Mass Murder In Fresno

With guns drawn, Fresno police along with a K-9 dog move in on the home of Marcus Wesson, March 12, 2004, in Fresno, Calif. Police were responding to a call about a child custody dispute when they entered a standoff with Wesson. After he surrendered, the bodies of nine gunshot victims were found inside. Wesson was convicted on nine counts of first-degree murder June 17, 2005.

Suspect Marcus Wesson is led away in handcuffs by Fresno police officers after giving himself up, March 12, 2004, at his home in Fresno, Calif. Wesson, thought to be the father and grandfather of the victims, walked out of the home covered in blood and was booked on suspicion of nine counts of murder.

Two unidentified men carry one of the victims from the home, March 12, 2004. A woman in her 20s, a 17-year-old girl and seven children aged 1 to 8 were discovered tangled in a pile of clothes in a back room of the house.

Two men remove a body from the Wesson home, March 12, 2004. Investigators were still working to determine the relationships among the victims.

Family members of some of the deceased are comforted, March 12, 2004 outside the home of Marcus Wesson in Fresno, Calif.

A coffin is seen inside the Fresno, Calif., home of Marcus Wesson, March 13, 2004. Police recovered 12 coffins from inside the house, and were trying to determine if some ritual was involved in the slaughter.

Marcus Wesson responds to the media by saying "I love you" as he is led into a police truck by Fresno police in Fresno, Calif., March 13, 2004. Wesson was being held in the city jail pending nine counts of murder.

Fresno police identification technician Laura Lathrop boxes up evidence at the home of Marcus Wesson, March 13, 2004.

Fresno Police detective Len Glein exits a customized school bus, March 13, 2004, outside Wesson's home. Neighbors said the yellow bus had been a fixture in the driveway.

Fresno police officer George Parga uses police tape to close off the perimeter around the home of Marcus Wesson in Fresno, Calif., March 14, 2004.

Serafino Wesson, 19, left, leaves the home of his father, Marcus Wesson, in Fresno, Calif., March 14, 2004. The man at right is unidentified.

Members of the Fresno Police Department and Technical Services Bureau remove evidence from the home of Marcus Wesson in Fresno, Calif., March 14, 2004.

Sisters Melissa, left, and Sandra Menchaca, right, with Jessica Leyva, center in blue, place gifts at a memorial for the victims on the sidewalk outside Wesson's home, March 14, 2004.

Maureen Harris hugs her son, Delon Agee, 10, after visiting a memorial for the victims, March 14, 2004.

Fresno police and workers remove a casket from the home of Marcus Wesson in Fresno, Calif., March 15, 2004. An antique store owner said Wesson bought hand-carved, mahogany coffins from him about five years earlier, saying he planned to use the wood to repair a houseboat.

People hold a prayer vigil near the home of Marcus Wesson, March 15, 2004.

Joyce Gallegos, with her 18-month-old son Joseph, lights candles at the makeshift memorial outside the home of Marcus Wesson in Fresno, Calif., March 16, 2004.