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.

Prosecutors in the Marcus Wesson trial are using Wesson's own words to show his unusual behavior.

Marcus Wesson Jr. says sisters, cousins said they got pregnant through artificial insemination.

Plot nearly carried out in 1999, Wesson niece testifies.

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.

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.

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.

Murder-suicide pact enforced by defendant is suggested. But defense blames a daughter.

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.

February 28, 2005 — A jury could be seated in the Marcus Wesson mass murder trial by the end of the week.

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.

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.

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.

January 20, 2005 — The state supreme court denied a motion for a change of venue.

Mind control and religion could play prominently in the mass murder trial of Marcus Wesson.

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