A Reseda lady charged with murdering her three younger kids final yr appeared Monday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom.
Liliana Carrillo, 30, sporting a yellow inmate jumpsuit, hid from view behind her attorneys contained in the defendant holding space of the Prison Justice Middle courtroom, whereas the daddy of her kids and his household regarded on from the gallery.
Carrillo declined to enter a plea to the three homicide fees filed towards her within the April 10, 2021 deaths of 3-year-old Joanna, 2-year-old Terry, and 6-month-old Sierra.
“Sure, ma’am,” Carrillo stated when requested by Choose Victoria B. Wilson if she was waiving her proper to a speedy trial.
Monday’s listening to performed out similar to the final six hearings. Prosecutors have sought to arraign Carrillo since August 2021.
She has been in custody in Los Angeles County since April 2021, when she was arrested in Ponderosa, California close to the Sierras, after she apparently tried to carjack a person in Kern County as she fled from the L.A. space.
The carjacking fees are nonetheless open in Kern County, in keeping with courtroom data. However her case has been transferred to L.A. County. She’s being held on simply over $6 million bail.
It’s unclear from courtroom data why Carrillo’s case is taking so lengthy, although psychological well being points could also be enjoying a task. Instances involving defendants with obvious psychological well being points sometimes take far longer to type out as judges and protection attorneys decide whether or not defendants perceive the fees they’re dealing with.
Erik Denton, the youngsters’s father, and his household repeatedly alerted L.A. County baby providers officers and police to Carrillo’s extreme psychological well being points main as much as the killings. In courtroom paperwork, Denton stated Carrillo had suffered worsening psychological well being for years earlier than her situation notably deteriorated in February 2021.
“She isn't caring for herself and has misplaced contact with actuality,” Denton wrote in courtroom paperwork as he tried to get the youngsters again from Carrillo in March 2021. “She is extraordinarily paranoid and acts impulsively and erratically.”
After her arrest, Carrillo admitted in a jailhouse interview with KGET in Bakersfield to drowning the youngsters in a tub.
It wasn’t instantly clear if Carrillo was receiving psychological well being remedy on the Century Regional Detention Facility the place she’s being held. A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division commander on the jail stated they'd not disclose whether or not Carrillo is receiving psychological well being remedy.
Courtroom data don't present if her attorneys have but declared a doubt about Carrillo’s psychological well being and talent to know the proceedings.
Deputy District Lawyer David Zygielbaum declined to touch upon the case Monday. Protection attorneys for Carrillo weren't instantly out there for remark.
A few half-dozen members of the family of Denton appeared with him Monday, all sporting matching black T-shirts bearing a photograph of Denton with the youngsters and their names.