Abayuba Rivas will get a new trial in the 2014 murder of his wife, Karla Villagra-Garzon.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022, 7:31 p.m. |Abayuba Rivas, left in a 2014 file photo and his wife, Karla Villagra Garzon, who was killed that year.A man authorities contend confessed to killing his wife in Elizabeth eight years ago is getting a new trial after the New Jersey Supreme Court recently found the confession was unlawfully elicited by detectives.
Abayuba Rivas made comments about requesting a lawyer in his first interrogation, and detectives did not properly deal with the request, effectively poisoning all his statements to investigators, the high court said in the 6-0 decision from June 22. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.
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