Deceased Victim Subpoenaed To Testify Against Alleged Killer

Imagine losing a loved one to a violent assault. Then imagine getting a subpoena addressed to that dead loved one ordering them to testify against the alleged killer.

It happened in Englewood.

“I couldn’t believe it,” Della Soliz told 7NEWS. “It’s like rubbing salt into the wound.”

Soliz found her battered son, Timothy Sanchez, sitting on her front porch last March. He’d been drinking at a neighbor’s house across the street on the 3500 block of South Bannock.

According to the arrest affidavit, the suspect, Leonard Ross, told his neighbors that he “kicked Tim’s ass,” because Tim was disrespecting his wife and stepdaughter.

Those neighbors said Ross told them that Tim said, “Which one of your women am I taking with me?”

The victim’s sister, Amanda Garcia, said, “Ross should have walked across the street and told us that Tim was getting out of hand.”

“The thing that really gets me,” Soliz said, “is that when the ambulance was here for my son, Leonard Ross and his family were standing outside across the street. We were trying to figure out what happened. They didn’t say a thing.”

It’s not just the subpoena that family members are upset about. They’re also distressed about a plea bargain that may limit the amount of time Ross spends behind bars.

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