VAN NUYS, Calif., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A woman who served actor Robert Blake before his wife was shot to death outside a California restaurant said he seemed in shock after the slaying.
Blake, 71, is charged with one count of murder with the special circumstance of lying in wait and two counts of soliciting former stuntmen to kill his wife, Bonnie Lee Bakley, 44.
Waitress Robyn Robichaux of Vitello's Italian Restaurant had served the couple dinner May 4, 2001, Court TV reported Friday.
"It frightened me. I thought he was having a heart attack," Robichaux testified Thursday. She said the "Baretta" star returned to Vitello's to summon medical help for his wife as she died in a car outside of died of gunshot wounds.
"He aged 50 years in 10 or 15 minutes," Robichaux said. "The color had left his face, he was white as a sheet, and he was out of breath."
Blake is under house arrest on $1.5 million bond and faces life in prison without parole if convicted.
