CARO CHILDREN WERE KILLED BY THEIR FATHER, DEFENSE SAYS.Byline: Sabrina Decker Staff Writer VENTURA _ Evidence found in the home where three young boys were fatally fa·tal·ly adv. 1. So as to cause death; mortally: fatally injured. 2. So as to result in disaster or ruin. 3. According to the decree of fate; inevitably. Adv. 1. shot proves that their father, not their mother, actually fired the fatal shots, the defense attorney for Socorro ``Cora'' Caro said Friday. Seeking to bolster This article is about the pillow called a bolster. For other meanings of the word "bolster", see bolster (disambiguation). A bolster (etymology: Middle English, derived from Old English, and before that the Germanic word bulgstraz her claim that Caro was being framed by her estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. husband, attorney Jean Farley said in closing arguments that evidence points to Dr. Xavier Caro as committing the slayings. ``Now is the time when we will uncover what really happened,'' Farley said. ``There were many things (at the crime scene) that were not observed ... many things that were not collected.'' Farley said no blood was found on Xavier Caro's hands or on a light switch he touched after trying to resuscitate re·sus·ci·tate v. To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to. his sons. There also were no fingerprints Impressions or reproductions of the distinctive pattern of lines and grooves on the skin of human fingertips. Fingerprints are reproduced by pressing a person's fingertips into ink and then onto a piece of paper. found on the gun used in the shootings, although Xavier Caro said he placed it atop a dresser in his bedroom, where he found his wife with a life-threatening gunshot wound to the head. And Caro, a physician trained in emergency medicine, called his mother-in-law before checking the vital signs of one of his sons, who was later discovered to still be breathing, Farley said. Closing arguments are expected to wrap up Monday in the murder trial for Cora Caro, who is accused of killing Xavier Jr., 11; Michael, 8; and Christopher, 5, on Nov. 22, 2000. She is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and special circumstances special circumstances n. in criminal cases, particularly homicides, actions of the accused or the situation under which the crime was committed for which state statutes allow or require imposition of a more severe punishment. that could make her eligible for the death penalty if convicted. She has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity not guilty by reason of insanity n. plea in court of a person charged with a crime who admits the criminal act, but whose attorney claims he/she was so mentally disturbed at the time of the crime that he/she lacked the capacity to have intended to commit a crime. . In court Friday, Farley painted a portrait of a woman who was a devoted wife and mother who had dealt rationally with a previous separation from her husband. Farley also contradicted prosecutors' claims, saying Cora Caro had not secretly funneled more than $200,000 to her parents. She also said Cora Caro had long known of her husband's unhappiness in the marriage, of his visit to a divorce attorney, and that his stripping her of her financial freedom months earlier had really not hampered her spending habits. Many of the doubts raised by the defense in the case remain mysteries, Farley said, particularly regarding the actions of Dr. Caro. But to the defense, they constitute the reasonable doubt Socorro Caro needs to be found not guilty. |
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