Man accused of killing niece, nephew in Fresno house fire says he was 'teleported'

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A treble execution proceedings resumed astatine the Fresno County Courthouse connected Tuesday with caller grounds astir a tragic location occurrence that near 2 babies dead.

"The beforehand of the house, the doors, and the windows were filled with achromatic soot from the location fire," Fresno Police Department Sgt. Benjamin Barnes said. "The wrong was wholly dramatic."

Prosecutors accidental Filimon Hurtado acceptable occurrence to this household location successful westbound cardinal Fresno successful May of 2022. It killed his 1-year-old niece and 5-month-old nephew and besides injured their mother.

Action News cannot amusement Hurtado, but helium has pleaded not blameworthy to 2 counts of execution and 1 number of attempted execution and arson.

The assemblage heard from a doc connected Tuesday who treated Hurtado for slump and mania conscionable 2 years earlier the deadly fire.

"You indicated helium appeared depressed?" nationalist defender Roy Park asked. "Yes," Dr. Joseph Alimasuya said.

"He appeared unhappy?" "Correct," the doc answered.

"Glum?" "Yes." "Downcast?" "Yes," the doc said.

Hurtado's nationalist defenders accidental helium was insane and disconnected his meds for bipolar upset erstwhile helium acceptable the fire.

In a video played by prosecutors, the assemblage heard from Hurtado himself successful a monologue helium uploaded the time earlier the fire.

"Sometime during my probe connected that day, I was alert that Filimon Hurtado had made a YouTube video," Sgt. Barnes said.

Action News cannot amusement the video, but for respective minutes, Hurtado describes being abducted, cloned, and teleported. "They're coming for everybody," helium said successful the YouTube video.

Then, successful a antithetic video recorded by constabulary aft the fire, Hurtado admits to pouring gasoline connected a sofa and carpet and lighting it. From his infirmary bed, helium told investigators, "People request to instrumentality a stand. We extremity up martyrs."

Jurors are acceptable to perceive respective much days of evidence.

If convicted, Hurtado could look up to beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole.

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