Monster raped his own children, taught them oral sex from age 8 and then killed them in cold blood
Marcus Wesson abused his own children for decades(Image: AFP via Getty Images)To the outside world, Marcus Wesson appeared to be a doting father, but over two decades ago he committed an act so horrifying that those who witnessed its aftermath have never fully recovered.For three decades, the ex-serviceman subjected his wife and her children, several of whom were his own offspring, to abuse. Wesson had served in Vietnam and shortly after leaving the military, he began a relationship with Rosemary Solorio, moving in with her and her eight children.By 1971, Rosemary had given birth to Wesson's son and just three years later, this twisted fiend began sexually abusing his partner's daughter, Elizabeth, who was merely eight years old. When Elizabeth was 14 and Wesson was 34, they married and four months later she gave birth to their first child.In total, the couple had 10 children, including one baby who tragically passed away. Adding to this, one of Elizabeth's younger sisters also left her seven children with the couple, claiming her drug problems rendered her incapable of caring for the youngsters.Wesson was a brutal husband and father. He never held down a job and lived off welfare payments and the money he forced his children to earn and hand straight over to him, reports the Mirror.By 1989, he had been convicted of welfare fraud and perjury, and the family were often forced to live in abandoned houses, dilapidated shacks and even boats.However, the most horrifying events took place behind closed doors. Wesson subjected his wife and their children to abuse.He denied Elizabeth any input in raising her family and insisted they all be home-schooled.Wesson wrote his own warped version of the Bible, asserting that Jesus had been a vampire, and convinced his children that he was God. They were compelled to address him as Master or Lord, and the entire family was instructed to prepare for Armageddon.Wesson killed his nine children in cold blood(Image: Getty Images)His daughters were informed they needed to ready themselves to become his future wives, and their school lessons included instruction on how to perform oral sex from as young as eight. Wesson violated his two daughters and three nieces, resulting in all five becoming pregnant.The children's household duties encompassed washing Wesson's dreadlocks, armpits and head, and siblings were prohibited from conversing with their opposite-sex siblings or their own mother.Then, in 2004, Wesson declared that the entire family would be relocating from Fresno in California to Washington, where his parents resided. On 12 March, members of his extended family, along with two of his nieces who had rebelled and escaped the house of horrors, arrived to demand the children's liberation.Police were summoned to what officers believed was a child custody dispute, and when they arrived, Wesson asked them to wait at the door while he returned to his house. When he reappeared, his clothes were drenched in blood.Despite their initial insistence that they hadn't heard any gunshots, the police were met with a horrifying sight when they forced entry into the home.Nine bodies were strewn across the bedroom, which was filled with antique coffins. Each victim had been shot directly through the eye.All of his victims - daughter Sebhrenah April Wesson, 25, daughter Elizabeth Breahi Kina Wesson age 17, daughter and his granddaughter Illabelle Carrie Wesson, eight, daughter and grand-niece Aviv Dominique Wesson, seven, son and grand-nephew Johnathon St Charles Wesson, seven, son and grand-nephew Ethan St Laurent Wesson, four, son and grandson Marshey St Christopher Wesson, one, daughter and granddaughter Jeva St Vladensvspry Wesson, one and daughter and grand-niece, Sedona Vadra Wesson, one - were his own flesh and blood.For the current Mayor of Fresno, Jerry Dyer - who was serving as the police chief at the time - it's a scene that continues to haunt him.Mr Dyer said: "It was just horrific, the worst mass murder that we had experienced in the history of our city, and it wasn't just the fact that nine people were killed, it was how they were killed, the lifestyle that was occurring in that household, Marcus Wesson convinced his family that he was God, that Jesus was a vampire."Defence attorney Ralph Torres is another who still lives with the chilling memories of the crime. He was part of the court-appointed Wesson defence team.In his extensive 34-year career, he admits it's the one case he will never forget.Mr Torres said: "I see all the evidence, it was the most gut-wrenching part of the case where I was just a young father. I had a five-year-old young boy, and there was a boy that looked from behind, like my kid."It was life-changing; I've never seen anything like it. I've done 16 murder trials since then and there is nothing like it."According to ABC 30, the house where the murders occurred has been demolished, leaving only a dirt lot as a reminder of the horrific events."There's no way that that property could have existed or continued to exist without bringing back horrible memories, and property values would have been devalued," Mr Dyer commented.Today, Marcus Wesson, now aged 79, remains incarcerated at San Quentin Rehabilitation Centre after being sentenced to death on 17 June 2005. He is no longer facing the death penalty after Governor Newsom suspended executions in California in 2019 and subsequently dismantled death row.However, for Dyer, who visited Wesson in prison in 2008, the anger that he continues to live persists."Marcus Wesson was an evil person. He is somebody, as I said then to national media, he deserved the death penalty then, and he deserves the death penalty today. Unfortunately, that doesn't look like it's going to be the case," Dyer said.
