The wife of San Diego police officer Jonathan "J.D." De Guzman took the stand Monday in the penalty phase of the trial against Jesse Michael Gomez.
"I miss my husband so much. It's been five years, but it's been really hard," said Jonathan De Guzman's widow. "I've been holding myself up because of my two kids."
After her testimony ended, she stepped down from the witness stand, and Gomez said, "I'm truly sorry Ms. De Guzman from the bottom of my heart."
De Guzman's widow cried for several minutes.
Jurors also heard testimony from De Guzman's two children, as well as Officer Wade Irwin, De Guzman's partner. Irwin was shot by Gomez the night De Guzman was killed.
"I remember the helpless feeling I had that I couldn't help JD," said Irwin. "I knew I was critically injured. I couldn't give him aid. My last memory I have to live with every day of my life is watching the defendant walk up to the car and execute him. I had to sit there and hear him moan in pain and there was nothing I could do."
The penalty phase started September 16. The jury must decide whether Gomez should face the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
