Overview
- During cross-examination, Assistant District Attorney Sean Connelly elicited Watson’s agreement that he killed Vicha Ratanapakdee and that the victim did nothing to deserve the attack.
- Watson repeatedly said he was not thinking clearly, maintaining he ran across the street and shoved the man while in a haze of confusion and anger.
- He acknowledged leaving the scene to get his phone and speak with his mother, then returning, and admitted he did not call 911 because he feared being arrested.
- In earlier testimony, Watson described a tumultuous morning that included an argument with a relative, a car crash, and a police citation before the encounter in the Anza Vista neighborhood.
- Watson, now 24, faces first-degree murder and elder abuse charges in a case captured on surveillance video, with testimony scheduled to continue Thursday.