Trial begins for Martinez man charged in two deaths

"You will hear from a neighbor about what he saw and heard and he had a surveillance camera too. Shapiro told the jurors, saying they would hear Fuimaono shout as he was bleeding and then hear an additional gun shot. And he told jurors they would hear a phone call made two weeks later in which Klein can be heard talking and laughing with another man about the shooting and the fact that he had been grazed in the neck by a bullet."

"He said evidence would show that Klein had given the murder weapon to a friend, Matthew Muller, 37, to dispose of and said jurors would hear conversations about a "cereal box," saying it referred to the weapon. He explained that while Klein was in jail awaiting trial, he learned that Muller was having an affair with his wife and confronted him about it in a phone call from jail."

"He played a recording for the jury in which Klein could be heard telling Muller to end the relationship and Muller agreeing to do so. He also played later recordings after he said Klein learned that the affair had not ended and that he believed Muller was getting into his personal belongings, saying Klein grew increasingly angry and that Muller feared Klein would come after him if he got out of jail."

Richard Raymond Klein, 54, stands trial in Solano County Superior Court for two fatal shootings in 2022. Deputy District Attorney Barry Shapiro presented opening statements detailing events leading to the April 2022 shooting death of Anthony Fuimaono, 56, at a Fairfield home. Prosecutors plan to present surveillance video, jail phone recordings, and witness testimony. Evidence allegedly shows Klein gave the murder weapon to friend Matthew Muller to dispose of, with coded references to a "cereal box." While incarcerated, Klein discovered Muller was having an affair with his wife and confronted him via jail calls, growing increasingly angry when the affair continued.

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