WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A Waco police crime scene supervisor testified Monday he saw no evidence to support a Hill County man’s self-defense claims in the July 2023 shooting death of a Lacy Lakeview man.

Matt Davis kicked off testimony Monday in Abel Carlos Hidrago’s murder trial in Waco’s 19th State District Court. Hidrago, 34, of Mount Calm, is charged with shooting Daniel Boshell, 40, in the forehead while Boshell sat on the front porch of a mobile home in the 500 block of Greenfield Drive in Lacy Lakeview.

Davis, who was called to the scene to assist Lacy Lakeview police, told jurors he found Boshell’s body in a chair with his feet crossed in what he described as a relaxed position. A cigarette which had been lit was still in his left hand, he said.

Boshell’s body was slumped over in t

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