South LA Man Pleads Not Guilty To Stabbing 3 Sons To Death In SUV
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A man accused of fatally stabbing his three young sons inside an SUV in South Los Angeles in September pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder Tuesday.
Luiz Fuentes, 33, was ordered to remain jailed without bail while awaiting his next court appearance Jan. 26 in the Sept. 9 killings of his sons Alexander, 8, Juan, 9, and Luis, 10.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has yet to decide whether to seek the death penalty against Fuentes, who faces a special circumstance allegation of multiple murders.
A passerby saw Fuentes sitting in the front seat of an SUV parked in the 300 block of East 32nd Street around 7 a.m. on Sept. 9. The man approached the vehicle and saw the children's bodies inside and Fuentes covered in blood from stab wounds.
Police say Fuentes stabbed himself. He was hospitalized, then booked on suspicion of murder two days later.
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