Melissa Saenz

Melissa Saenz responded with Officer Tyler Hadden to a May 21, 2016 domestic-violence call at the Eastern Columbia Building. In deposition testimony played at trial, she said Heard did not answer her questions. Saenz testified that she saw no injury, found nothing in disarray during protective sweeps of the penthouses, and concluded there was no probable cause of a crime. She said the call did not meet domestic-violence criteria, so she did not complete a supplemental report.

Questioning examined the limits of her observations and documentation. Saenz had no body-worn camera that night and took no notes. Asked about photographs of Heard that she had not seen before the questioning, she attributed facial redness to crying and fair complexion and said a brighter image made the redness appear more pronounced. She agreed that elevator timestamps indicated the officers were on the floor for about 15 minutes, if those timestamps were accurate.