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    Luis Fuentes Sentenced to 78 Years in Prison in 2015 CA Slaying of his Three Sons



    Luis, Alex and Juan Fuentes




    FATHER CHARGED WITH MURDER IN STABBING DEATHS OF 3 SONS IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES

    LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Capital murder charges were formally filed Tuesday against a 33-year-old man accused of stabbing his three sons to death in South Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said.

    Luis Fuentes faces three murder counts with the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders and a knife-use allegation.

    Luigi, Alex and Juan Fuentes were found stabbed to death in a car near Dolores Huerta Elementary School on Sept. 9.

    According to LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, the boys were found in the back seat of an SUV. Their father was bleeding from stab wounds in the front seat and taken to Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center in critical condition.

    Beck said investigators believe the father of the three young boys is the only suspect in their killings.

    The suspect is being held without bail. He faces the death penalty if convicted as charged.

    Fuentes is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday.

    http://abc7.com/news/father-charged-...uth-la/986141/
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    Arraignment postponed for father accused of fatally stabbing three sons

    By Brittny Mejia and Nicole Santa Cruz
    Los Angeles Times

    A teary-eyed father accused of fatally stabbing his three sons asked for forgiveness Wednesday in an emotional courtroom hearing, where his arraignment was postponed.

    As Luis Fuentes was brought into the Los Angeles County Superior courtroom in a wheelchair, he addressed two unidentified women inside.

    "Perdoname," he said. "Forgive me."

    Fuentes cried for most of the hearing, which lasted less than an hour, and kept his head bowed.

    His arraignment was postponed until Oct. 7 and he is being held without bail.

    The children, Luis Fuentes, 10; Juan Daniel Fuentes, 9; and Alexander Fuentes, 8, were found the morning of Sept. 9 in the backseat of a silver SUV in the 300 block of East 32nd Street.

    Their father was found in the front seat, seriously wounded. Police believe he stabbed himself with a kitchen knife.

    Fuentes was charged Tuesday with three counts of murder with an allegation of multiple murders. If convicted as charged, he could face the death penalty.

    The 33-year-old looked to be in pain throughout the hearing, taking deep breaths and grimacing. Occasionally, he would put his hand over his face and appeared to wipe his eyes.

    The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services last week launched an investigation into whether social workers had adequately probed several allegations that the boys were at risk and whether staff responded appropriately to what they learned.

    The department's involvement with the family started in March 2010, when someone called the county's child abuse hotline to report that the boys were being physically abused, said two officials who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case. Social workers were unable to prove or disprove the allegation and marked it inconclusive, the officials said.

    Another hotline call alleging abuse came in September 2010. Social workers determined the allegation to be true, and lawyers for the department petitioned the juvenile court to open a case, officials said. The boys reportedly remained in the father's home until the case was closed about a year later.

    Two more hotline calls alleging physical abuse came in April 2014, sources said. Social workers who investigated the allegations marked the claims "inconclusive" in October.

    The department had no further contact following last year's hotline calls, despite at least one call to police about an argument in recent months. Investigators will analyze whether police shared that report with the child abuse hotline.

    http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...916-story.html
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    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    November 17, 2015

    Father pleads not guilty in South LA SUV stabbing deaths of his 3 boys


    Los Angeles Daily News

    LOS ANGELES >> A man accused of fatally stabbing his three young sons inside an SUV in South Los Angeles in September pleaded not guilty today to three counts of murder.

    Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Sergio C. Tapia II ordered Luiz Fuentes, 33, to remain jailed without bail while awaiting his next court appearance Jan. 26.

    Fuentes is charged in the Sept. 9 killings of his sons Alexander, 8, Juan, 9, and Luis, 10.

    The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has yet to decide whether to seek the death penalty against Fuentes, who faces a special circumstance allegation of multiple murders.

    A passerby saw Fuentes sitting in the front seat of an SUV parked in the 300 block of East 32nd Street around 7 a.m. on Sept. 9. The man approached the vehicle and saw the children’s bodies inside and Fuentes covered in blood from stab wounds.

    Police believe Fuentes stabbed himself. He was hospitalized, then booked on suspicion of murder two days later.

    At a vigil in memory of the victims, a pastor said Fuentes had been having financial problems and was living in the SUV with his children, whose mother died in 2008. He was reportedly battling depression.

    http://www.dailynews.com/general-new...-of-his-3-boys
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    - Rev. Richard Hawke

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    Father jailed for 78 years for stabbing his three sons aged eight to 10 to death in the back of an SUV in LA where they had been living after their mother died

    By Chris Pleasance
    Daily Mail

    A father has been sentenced to at least 78 years in jail after pleading guilty to stabbing his three children to death.

    Luis Fuentes, 38, was handed a term of 78 years to life in a Los Angeles court on Tuesday for stabbing sons Luis, ten, Juan, nine, and Alexander, eight, to death in 2015.

    The boys were found in the back of an SUV in September that year, where they had been living with their father for several months after the family fell on hard times following the sudden death of Fuentes' wife and the boys' mother in 2008.

    Fuentes was found slumped over the steering wheel, having passed out from self-inflicted stab wounds.

    On September 9, the family were found inside their car in the Nevin area of Los Angeles, close to downtown.

    The boys were pronounced dead at the scene, while Fuentes was rushed to hospital in critical condition.

    He survived his injuries and was hauled to court where he was charged with capital murder. Sobbing in the courtroom, he told the judge: 'Forgive me.'

    Prosecutors decided not to seek capital punishment in the case, and instead offered Fuentes a plea deal that would avoid the death penalty in return for a guilty plea.

    Fuentes pleaded guilty late Tuesday, and was immediately handed his sentence.

    Records show that Fuentes is currently held at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, awaiting transfer to a state prison.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-death-LA.html
    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
    - Rowan Atkinson

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