California Man Murdered Wife, Propped Her Up On The Sofa, And Said ‘Mommy Ruined Christmas’ “Wallace's trial, held in March of this year, revealed a horrific, persistent pattern of violence toward Preston.”
Wallace’s trial, held in March of this year, revealed a horrific, persistenttoward Preston. Her relatives had told investigators that Wallace was “controlling and violent” and had threatened to kill Preston multiple times. Once, a relative had discovered Preston, pregnant at the time, lying in the street in the fetal position after Wallace had allegedly beaten her.neighbor reported
hearing Wallace and Preston arguing later in the night, and another neighbor said they’d seen William Wallace picking up what looked like a body near the apartment gate. Prosecutor Brown told the court that Wallace had said to one of Preston’s relatives that “we were drinking and during the argument I tossed her around a bit.” Preston had tried to run, Brown told the court, but Wallace had caught her and forced her back to the apartment.blood spattered throughout, holes in the walls from where Wallace had punched through the drywall, and a door torn from its hinges.
Defense attorney Heather Moorhead claimed that Wallace was not responsible for Preston’s death — that the couple were simply arguing, that both were drunk, that Preston had stumbled into a glass table, shattering it and supposedly causing her own death. “Mr. Wallace is being accused of something that is not his fault,” she told the jury. “You will hear about a relationship that was full of arguing and yelling, but also a lot of love.
But Preston’s then-8-year-old daughter testified that William Wallace had directed her to help him pull glass out of Preston’s body. According to the Orange County Register, she said Wallace had dragged Preston to the bathroom and. “After she hit the toilet, and I think she was passed away, he just took her to the bedroom and put her down to sleep while she was deceased,” Preston’s daughter, now-18, said. “That is what I remember, because she was cold.
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