CA - Paul Perez, 57, killed 5 of his infant children in 2007, Yolo Co, *Arrest in 2020*

[lisette]

Sorry… I see that the above article had already been posted a while back. I found this one about the opening statements, where it looks like they are blaming each other.

Brutal killer or scapegoat? Infanticide trial gets underway

WOODLAND — Is a former Yolo County man the brutal killer of his own five infant children, or the scapegoat for a mother seeking to escape her own culpability in

www.davisenterprise.com

 

[Orbweaver]

I found this article, detailing Yolanda’s testimony in court.

Children's mother takes stand in infant deaths

A Sacramento woman who had six children with Paul Allen Perez — five of whom he is accused of murdering when they were infants — described for a Yolo County

www.wintersexpress.com

What a heartbreaking account of a life time of horrific abuse. I believe her. If he can murder his own infant children, imagine what he could do to his wife? And holding her hostage with threatening to kill Brittany. A true monster. He used her motherhood as a prison.

I’m also disturbed by Kato’s cause of death being ruled as SIDS. There’s potential that this could have been stopped, Yolanda and Brittany could have been liberated 30+ years ago and the suffering of the other children could have been avoided.

As a new mom myself, the profound agony she must be living with is unimaginable. I’m so sorry our society didn’t do more to protect her and her children.