German's fingernails.
Jurors weighed eight days of testimony from dozens of witnesses, including detectives, forensic experts, and those who knew Telles, along with three days of testimony from Telles himself. Telles gave a narrative testimony to the jury, without being interrupted by his attorney, before facing cross-examination by prosecutors.
This thing has been kind of a nightmare. I want to say unequivocally: I'm innocent. I didn't kill Mr. German. And I've got a lot to share with you all.
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