Judge Declares Mistrial In Marmolejo Murder Trial

After two-and-half days of deliberations, the jury in the David Marmolejo trial could not reach a verdict and Judge Gonzalo Gonzalez declared a mistrial.

David was charged with the July 2009 murder of his mother, Gloria Marmolejo.

The defense asked the judge for the jury to have more time to come to a verdict and the judge said no.

During the trial, the prosecution tried to use cell phone calls to place David in the vicinity of where his mother’s body was found in the Santa Teresa, New Mexico desert. Mariah Wilson, David’s stepsister and one-time girlfriend, also testified for the prosecution and said David admitted to her he killed his mother.

Wilson, testifying under an immunity agreement with the state, testified that that she helped clean up the murder scene in Gloria’s East Side home and helped dispose of the body.

David’s defense attorney said police never considered Wilson a suspect in the murder case despite her DNA being found at the murder scene.