Father sentenced in triple murder of sons over financial hardships

3years ago

Los Angeles news, California news.

A Los Angles dad will spend 78 years behind bars for stabbing dead his three sons inside their SUV in 2015.

38-year-old Luiz Fuentes had pleaded guilty to murder charges in connection with the tragedy that resulted from his inability to provide for his children.

Fuentes stabbed his sons Luis, 10; Juan, 9; and Alexander, 8; to death in the back of the SUV where they lived for months following their mom’s passing.

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    Reports from 2010 showed that the boys suffered from abuse and were beaten by the father with a belt, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.

    Fuentes is being held at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility as he awaits transfer to a state jail.