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Tuesday April 19, 2005
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Kiani Wesson told a Fresno jury this morning that her father, accused mass murderer Marcus Wesson, spoke of a murder-suicide pact if authorities came to split up the family. Kiani Wesson, however, said her father's preaching was just "a figure of speech."
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Thursday April 14, 2005
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Gypsy Wesson, 21, tells jury that her father touched her through her clothes.
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Friday April 8, 2005
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Defendant accuses the prosecutor of being 'disrespectful' to court.
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Tuesday April 5, 2005
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Prosecutor Lisa Gamoian on Monday accused Marcus Wesson's wife of letting him use the Bible to justify his sexual abuse of his daughters.
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Saturday March 26, 2005
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Rosa Solorio told a Fresno jury Thursday that she still loves accused mass murderer Marcus Wesson, considers herself one of his wives and is the mother of two of his children.
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Thursday March 24, 2005
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Prosecutors in the Marcus Wesson trial are using Wesson's own words to show his unusual behavior.
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Marcus Wesson Jr. says sisters, cousins said they got pregnant through artificial insemination.
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Friday March 11, 2005
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Plot nearly carried out in 1999, Wesson niece testifies.
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Wednesday March 9, 2005
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FRESNO, California (AP) -- In graphic testimony that made some jurors recoil, the niece of a man charged with killing nine of his children described the sexual abuse she endured while living in his household.
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Sofina Solorio testified Tuesday in Fresno County Superior Court that she knew her child, Jonathan, was killed inside Marcus Wesson's home because she heard gunshots.
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FRESNO — Sofina Solorio wanted to take her son out of Marcus Wesson's household because he was not keeping his word — he continued to have children with his own daughters, according to her testimony Monday at the man's multiple murder trial.
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Friday March 4, 2005
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Murder-suicide pact enforced by defendant is suggested. But defense blames a daughter.
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FRESNO, Calif. - A man who sired a vast clan through incest and polygamy went on trial Thursday on charges of murdering nine of his children in what prosecutors portrayed as the crimes of a man bent on controlling his family and the defense blamed on a daughter possessed.
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Tuesday March 1, 2005
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February 28, 2005 — A jury could be seated in the Marcus Wesson mass murder trial by the end of the week.
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Thursday February 3, 2005
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As jury selection continued this week in the Fresno murder case of Marcus Wesson, sheriff’s deputies in West Marin were negotiating the removal of his tugboat from Tomales Bay, where the boat is currently moored. Wesson and his family spent much of their time on the tugboat when not in Fresno.
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Monday January 31, 2005
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Fresno County prosecutors might have sidestepped some controversy in their mass murder case against Marcus Wesson by passing on an expert witness and prominent psychiatrist whose testimony in another high-profile trial has come under fire.
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Tuesday January 25, 2005
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FRESNO, Calif. - Jury selection begins Tuesday in the multiple murder trial of Marcus Wesson, a domineering patriarch who allegedly controlled his family with religious teachings, incest and threats of mass suicide.
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Thursday January 20, 2005
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January 20, 2005 — The state supreme court denied a motion for a change of venue.
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Wednesday January 5, 2005
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Mind control and religion could play prominently in the mass murder trial of Marcus Wesson.
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Tuesday August 31, 2004
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The man accused of Fresno's worst mass murder was in court this morning, along with his family.
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Wednesday August 11, 2004
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FRESNO, Calif. - Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the Fresno man charged with killing nine family members.
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Tuesday August 10, 2004
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Hearing scheduled on moving murder trial.
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Wednesday July 28, 2004
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The man accused of Fresno's worst mass murder was in court this morning. Marcus Wesson's trial start date has been pushed back to September 14th.
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Sunday June 20, 2004
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Murder cases usually aren't ready for court for several years.
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Thursday May 27, 2004
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Startling new evidence may be Marcus Wesson's best chance to prove his innocence as Wesson's defense says there's new reason to believe he didn't kill his nine children.
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