Witness #5 - Pat Gonzales

Unfortunately, we are unable to show a video of the testimony given by the meat delivery witness, Pat Gonzales.  Below is a short summary of his testimony in this case during the trial.

My name is Pat Gonzales.  I see Sandy Townsend three times a week when I deliver meat to her restaurant. I deliver 100 lbs. each visit or 300 lbs. per week.  At 8 a.m. in the morning, I came in and unloaded my delivery.  Then, I sat down and had a cup of coffee with Sandy.  They never make me pay for coffee, like many of my other customers.  


We were sitting there talking and Terese Jameson came in.  Sandy and Terese went into the back office for 15 minutes.  When they returned, I went in the back with Sandy to her office to give her a receipt and collect the check.  I then proceeded to leave through the back door.  I did not hear any yelling.  I was only 20 feet from the back of the restaurant where Terese and Sandy were talking.  I would have definitely heard yelling if they had been an argument.  I did not see any blood or signs of a struggle when I left out the back of the restaurant.  Nothing was a miss.  


I saw a number of teenagers hanging around the dumpster being loud.  I thought it was suspicious since they should have been in school at that time of the day.  


I did not see Sandy kill Terese. 


I did work for Sandy Townsend prior to my job at Prime Cuts as a delivery driver for her grocery store.  I was picked up for drunk driving while in her employment and Sandy Townsend bailed me out of jail.  She did not report this incident in a letter of recommendation to my current employer.


I did see Terese Jameson arrive late to work many times when I was at the Silver Streak Cafe.   I would be in there at 8 a.m., when she was supposed to be in work, and Sandy would be short handed.  Since Sandy does not use pre-made hamburger patties, she would fall behind because Terese did not arrive to work on time.