in Fresno, a jury recommends that Marcus Wesson...
in Fresno, a jury recommends that Marcus Wesson, the domineering patriarch of a large clan he bred through incest, should get the death penalty for the murders of 9 of his children.
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in Fresno, a jury recommends that Marcus Wesson, the domineering patriarch of a large clan he bred through incest, should get the death penalty for the murders of 9 of his children.
Wesson, 58, was convicted earlier this month, more than a year after the bodies were found in a bloody pile at his home at the end of a police standoff.
All the victims -- ages 1 to 25 -- had been shot once in the eye. Wesson had fathered some of them with his own daughters and nieces.
The standoff began after two Wesson nieces who had escaped from the home went back to try to get their children. The victims were:
Sebhrenah Wesson, Elizabeth Wesson, Jeva Wesson, Sedona Wesson, Marshey Wesson, Ethan Wesson, Illabelle Wesson, Aviv Wesson, Jonathan Wesson.
Wesson, 58, was convicted earlier this month, more than a year after the bodies were found in a bloody pile at his home at the end of a police standoff.
All the victims -- ages 1 to 25 -- had been shot once in the eye. Wesson had fathered some of them with his own daughters and nieces.
The standoff began after two Wesson nieces who had escaped from the home went back to try to get their children. The victims were:
Sebhrenah Wesson, Elizabeth Wesson, Jeva Wesson, Sedona Wesson, Marshey Wesson, Ethan Wesson, Illabelle Wesson, Aviv Wesson, Jonathan Wesson.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, 29/06/2005)
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