The Vampire King (cont.)
He prepared his family for the coming apocalypse by telling them it would begin if policemen ever arrived at the door. By 2004, he had decided to relocate his large family to Washington State where his parents lived. This was when his extended family, including two nieces who had previously rebelled against him, intervened and demanded Wesson release the children, which he obviously refused.
The Fresno police were soon called and they arrived under the impression this was either a domestic disturbance or a child custody issue, nothing could have been more terrifyingly far from the truth. A standoff would ensue and shots would ring out from the home (the Fresno police would later testify they did not hear gunshots) and Wesson would come walking out of the house covered in blood.
The police would discover a brutal scene. Nine bodies in total were discovered, two of Wesson’s daughters and seven children, in a bedroom filled with ten antique coffins. Wesson would go on trial and his defense team would lay the blame on one of his daughters, Sebhrenah, claiming she had killed everyone and turned the gun on herself.
Although the jury didn’t find that Wesson pulled the trigger, they convicted him of nine counts of first-degree murder none the less as they believed his disturbing influence had led to the events. He is currently on death row in San Quentin State Prison awaiting his execution.
