Collection: Trials begin in Tucson for Christopher Clements
Christopher Clements is facing two separate trials for the alleged kidnappings and killings of Isabel Celis, 6, and Maribel Gonzalez, 13. His trial in connection with Maribel's death is first.
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Christopher Clements was convicted Sept. 30 in the death of 13-year-old Maribel Gonzalez. He was sentenced Monday to natural life in prison.
Clements will receive at least 35 years to life behind bars when he is sentenced.
Jurors get the case after hearing closing arguments in Christopher Clements' trial on charges of kidnapping and killing Tucsonan Maribel Gonzalez, 13.
With the end of the trial expected Wednesday, witnesses for Christopher Clements called into question DNA and phone-tracking evidence. Clements said Tuesday he would not take the stand.
A digital forensic examiner told jurors about a secret app that was downloaded on iPads of Christopher Clements, who is charged with killing two Tucson girls.
A forensic expert testified that Maribel Gonzalez may have been suffocated, despite the lack of any signs of physical injury to her body.
Murder suspect Christopher Clements behaved strangely the night 13-year-old Maribel Gonzalez went missing, his ex-girlfriend testifies, saying he sometimes took an interest in young girls.
A few hours after 13-year-old Maribel Gonzalez disappeared on the way to a friend's house in June 2014, the man now accused in her death returned to his own home, a few blocks away, looking for bleach, jurors were told Tuesday.
Already convicted in the murder of 13-year-old Maribel Gonzalez, Christopher Clements to face trial in the killing of the 6-year-old girl taken from her midtown Tucson home.