On March 12, 2004, in Fresno, California, one-year-old Jeva St. Vladensvspry Wesson was among nine people fatally shot in a home at 761 W. Hammond Avenue. Officers called to the address for a child custody dispute encountered a confrontation involving Marcus Wesson and two women, Sofina Solorio and Ruby Ortiz. Marcus Wesson, 57, initially spoke with officers, then went back into the house and closed the door; he later emerged about 80 minutes later with bloodstains on his clothing.

Inside a back bedroom officers found nine bodies, each reportedly shot through the eye. The victims ranged in age from one to 25 and included Wesson’s daughters and their children. The investigation described a pattern of longterm sexual abuse and control by Wesson, who had fathered multiple children with his daughters and nieces and kept family members isolated. During the trial the defense argued that a 25-year-old daughter, Sebhrenah, had committed the killings and then died by suicide; the gun was with her body and her DNA was on the weapon. The jury convicted Marcus Wesson on nine counts of first-degree murder and related sexual abuse charges. Does anyone have information about Jeva or the family that could shed light on what led up to that day?