Cellphone evidence, alleged history of abuse presented to jurors in Selina Bustos homicide case

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Testimony in the trial for a former Lompoc Police informant accused of killing his girlfriend in 2012 focused Friday on his alleged prior domestic abuse history and his cellphone activity the night Selina Bustos died. The informant is defendant Eduardo Robles Robles, 29, whom prosecutors contend fled to Mexico after allegedly killing Bustos, 30, in his Lompoc home June 15, 2012. Both the prosecution and defense in opening statements said Robles had been working as a Lompoc Police informant since 2009, although their claims about the alleged crime differ.

 The prosecution claims Robles took Bustos’ phone with him as he and a friend drove through Lompoc, Santa Ynez and Santa Barbara and sent a text message to his mother with the message “Mom, I’m on my way,” after Bustos was dead.  The defense maintains that someone else held the knife that stabbed Bustos 30 times and that Robles fled the country because he feared for his own safety. The defense attorney also claims evidence shows Robles only had his cellphone while traveling.

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