She told them she was preparing to move in with her mother so she could attend college, but was afraid to return to the small apartment complex where her husband's friends also lived to continue moving out.
At one point, Chappell told her she was doing the right thing, and that he knew she was struggling.
Pisturino told her she would be doing the victim's mother a great service if she were to testify.
"He was just a kid playing basketball," Pisturino said, saying they couldn't "find a thing on him."After that recorded statement was heard, Escobedo's mother got up and left the courtroom, crying.
Later, the wife asked police if her husband was still in jail. She could then be heard taking a cellphone call from him.
"I heard you telling her," she insisted. Then, in a subdued voice, she asked twice, "What do you want me to do?"
In court, she remained calm under some intense questioning by Rowland, who at one point mocked her answers about her call with her husband, saying "Maybe, maybe, maybe. Why not tell him you went to police?"
"I don't know; because it was a lie," she answered.
"No," Rowland countered, going on to say she did not cooperate with prosecution investigators, but did with the defense.
Answering a question from one of the defense attorneys, Daniel Clymo, the wife said she was being treated for depression. Clymo asked if Watsonville police had asked for her husband's cell number. She said no.
Defense attorneys have said their clients were at Stanford Medical Center and could not have committed the murder.
Both face charges of murder, attempted murder, gang and gun allegations, and possible life sentences. Escobar is alleged to be the shooter.
The trial is being heard by two juries because some testimony is admissible against only one defendant. Authorities say that includes the wife's testimony, as she cannot be compelled to testify against her spouse.
Wednesday's testimony was in front of the Sandoval jury only. Testimony began July 12; it is expected to wrap up next week.
