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In his opening statement, Gates's attorney Cary Clennon said that no DNA evidence links his client to Gates's killing. A third person's DNA was found on Gates's bloody clothes at the time of her killing, he said. "They assumed the boyfriend did it," Clennon said. "When they jump to conclusions christian louboutin platform, they don't need DNA." Ridley, 34, sometimes smiled and laughed with marshals sitting beside him in Judge Gerald I. Fisher's courtroom. He showed no emotion as the recordings played, his eyes closing slightly at times. Gates's killing ended a violent relationship with Ridley, said prosecutors who called the 33- year-old foster mother "the perfect victim." Ridley manipulated and controlled Gates, who prosecutors said was, plagued with depression, low self-esteem and bipolar disorder — a woman who "only wanted to be loved," Wright said. Gates and Ridley started dating in the summer 0f 2007, according to mens christian louboutin court records, but the relation¬ship deteriorated. Gates sought a protective order against Ridley, who allegedly threatened her life. Nearly a year later, Gates accused Ridley of kicking, punching and striking her in the head with a knife in an August dispute. A day later, as Gates returned with a police escort to retrieve her belongings from the apartment they had shared, Ridley allegedly set the couch on fire. He pleaded guilty to attempted arson and was ordered to D.C. jail before being released to the halfway house. A judge ordered Ridley to stay away from Gates.
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