Jury Chosen for Watsonville Mother Accused of Murdering Baby

3 the mother accused of suffocating her three-year-old daughter in a watsonville motel room was in court this morning—- six years after the little girl’s death.## central coast news reporter michelle pulido tells us how prosecutors and the defense laid out their case for veva virgil… 3 *trt 1:20outcue:standard:*1-10 109-115michelle intro- prosecutors started the morning by explaining to jurors how isabella was murdered. noting that little isabella fought for her life as her mother suffocated her with a pillow and when that didn’t work, that she took her bare hands and covered the child’s face.pkgthe newly impaneled jury also got a first glimpse of the aftermath very graphic images of the three year old found face up, covered in a blanket with her foot sticking out. virgil admitted to police she killed her daughter but claimed her husband was the devil and would eat isabella so she believed her daughter would be better off in heaven. in the courtroom, the jury heard from 4 witnesses, all worked at motel 6 at the time of the child’s death.one witness, in tears, shared her story in the court room, stating she felt guilty and thought she could have done more to save the toddler. the motel housekeeper described isabella as a happy little girl, and said virgil asked her multiple times to quote please take my baby.” and that she couldn’t because she was workingvirgil’s defense attorney described the defendent as a woman with a rough upbringing who spent years in foster care after her mother rejected her when she was 12 years old. he said the virgil veva was a prostitute and victim of domestic violence a woman who just wanted to have a normal life and family. look live killing 3 year old bellaprosecutors say virgil confessed to police that she had been on meth for four days, prior to the 2008 killing. virgil faces charges of murder and assalut on a child causing death.michelle pulido, in the news room. yccn