Trial of Gerard Lopes, South Florida Man Charged With Killing Adoptive Mother, Begins
The trial of Gerard Lopes, a South Florida man accused of raping and killing his adoptive mother, began on Monday. Public defenders Samantha Epstein and Jose Reyes, prosecutor Adriana Alcalde-Padron and Brianna Belmonte, the daughter of victim Natalie Belmonte, spoke about the case.