Reporter's compassion Sep 18, 2009
When was the last time we saw anyone with the heart, compassion, and courage Alysia Sofios has shown in aiding the victims of the monster Marcus Wesson. Is there any government agency that would have done as much for these unfortunate people. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Survivors recall horror of Wesson mass killing Sep 14, 2009
(09-13) 20:41 PDT -- In June 2005, Marcus Wesson was found guilty of killing nine of his children in his Fresno home the year before ... Marcus Wesson's wife, Elizabeth, was 8 years old when the hulking man, then living with her mother, began molesting her ... (In all, Marcus Wesson fathered at least 17 children. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Story:TV reporter under ethics cloud for befriending Wessons Sep 13, 2009
Marcus Wesson is in San Quentin prison, waiting to die ... "I wish with all my heart some days that I was somebody else. But I have to live with this the rest of my life," said Gypsy, a 25-year-old daughter of Marcus Wesson. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Out of the shadows: the Wesson family Sep 13, 2009
Marcus Wesson is in San Quentin prison, waiting to die ... "I wish with all my heart some days that I was somebody else. But I have to live with this the rest of my life," said Gypsy, a 25-year-old daughter of Marcus Wesson ... Marcus Wesson's wife, Elizabeth, talks about how she has lived and coped over the five years since her husband shot and killed nine family members in their Fresno home. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Fresno County Jail forces cheap meds Jul 5, 2009
Two high-profile former inmates, Marcus Wesson and Ramadan Abdullah, were housed in them. But that flies in the face of the conventional understanding of how to treat mental illness, critics say. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Today in History Mar 12, 2009
Five years ago: Marcus Wesson, the domineering patriarch of a cultlike clan he'd bred through incest, surrendered to police who found the bodies of nine of his offspring, all but one minors, at their home in Fresno, Calif. (Wesson was later convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. (Yahoo News)
Memories of Fresno's worst mass murder linger 5 years later Mar 12, 2009
Marcus Wesson was convicted of nine counts of first-degree murder ... Five years ago, on March 12, 2004, Marcus Wesson murdered nine of his children inside a home at Weber and Hammond avenues. (Fresno Bee)
