A Northern California jury on Tuesday convicted Paul Allen Perez of murdering his five infant children in a case that spans nearly a decade and multiple California counties.
Perez, now 63, was found guilty of multiple counts of murder, along with one count of assault on a child under eight with force likely to produce great bodily injury resulting in death, the Yolo County District Attorney's Office said. Jurors also found true a sentencing enhancement for multiple murders.
The conviction stems from the deaths of Perez's infant children between 1992 and 2001. The case came to light after the remains of one infant were discovered in 2007, weighted down and submerged inside a cooler in Conway Slough, east of the Northern California city of Woodland. Investigators determined the child's death was a homicide and preserved DNA evidence from the remains.
Years later, familial DNA analysis was used to identify Perez as the biological father of the infant. That discovery ultimately linked him to the deaths of several of his children born in different parts of California, including Merced and Fresno, during the 1990s and early 2000s. Investigators said all of the children were believed to be under 6 months at the time of their deaths.
"These crimes involved pure evil. The defendant should die in prison," Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig said in a statement. "May the souls of his murdered children rest in peace."
According to prosecutors, Perez was transient throughout Central California during the period when the crimes occurred. Some of the victims' remains were never recovered, but investigators were able to establish the deaths through DNA evidence and other investigative findings.
Perez was arrested in January 2020 while serving a separate prison sentence for unrelated offenses. His arrest occurred just days before his scheduled release.
Perez now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole, officials said. He is scheduled to be sentenced on April 6, 2026 in Yolo County Superior Court.
Hence then, the article about california father convicted in decades old murders of 5 infant children was published today ( ) and is available on CBS sacramento ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( California father convicted in decades-old murders of 5 infant children )
Also on site :
- We Finally Paid Off Our Last Piece of Debt. I Didn’t Expect It to Backfire Like This.
- US seizes Russian oil tanker in North Atlantic
- More than 700 to be laid off as U.S. Postal Service terminates contract for Aurora mail hub