Carson Double Murder Trial: Emotional Day for Victim's Families

There are only two people who know what happened inside the Mobil Mart around 4 a.m. Nov. 4, 2006. Eric Sanford, 17, and Adam Loza, 24, admit they were there, but they're each pointing fingers at the other for the fatal shooting of clerks Eduardo Roco, 74, and Esther Arteaga, a 32-year-old mother.

Roco and Arteaga's family members sat together in court Wednesday while the defendants took turns testifying. A young woman related to Arteaga sobbed when the prosecutor showed photographs of the mininmart. It appears the woman doesn't understand English, but she came looking for answers anyway. She didn't need to understand the words to feel the pain at seeing the place where a loved-one lost her life.

As Sanford described how Loza leaned over the counter to shoot Arteaga after gunning down Roco, nearly all the family members cried. Someone whispered, "Oh my God." They comforted Roco's widow, who should have spent the day celebrating her new U.S. citizenship, but instead sat in court listening to stories of her husband's death.