Widow of slain Bell Gardens mayor Lyvette Crespo pleaded not guilty and was ordered held on $ 150,000 bond . The 43-year-old told authorities it was in self-defense after her husband punched their teenage son when he tried to intervene in the fight . TL;DR A woman who shot a man she said attacked her with an axe outside her home has been charged with murder.
Widow of slain Bell Gardens mayor Lyvette Crespo pleaded not guilty and was ordered held on $ 150,000 bond . The 43-year-old told authorities it was in self-defense after her husband punched their teenage son when he tried to intervene in the fight . Her former brother-in-law claims that allegations of years of abuse are all a lie and says he has text messages proving the slaying was in cold blood . Crespo faces up to 21 years in state prison if convicted .