Su-Yin
06-02-2005, 06:57 AM
Marcus Wesson, 58, is accused of fatally shooting seven of his children and two of his grandchildren, aged one to 26, at his home in Fresno in March 2004.He fathered the victims with his legal wife and with his own daughters and nieces.
"He gathered the children, systematically lined them up and exterminated them one after another," prosecutor Lisa Gamoian told the jury in Fresno, in central California.
Wesson taught his children the Government was Satan, but he emerged as the lone survivor from a room with nine dead bodies, she told the jury in closing arguments.
Wesson often shook his head back and forth to say "No" as she addressed the jury.
He has pleaded not guilty to 23 charges including rape, oral copulation, murder and continuous sexual abuse of a child.
The killing started after a child custody dispute when two of Wesson's estranged nieces returned to claim their children.
Wesson was suspected of impregnating family members so they could have "babies for the Lord", held Bible study sessions three times daily and proclaimed himself Jesus, she said.
He could face the death penalty if convicted
Wearing ankle-length dreadlocks, he occasionally wept during the courtroom proceedings..
my bet is that he is mentally ill....he thinks he's jesus christ of this millennium....or a big fan of Passion of the Christ :hmm:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Nine-children-exterminated-one-after-another/2005/06/02/1117568294025.html
"He gathered the children, systematically lined them up and exterminated them one after another," prosecutor Lisa Gamoian told the jury in Fresno, in central California.
Wesson taught his children the Government was Satan, but he emerged as the lone survivor from a room with nine dead bodies, she told the jury in closing arguments.
Wesson often shook his head back and forth to say "No" as she addressed the jury.
He has pleaded not guilty to 23 charges including rape, oral copulation, murder and continuous sexual abuse of a child.
The killing started after a child custody dispute when two of Wesson's estranged nieces returned to claim their children.
Wesson was suspected of impregnating family members so they could have "babies for the Lord", held Bible study sessions three times daily and proclaimed himself Jesus, she said.
He could face the death penalty if convicted
Wearing ankle-length dreadlocks, he occasionally wept during the courtroom proceedings..
my bet is that he is mentally ill....he thinks he's jesus christ of this millennium....or a big fan of Passion of the Christ :hmm:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Nine-children-exterminated-one-after-another/2005/06/02/1117568294025.html