MAN FACES TRIAL TODAY IN SLAYING OF FAMILY.Byline: SUE DOYLE Staff Writer Opening statements were scheduled to begin today in Van Nuys Superior Court for a triple murder that destroyed a family four years ago and rocked a quiet Sun Valley community with violence. Julian Arturo Beltran, 32, faces three counts of murder for the 2002 slayings of 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. girlfriend Mariana Michelle Barahona, 24, and the couple's two daughters, Marissa Beltran, 6, and Natalie Beltran, 2. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges in a case that Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police have labeled domestic violence. The couple had an eight-year relationship, but they were separated at the time of the murder. Beltran had walked out on the family three months before, authorities said. Police said Beltran returned to their rented house on the 7400 block of Craner Avenue on Jan.23, 2002, and stabbed the three females to death. He then fled to Orange County, where after midnight he called 911 with suicidal su·i·cid·al adj. 1. Of or relating to suicide. 2. Likely to attempt suicide. threats. Orange County Sheriff's deputies tracked the call to an intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. in Anaheim. When they arrived, Beltran stood outside his car with his wrists bleeding. He refused to drop his knife. Deputies said Beltran was likely trying to commit suicide-by-cop by approaching police with a weapon in the expectation that authorities would shoot him. Instead, they fired bean bag rounds at Beltran. During his arrest, police said Beltran admitted to the killings. Since then, he has remained at Twin Towers Correctional Facility The Twin Towers Correctional Facility, also referred to in the media as Twin Towers Jail, is a complex erected in Los Angeles, California to house inmates of the Los Angeles County Courts. It is the world’s largest jail. in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . sue.doyle(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3746 |
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