Evil dad who stabbed sons, 10, 9 and 8, to death in knife frenzy is caged for 78 years
A VIOLENT dad has been sentenced to 78 years in jail for killing his three young sons while they sat in his parked SUV in Los Angeles.
Luiz Fuentes, 38, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder for stabbing his children to death.
The lifeless bodies of Alexander, eight, Juan, nine, and Luis, ten, were spotted by a passerby walking past the SUV parked outside a South Los Angeles furniture warehouse.
Covered in blood
Unemployed Fuentes was also found covered in blood from stab wounds in the front seat of the vehicle in East 32nd Street early in the morning of September 9, 2015.
He was hospitalized for his injuries, then charged with murdering the boys two days later.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench sentenced the California father after he pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, and admitted to special allegations that he used a knife during the 2015 incident.
During a vigil held for the murdered youngsters, a local pastor said that Fuentes had been living in the SUV with his sons at the time of the killings.
Tragic family
It is believed Fuentes had become depressed after his wife, who was the mother of the boys, died of a brain aneurysm in 2008, reported the Los Angeles Times.
At the time of the murders, a GoFundMe campaign raised almost $40,000 to help pay for the funeral costs so the boys could be buried in a plot with their mother.
Cousin Rene Chanquin, who organised the fundraiser, had told media: “[Luiz] wouldn’t have gone to the hospital and said I need help because I am depressed.
“He wasn’t that type of person. He was a very traditional type of guy.”
Family abuse
Records from the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services showed reports of abuse by Fuentes, including a 2010 incident in which he beat Luis, then five years old, with a belt until he was badly bruised.
Fuentes admitted to a caseworker that he “made a mistake” following the incident, which led to the family being supervised for a year.
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When asked about whether his father hit his younger brothers, Luis told caseworkers: “He has hit them maybe 2 or 4 or 100 times.”
A court allowed Fuentes to end his supervision by caseworkers in 2011 without completing his court-ordered grief counseling sessions, The Los Angeles Times reported
Online jail records show that Fuentes is currently held at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, awaiting transfer to a state prison.
