If you see comments that you find offensive, please use the “Flag as Inappropriate” feature by hovering over the right side of the post, and pulling down on the arrow that appears. In the weeks leading up to the killings, his wife began acting strangely, he said. Carol Coronado, mommy of three, released from the hospital, now in jail, three counts of murder, one of attempted murder of her own mother. His wife, he said, went out with the children and called him later to say she had run out of gas. Something, he said, stopped him from killing her himself. Carol Coronado is charged with three counts of first-degree murder with the special circumstances allegation that she committed multiple murders. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer), The husband of a woman charged with brutally killing their three daughters in their home near Carson last year testified Thursday that he was confused about whether he wanted her prosecuted, telling a courtroom “she’s the best woman I’ve met so far.”. Coronado had a revolutionary spirit, and she became famous while living in Madrid for the literary salons she held, a group that was called the Hermandad Lírica (Lyrical Sisterhood). “That day—Carol was acting kind of weird,” he says. Nov. 19, 2015. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! 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This is her story. (Brad Graverson / Staff Photographer), A tearful Carol Coronado listens to her husband Rudy Coronado's testimony in the Compton courthouse where she is charged with the murder of their three daughters, Sophia, Yazmine and Xenia, in May, 2014. Although we do not pre-screen comments, we reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. Watch all of your favorite TV shows from Just Added Movies on Verizon Fios. The Senior Volunteer Patrol is an integral part of the Coronado Police Department. 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Carol Coronado, 31, appeared to cry as she watched her husband of five years describe the events of May 20, 2014, the day Coronado is accused of … ; and especially Romanticism in poems such as A una gota de rocío, A la rosa blanca, Nada resta de tí, ¡Oh! “I’ve already lost this case. Altman has crawled through a mausoleum to open a coffin, confronted husbands who killed their wives, wives who killed their husbands, and his coverage helped put a child molester and a murderer in prison. They married quickly. Coronado died in Lisbon, Portugal on 15 January 1911. “She looked at me and told me she loved me and stabbed herself,” he said. Grief-stricken friends and relatives lit candles for the children and sang songs still trying to comprehend the horror that ended their young lives. Victoria Carolina Coronado y Romero de Tejada (December 12, 1820 – January 15, 1911) was a Spanish writer, famous for her poetry, considered the equivalent of contemporary Romantic authors like Rosalía de Castro. Her gatherings served as a meeting-point for progressive writers and a refuge for the persecuted, including many of the most well-known authors of the time. In prose, she wrote a total of fifteen novels including Luz, El bonete de San Ramón, La Siega, Jarrilla, La rueda de la desgracia (1873), and Paquita (1850). Carol Coronado was going to school, working for a doctor and serving in the U.S. Navy Reserve. She shut the power off while he was watching television. I have mixed emotions for that answer.”. Her most notable subject was Alberto – who may not even have existed. Many of her poems were based on impossible loves. Since the day I met her, I liked the person she was.”. “I’m tired, too,” he said he told her. Victoria Carolina Coronado y Romero de Tejada (December 12, 1820 – January 15, 1911) was a Spanish writer, famous for her poetry, considered the equivalent of contemporary Romantic authors like Rosalía de Castro. He found them at a nearby McDonald’s restaurant. Carol Coronado opted to have Judge Ricardo Ocampo decide her fate instead of a jury. “I’m confused on that answer. A witness told NBC4 that Carol Coronado was naked, covered in blood and "zoned out," when she was escorted out of the home the day the children -- … Carol Coronado was charged with three counts of first-degree murder. Despite the screaming, Rudy Coronado said he went outside to work on his truck. Many critics consider the last to be the best. Her romantic temperament could also have been influenced by the chronic catalepsy from which she suffered. She was too good a woman to do something like that.”. As one of the most well-known poets writing in mid-19th-century Spain, she also played a diplomatic role (she was married to Horatio Perry, the American Secretary of the U.S. … That morning, Carol Coronado was already up with the children when he awakened about 6 or 7 a.m. “Carol was out of it,” he said. Victoria Carolina Coronado y Romero de Tejada was born on 12 December 1820 in Almendralejo, Badajoz in the province of Extremadura. He was raised, he said, to believe that women should care for daughters to “avoid legal issues” with little girls. We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. She even appeared to "die" on several occasions, leading her to interest with the theme of death. Once Ocampo decides whether she is guilty of murder, the trial will move into a sanity phase, when the defense will argue she suffered from postpartum depression before she killed her own children. In 2016, Carol Coronado was sentenced to three life prison terms for the murder of her three daughters. LOS ANGELES — From the outside, Carol Coronado embraced motherhood. Carole Baskin (née Stairs Jones; born June 6, 1961) is an American big-cat rights activist and CEO of Big Cat Rescue, a non-profit animal sanctuary based near Tampa, Florida.. Baskin drew public attention when she was featured in the 2020 Netflix documentary … Thanks to this activity she gained a natural ability to compose verses. Lisa Surwillo, "Poetic Diplomacy: Carolina Coronado and the American Civil War. At a time when women were not invited to public political conversations, Coronado succeeded in persuasively arguing against Spain's imperial legacy and urging support to rectify her nation's past colonial blunders, especially the introduction of slavery to the Americas. During her questioning, Deputy District Attorney Spear mentioned that Rudy Coronado had offered her money shortly after his daughters were found dead to not prosecute the case. They had one son – Carlos Horacio (1853–1854) and two daughters – Carolina (1857–1873) and Matilde (b 1861) who married Pedro Torres Cabrera, connected to the count of Canilleros. “It was good,” he said. Investigators said Carol Coronado, 30, was “covered with blood” when her mother found her lying on a bed next to the girls’ bodies. May 20, 2014 Torrance, California Carol Coronado kills her three young children (pictured) and attempts suicide . “She had a blank stare, like she was possessed,” he said. He told her to get up, but she responded that she was tired. Unfortunately for her, her clandestine refuge and affinity for revolution brought about the disapproval of her contemporaries. A graduate of Cal State Northridge, where he served as editor of the college newspaper, Altman has worked for the Daily Breeze since 1990. Rebecca Staab was born in Hays, Kansas and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. “It was like every other relationship. Larry Altman has covered crime and court proceedings in Southern California since 1987. Rudy Coronado, testifying in Compton Superior Court as the only witness for Carol Coronado’s defense, said she had acted weird in the days before the slayings of their three daughters — 3-month-old Xenia, 16-month-old Yazmine and 2-year-old Sophia — in the family home on 223rd Street at Meyler Street in the unincorporated West Carson area. 'It Was the Disease' The first time Rudy and Carol Coronado ever heard of postpartum psychosis was after Carol was taken to jail. It doesn’t make me no never mind,” Rudy Coronado responded when Deputy District Attorney Emily Spear asked him if he wanted his wife prosecuted in the killings. Upset, he told her to go home. Rudy Coronado declined to look at photographs of his daughters while on the witness stand. She would eventually embalm her deceased husband. Her physical beauty undoubtedly contributed to her success, and it caused infamous admiration in other romantic writers, including poet Jose de Espronceda. She walked up to him, jumped toward him and landed on his chest, he said. Nov. 19, 2015. Despite this, she succeeded in publishing several works in newspapers and magazines and thus gained a certain measure of fame. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. COMPTON, CA -- Carol Coronado appeared in the Compton Courthouse for her sentencing hearing Thursday, and her husband said the sight of her was very concerning. Her family was well-to-do, but they adhered to a progressive ideology that caused her father and grandfather to be persecuted. He noticed she did not eat much at home, but could eat eight plates of food at Hometown Buffet. Carol Coronado’s husband testified that she’d been “acting weird” before allegedly killing the girls and then stabbing herself May 20, 2014, in the bedroom of their West Carson home. Her prolific works were compiled in a single volume entitled Poesías, published in 1843 and re-edited in 1852, that includes a prologue by Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch. She played with her three girls — ran after them, kissed them, smiled with them, a … After moving to the provincial capital of Badajoz, Carolina received the formal education for girls of her time: fashion and housework. He mentioned the girls’ names only a few times. ... GRACE: I still remember when I was a … Rudy Coronado said he met his wife in 2010. On the morning of May 20, 2014, Carol Coronado--in the midst of a psychotic postpartum breakdown--murdered her three young children and is serving three life sentences. She was self-taught in reading and writing and continued her studies despite the criticism of her family. Despite this, she demonstrated at an early age an interest in literature, and she began to read works from widely varying genres. “I got to go to work.”. After taking a vow of abstinence after the death of Alberto Tejada at sea (whether he was real or imaginary), she revoked the vow when she married Horatio Justus Perry in Madrid in 1852. Carol Coronado appeared healthy about 11 a.m. Thursday when she told Ocampo she declined to testify in her own behalf. She also authored several plays like El cuadro de la esperanza (1846), Alfonso IV de León, Un alcalde de monterilla, and El divino Figueroa, but these endeavors are considered minor in comparison to her non-theatrical works. Carol's husband Rudy Coronado told a reporter that she must have been possessed by a demon. But after the lunch break, the proceedings were abruptly called off for the day when Coronado reportedly began having medical issues. Her lines were spontaneous and charged with feeling. At first, he testified he had no idea why she was out, but recalled during his testimony that one of his daughters had a doctor’s appointment. cuál te adoro, A una estrella, and A las nubes. If found insane at the time of the crime, Carol Coronado would go to a hospital instead of prison. Rudy Coronado still refers to what happened as “that day.” He thinks about the signs he missed and the signs he saw but ignored. His wife, he said, had a “blank face.”. She both negotiated with the Spanish royal family in private and, through a series of widely published poems, promoted the aims of the Lincoln administration, especially abolition of slavery. One smelled like she needed changing. Excelling in academics, Rebecca had a 4.0 GPA in both high school and college, and placed in the top five finalists in the Miss USA pageant as Miss … Spear also said he told her he and his wife wanted to have more children. He acknowledged threatening to divorce her during arguments, but said he never took any steps to make it happen. As one of the most well-known poets writing in mid-19th-century Spain, she also played a diplomatic role (she was married to Horatio Perry, the American Secretary of the U.S. Legation in Madrid.) ; religion in El amor de los amores and ¿Cómo, Señor, no he de tenerte miedo? Rudy Coronado said he was outside working under his truck, making sure a starter he just purchased was the correct part, when he heard his mother-in-law, Julie Piercey, scream. COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) -- Carol Coronado appeared in the Compton Courthouse for her sentencing hearing Thursday, and her husband said the sight of her was very concerning. While taking her driver’s education update 14 years ago, her instructor suggested she check out the SVP as a good way to give back and fill her time. Not Carol Eamon Harrington John Watkin John Watkin (2020) On May 20, 2014, Carol Coronado, amid a psychotic postpartum breakdown, murders her three young children and must serve three life sentences. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions. In his spare time, Altman is an avid Los Angeles Lakers and Dodgers fan, is the commissioner of a Fantasy Baseball league with several other current and former newspapermen, runs a real estate empire and likes to watch old movies on TCM. [A] Perry was the secretary of the Embassy of the United States. She had a knife in her left hand, lifted her breast with her right hand and pointed the knife at her chest. When he arrived, he found his wife lying on the bed, her feet black with dirt. Carol Ann Coronado was also charged with the attempted murder of her own mother in Torrance, California The 30-year-old is eligible for the death penalty over the multiple murders in May Warning: This and other articles on this page contain real events which may be disturbing to some, and unfortunately surviving victims and family members may be reminded of the traumatic events. MP. Carol Coronado, 31, appeared to cry as she watched her husband of five years describe the events of May 20, 2014, the day Coronado is accused of stabbing her daughters, slitting their throats and laying them in order of age on her bed. Popular during her own lifetime, Coronado's works have continued to be reissued in her native country. Rudy Coronado described the marriage as like any other, with good times and bad. COMPTON, Calif. -- Carol Coronado appeared in the Compton Courthouse for her sentencing hearing Thursday, and her husband said the sight of her was very concerning. A sheriff's spokesperson told KCAL9's Serene Branson three girls, aged 3 years, 2 years and 2 months, were found dead in the 1000 block of West 223rd Street at … The day of the killings, one of the children had smeared feces all over the bathroom. The children, he said, were eating burgers in the back seat of her car. Altman's work was featured twice on CBS' “48 Hours” and he appeared eight times with “Nancy Grace," who called him "dear." All three appeared dirty. The daughter of convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán married the nephew of an alleged Mexican money launderer dubbed “The Empress,” in … George maintains relationships with many people -- family, friends, associates, & neighbors -- including Carol Coronado, Paula Sutcliffe, Isabel Melo, Grant Rocco and Elaine Moy. On Thursday, Judge Richard R. Ocampo found Carol Ann Coronado, 32, sane at the time when she killed her three daughters, according to a release from the L.A. County District Attorney's Office. Her poems adopted diverse themes, including patriotic sentiment in ¡Oh, mi España! We know that George is married at this point. Asked if he tried to stop her, Rudy Coronado said, “I wanted to do it myself after I saw what I saw. His wife, he said, was laying on the bed behind them. https://features.texasmonthly.com/editorial/bad-girls-get-old She was the daughter of Nicolás Coronado y Gallardo and María Antonia Romero de Tejada y Falcón. “I enjoy being involved and looking out for the safety of my community,” says Carol Pastor, SVP Board Member. Or, contact our editors by emailing moderator@scng.com. The husband said he ran into the house, found the bedroom door locked and forced it open. Coronado was born to well-to-do parents in Almendralejo, Spain, in or around 1820. “She was just acting weird, rambling a lot,” he said. She said, ‘Don’t go in there. He has covered hundreds of homicides and many trials. She killed them.’ ”. The husband said he did not offer to help her, even when he discovered Sophia had messed the bathroom with excrement. He called his wife a “very good mother” and said she stayed home with the children. Her husband, prosecutors contend, wanted a divorce. “I saw my daughters laying on the bed,” he recalled. [1]. Prosecutors contend she planned the slayings, lining up knives and scissors in the kitchen, and slitting her daughters’ throats to end the misery of her marriage, one that included financial problems, a husband who called her names, and back-to-back-to-back pregnancies that left her to care for two toddlers and a baby without any help. ... Facebook photo of 30-year-old Carol Coronado. The defense will argue that she did not intend to kill the children and is guilty only of second-degree murder. His sister Sandra Coronado told The Daily Breeze, "He says that there’s something in … Questioned by his wife’s attorney, Stephen Allen, Rudy Coronado said: “The way she screamed was kind of weird. His wife wanted children, he said, but none of the pregnancies was planned. The Society of Professional Journalists named him a "Distinguished Journalist" in Los Angeles in 2006. Rebecca Staab, Actress: Love Hard. Coronado’s husband, Rodolfo, joined advocates for women with postpartum depression in asking for his wife to be sent to a state mental hospital instead of … The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office considered seeking the death penalty. Rudy Coronado describes how his wife Carol Coronado stabbed herself in the chest with a knife after he confronted her in their home and saw their three children lying dead on the bed during his testimony in Compton courthouse. Carolina Coronado. Stream all your shows from your computer, phone or tablet whenever and wherever you want with your Fios account. The girls' mother, 30-year-old Carol Coronado, pleaded not guilty to murder charges last week in the slayings of her three girls, 2-year-old Sophia, 1-year-old Yazmine and 3-month-old Xenia. Authorities said 30-year-old Carol Coronado remained hospitalized in stable condition Wednesday after being taken from the grisly scene Tuesday afternoon covered … Carol Ann Coronado, 32, faces life in prison without the possibility of parole if she's found to be sane. While still a young child, she moved with her family to nearby Badajoz, where her father was imprisoned for a short time for political reasons. Rudy Coronado said he worked long days selling auto parts at local swap meets. “I saw them laying down like they were asleep.”. He said he called 911, asking “Carol, why?’ as he stood in the doorway.
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