• Prosecutors try to connect father-in-law's anger to Nicole Montalvo's d

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    KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Testimony against the two men accused in
    Nicole Montalvo’s death continued Monday with a jailhouse
    witness, and Nicole Montalvo's mother-in-law.

    What You Need To Know
    Christopher Otero-Rivera and his father, Angel Rivera, are
    accused of killing Nicole Montalvo

    Testimony Monday involved Dustin Gonzalez, a cellmate, and
    Rivera's wife Wanda Rivera

    Prosecutors believe they will rest their case Tuesday

    Related: Nicole Montalvo’s mother testifies in Osceola County
    murder trial
    Christopher Otero-Rivera, her estranged husband, and Angel
    Rivera, her father-in-law, are accused of killing, dismembering
    and burying Montalvo.

    Dustin Gonzalez, Otero-Rivera’s cellmate at the Osceola Jail in
    2018, took the stand Monday afternoon. Prosecutors say the
    Riveras helped bail him out, and in return he was to plant drugs
    in Nicole's car to discredit her so that she could lose custody
    of her son.

    Gonzalez said Angel was being pushy, not just about planting
    drugs in her car but also making her disappear, because he,
    “missed his grandson.”

    "What he just told me is that he's much rather have her
    disappear, 'we don't have to deal with this',” Gonzalez said. “I
    told him I am not in that line of work."

    "Did he offer you money a second time?" a prosecutor asked.

    "Yes sir.”

    During cross examination, the defense attorney alluded that
    Gonzalez may have testified in order to have legal paperwork
    sped up through the system.


    Wanda Rivera, Montalvo’s mother-in-law who was also once a
    defendant in the case, also testified.

    During cross examination, Christopher Otero-Rivera’s defense
    attorney showed that there was a point in time when Montalvo
    refused to bring Elijah to the Rivera home, causing them to miss
    holidays and birthdays with him, alluding that this may have
    given Angel, his grandpa a motive, to kill Montalvo.

    The prosecutor said, “Do you agree that made Angel furious?”

    Rivera replied, “It upset him.”

    The prosecutor then asked, “And he would talk about that
    correct?”

    Rivera responded, “Yes.”

    The prosecutor prompted again, “And he was visibly upset when he
    talked about that?”

    Rivera said once more, “Yes.”

    The state said they are confident they will rest Tuesday
    morning. Court is in recess and resumes at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

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