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ArimHsri kiSter testifies in *iir defenseBy Aaron BensonhaverOdessa AmericanWith as many as 15 uniformed Odessa police officers in attendanceThursday: .an admitted killer testified to his own defense and described the days and pars leading up to him killing his wife Jan, IS.Li Vic Sikes, one erf the first officers to the scene erf Joe Ramon St’s crime, said officers were there to showJoe Ramontheir” We've all got a vested interest tothis case,” he said.As he took the stand in 161 si District Court Ramon said, ‘*1 want the truth to be known ”There is no excuse. This is the '-wont thing I’ve ever doneto my life, especially againstthe one that I love more than myself .” he said while fighting oft tours Ramon’s testimony described how he became enamored with. Estela Cadena. hissupport for Cpl. Greg Travland. the officer Ramon also shot.Arture 'Wife, when she was only %He then described the parsfollowing, when they fell to love.married and had children.He outlined the many times he and his family moved The reasons for these moves ranged from leaving areas where Estela admitted to having an affair to moving for work reasons.Joe Ramon said he completed both the Sul Ross State University and Odessa College police academies and has been certified by the Federal Bureau of Investigations as a self-defense tactics instructor.Joe Ramon later testified that because he worked two full-time jobs, as a courier for Airborne Express amias a police officer for the (Jniversity erfTexas erf the Permian Basin, he got little sleep each day:He said he was addicted to softdrinks, consuming 18 to 24 every day ■fStfwilMMii:'! : 5 flc did all of this, he said, so Estela Ramon and their children could have everything they ever wanted.He did all of this, he raid, even though his three daughters “walked all over” Estela Ramon and often broke toe rules erf the house, such as curfew ami by bringing illegal drugsinto toe house,“My daughters stated to hate me,” Ramon said, saying it was because heSee TRIAL Cm Paqe 2B
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Odessa American
Odessa, Texas, US
Fri, Oct 25, 2002
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