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The trial of a California man accused of killing his wife and propping her dead body

on the couch as her kids opened presents on Christmas morning in 2011 began this week.

William Wallace's trial for the murder of 26-year-old Zazelle Preston began Monday.

About 9.30 a.m. Christmas day 2011, Wallace called 911 to report that Preston needed medical

attention.

The Orange County Register reported.

Wallace and Preston had gone to a Christmassy party at a neighbor's house the night before

coming back to their apartment.

Orange County senior deputy district attorney Heather Brown said in court that neighbors

later heard Preston and Wallace yelling that night.

Brown said Wallace told SinoPreston's family that they were drinking and during the argument

I tossed her about a bit the Register reports.

Prosecutors alleged the day after their argument on Christmas morning, Wallace brought Preston's

dead body from the bedroom into the living room and put sunglasses on her.

The Register reported that Wallace and Preston had a newborn and Preston had two other kids

who were three and eight years old at the time.

Wallace allegedly told the kids, Mommy ruined Christmas, she got drunk and ruined Christmas.

The paper reported police found blood in the apartment, holes in the walls and a door

off its hinges.

Wallace's attorney Heather Morehead argued in court that Preston was drunk when she fell

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