Witnesses tell of 1985 Trench slaying
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, May, 2008 by Joseph A. Gambardello Inquirer Staff Writer
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They were reluctant witnesses for the prosecution. Three residents of Philadelphia's Spring Garden section the night Police Officer Thomas Trench was shot as he sat in his car in May 1985 each said they would have preferred to be somewhere else yesterday, not testifying against Wilfredo Santiago. And even 23 years later, they indicated they were afraid to do so.
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First up was Joaquin Sedeno, who testified that Santiago, then 21, had vowed revenge against a Hispanic police officer who had chased him that day for possibly carrying a weapon and who Santiago believed had hit his aunt during a scuffle. Santiago referred to his aunt as his mother. "He hit my mom, and he's going to pay for it," Sedeno, who has a history of drug convictions, quoted Santiago as saying. Prosecutors have shown that the Hispanic officer had been driving Trench's patrol car, No. 912, during the previous ...
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