CARO HUSBAND SEEKS DIVORCE.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire The father of three children shot to death in their home has filed for divorce from his wife, who is under arrest for investigation of first-degree murder in the case. Dr. Xavier Caro cited ``irreconcilable differences'' in filing for divorce Wednesday from Socorro ``Cora'' Caro, who remains hospitalized while recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. The 52-year-old staff physician at Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. is also seeking legal custody of the couple's remaining 13-month-old child, Gabriel, who was not harmed, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ventura County Superior Court records. Xavier Caro listed the couple's separation date as Nov. 22, which was the day police say his wife shot three of their sons - Christopher, 5, Michael, 8, and Joseph, 11 - as they slept in the family's hilltop mansion MANSION. This term is synonymous with house. (q.v.) 1 Chit. Pr. 167; 2 T. R. 502; 1 Tho. Co. Litt. 215, n. 35; 9 B. & C. 681; S. C. 17 E. C. L. R. 472, and the cases there cited; Com. Dig. Justices, P 5; 3 Serg. & Rawle, 199. in the Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, city, Argentina Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. Valley. The father found his son's bodies and discovered his wounded wife when he returned home that night about 11:20 p.m., investigators said. Detectives are investigating the shootings as an act of domestic violence. Criminal defense attorney Richard Plotin said he notified Cora Caro of the divorce filing Friday morning. He said he believes that Xavier Caro is trying to keep his wife from spending their jointly held assets to defend herself in the expected criminal case. ``She doesn't qualify for the services of the public defender public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was to represent her, because she's not indigent indigent 1) n. a person so poor and needy that he/she cannot provide the necessities of life (food, clothing, decent shelter) for himself/herself. 2) n. one without sufficient income to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case. ,'' Plotin said. ``Basically they're trying to prevent her from having a defense.'' |
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