Christopher M. Clements faces charges of kidnapping and first-degree murder in the 2012 killing of then 6-year-old Isabel Celis.
Caitlin Schmidt The father of Isabel Celis on Wednesday defended himself against a defense attorney's claim that he was responsible for his daughter's 2012 disappearance during testimony in the trial for the man accused in her kidnapping and murder.
Detectives interviewed dozens of people in the months following Isabels' disappearance, but did not identify Clements as a suspect until 2017, after he led authorities to her remains in exchange for the dropping of unrelated charges that had landed him in the Pima County jail. Celis choked up when he spoke about his daughter, telling the jury Isabel would have been 17 years old this year.
Celis spoke of the morning after, when he woke up and went to get Isabel ready for her softball game. Miller played jurors an hourlong video of Sergio Celis reenacting the events of that morning with detectives, recorded a few weeks after Isabel was reported missing. Kessler continued questioning Celis when court resumed Wednesday, with their interaction growing contentious as the morning wore on.
Corina Rivera said she lived in Clements' house near East Pima Street and North Craycroft Road, for about six weeks before they ended their relationship in May 2012.
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