'I thought I was already dead' Surviving victim testifies in Sosa murder trial
Emry Dinman/Columbia Basin Herald Jose Rafael Cano Barrientos, sobbing, buries his head in his hands shortly after prosecutors ask him to identify in a photograph the mutilated body of his friend and roommate Arturo Sosa. The presiding judge called for a short break while Barrientos collected himself.
Emry Dinman/Columbia Basin Herald Fernando Marcos Gutierrez faces charges of, among others, kidnapping and murder in the late-2016 death of Arturo Sosa. Behind him, Jose Rafael Cano Barrientos, pictured left, who was kidnapped along with Sosa and survived a gunshot wound to the chest, looks on.
Emry Dinman/Columbia Basin Herald Gustavo Tapia Rodriguez walks across the courtroom Monday. He is facing charges of, among others, kidnapping and murder in the case of Arturo Sosa. Tapia Rodrguez is already serving a life sentence after being convicted of murder in another case that concluded earlier this year.
Emry Dinman/Columbia Basin Herald Gustavo Tapia Rodriguez, pictured center, smiles as he looks down at the table in front of his co-defendant’s lawyer.
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