Watch the trial- Judge dismisses jury following plea
- Mack pleads guilty
- FBI agent details Mack's arrest in Mexico
- Witness spotted Darren Mack at resort in Mexico
- Defense challenges judge
- Judge discusses Mack divorce settlement
- Judge recalls shooting
- Blog leads to romance
- Detective describes finding Charla Mack
- Cousin details altercation between the Macks
- Medical examiner: 'Homicide'
- Def. opening: 'The rubber band snapped'
- Pros. opening: 'It's time to take a stand'
- Phone Call Transcripts
In these transcripts, Darren Mack talks to a friend who is also a Washoe County prosecutor about how he would turn himself in. - Divorce Filing
In this filing, Charla Mack requests a divorce from Darren Mack. - Mack's Response
Darren Mack responded to his wife's divorce petition and requested joint custody of their daughter. - Arrest Affadavit
In this affadavit, a detective describes finding Darren Mack's wife stabbed to death.
LAS VEGAS — The day after he killed his estranged wife and shot a judge, Darren Mack was sunbathing at a Mexican resort with a female companion, another hotel guest testified Wednesday.
The witness, an airline pilot, said he first encountered Mack in the gym of the Melia Cabo Real resort in Cabo San Lucas. (VIDEO)
United Airlines pilot Chad Ruff said that, as he dressed in his hotel room after exercising, he saw a news report detailing the stabbing death of Charla Mack, the sniper attack on their divorce judge and Mack's status as a fugitive.
"It struck me that I thought I had seen that person," Ruff told jurors at Mack's murder trial.
He said that, when he spotted the man again at the pool, he walked by him several times and closely studied his face. He said he became convinced the person was Mack and began attempting to contact authorities.
Mack, 46, is charged with the murder of his 39-year-old wife and the attempted murder of Washoe County Family Court Judge Chuck Weller. He surrendered to authorities in Mexico 11 days after the June 12, 2006, incidents.
His lawyers say he was acting in self-defense when he killed his wife and was legally insane two hours later when he shot the judge through a courthouse window.
Ruff's testimony appeared to be an attempt by prosecutors to dispute the defense's portrayal of Mack as suffering a psychological breakdown after his wife's death.
Ruff testified that Mack and the woman left the pool area and walked toward the guest rooms together.
"Was he acting in any unusual way?" asked Chief Deputy District Attorney Robert Daskas.
"No," Ruff said.
"No bizarre speech? No bizarre movements?" the prosecutor asked.
"No," the witness said.
Ruff said he was unable to track down law enforcement officials in Mexico, but phoned the Reno Police Department immediately after returning to the U.S. the following day.
On cross-examination, a defense attorney suggested that Ruff's identification was incorrect and that Mack had actually been in another town in Mexico that day.
"He couldn't be in two places at once, could he?" lawyer Scott Freeman said.
"No," Ruff said.
Mack faces 20 years to life in prison if convicted.
His trial resumes Friday.
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