Dad who fatally stabbed mom as their young kids fled, screaming for him to 'Stop doing that!' learns his fate

A 34-year-old California antheral could walk the remainder of his beingness successful situation for sidesplitting the parent of his 2 young children, repeatedly stabbing the 30-year-old pistillate successful the caput arsenic the children watched.

Following a two-week trial, a assemblage successful Kern County connected Friday recovered Victor Farias Jr. blameworthy of first-degree murder, kid maltreatment and resisting apprehension successful the stabbing decease of Yolanda Rojo, authorities announced.

According to a press release from the Kern County District Attorney's Office, officers with the Bakersfield Police Department responded to a reported home quality conscionable earlier 10 p.m. connected March 25 astatine the Shadow Ridge Apartments successful the 7000 artifact of College Avenue. Upon arriving, archetypal responders recovered Rojo lying connected the floor, covered successful humor and suffering from aggregate stab wounds.

Rojo had a flimsy pulse and was rushed to Kern Medical, wherever she was pronounced dead.

An autopsy aboriginal determined that Rojo suffered much than 90 wounds, including "69 crisp unit injuries connected her head, neck, and backmost on with 23 stab wounds and galore antiaircraft wounds connected her hands and arms," the DA's bureau said. Three stab wounds to Rojo's caput fractured her skull.

The couple's children, ages 4 and 6, were successful the country during the killing.

"The six-year-old kid attempted to assistance her parent by calling the cops, but Farias took the telephone away," the merchandise states. "Although being chased by Farias, the kid was capable to tally retired of the location to archer a neighbor."

According to tribunal documents obtained by Bakersfield CBS affiliate KBAK, an injured Rojo instructed her 6-year-old girl to tally to the neighbour for help. A doorbell camera reportedly captured the kid moving from the flat and screaming, "Stop! Stop doing that!" arsenic Farias followed her.

The miss and her younger sister reached a neighbor, who called police, Bakersfield NBC affiliate KGET reported.

Farias had reportedly gone buying with Rojo and their daughters earlier that evening earlier returning to Rojo's apartment. After the killing, helium fled successful a achromatic Nissan Altima that aboriginal crashed into a large rig connected Highway 58.

When instrumentality enforcement arrived astatine the crash, Farias had disappeared into the Tehachapi Mountains. He was recovered successful Tehachapi connected March 26, wherever helium initially gave officers a mendacious sanction and past resisted arrest, prosecutors said.

During the trial, prosecutors argued that the fig and quality of Rojo's wounds showed that Farias intended to termination the parent of his children.

Farias' defence lawyer reportedly acknowledged that Farias was liable for the stabbing but sought a second-degree execution conviction, asserting that helium acted impulsively and without premeditation erstwhile helium attacked Rojo.

Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer released a connection astir the verdict.

"Victor Farias took Yolanda's beingness believing helium could soundlessness her and conceal the truth," the connection said. "However, done the courageousness of her young children and the grounds recovered astatine the transgression scene, Farias was yet recovered blameworthy of her premeditated murder, ensuring that Yolanda and her children obtained the justness they deserve."

Farias is scheduled to beryllium sentenced Nov. 2. He faces 25 years to beingness successful prison.