CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) — Court documents are revealing disturbing new details in the death of a Chula Vista woman killed over the weekend. Police say her tenant, Robert Watkins, confessed to killing her.
Family members identify the victim as 56-year-old Brenda Gillett, an Army veteran who loved to dance. Watkins was her tenant at a home in the 600 block of Via Curvada in Chula Vista, where Gillett also served as property manager.
According to court documents, around 2 a.m. Sunday, Gillett called the police from the home to report ongoing problems with Watkins. She told officers he was not allowed to have visitors and had been covering cameras, which concerned her. Officers told her they could not help with the eviction process and eventually left the home…