Death in Fresno

Do you remember hearing about this guy?

FRESNO, Calif. — A jury decided Wednesday that Marcus Wesson, the domineering patriarch of a large clan he bred through incest, should get the death penalty for the murders of nine 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.

Prosecutors said he had the children killed for fear authorities were about to break up the clan and take the youngsters away. The standoff began after two Wesson nieces who had escaped from the home went back to try to get their children.

I remember when this story broke last March. I hadn't heard about it since then, but I'd wondered several times. I'm glad that they're going to execute this guy. Can you imagine a man so heinous that he would rape his daughters and nieces, and then develop an elaborate murder/suicide pact in case the situation was ever found out. Simply stunning.