A California man named Thomas Perez Jr. reported his father missing and spent 17 hours being interrogated by police before confessing to murder. The ordeal began on August 7, 2018, when Perez Sr. took the family dog for a walk but didn't return. Thomas waited for his father to return and called the police to report him missing. Investigators spent the next 17 hours grilling Thomas into admitting that he killed his father, with investigators claiming his father had been found dead and in the morgue.
The police told Thomas they had evidence that he had killed his father and told him to just admit it. For hours, Thomas said he didn't kill his father, but detectives allegedly explained that the human mind could block out traumatic memories. They even brought his dog, Margosha, in so Thomas could say goodbye.
After holding his dog, Perez confessed to murdering his father, claiming he stabbed Perez Sr. with a pair of scissors after the older man hit Thomas on the head with a beer bottle. The police refused to provide Thomas with medications he took for high blood pressure, asthma, depression, and anxiety.
Before being sent to a mental hospital for 72-hour observation, Perez Sr. turned up alive and well. Investigators grilled Thomas based on certain evidence found at the house, such as a police dog detecting the scent of a corpse in Perez Sr.'s bedroom. Thomas' attorney argued that those blood samples came from Perez Sr. pricking his finger for diabetes tests. Thomas sued the city of Fontana and recently settled his lawsuit for nearly $900,000.
The police told Thomas they had evidence that he had killed his father and told him to just admit it. For hours, Thomas said he didn't kill his father, but detectives allegedly explained that the human mind could block out traumatic memories. They even brought his dog, Margosha, in so Thomas could say goodbye.
After holding his dog, Perez confessed to murdering his father, claiming he stabbed Perez Sr. with a pair of scissors after the older man hit Thomas on the head with a beer bottle. The police refused to provide Thomas with medications he took for high blood pressure, asthma, depression, and anxiety.
Before being sent to a mental hospital for 72-hour observation, Perez Sr. turned up alive and well. Investigators grilled Thomas based on certain evidence found at the house, such as a police dog detecting the scent of a corpse in Perez Sr.'s bedroom. Thomas' attorney argued that those blood samples came from Perez Sr. pricking his finger for diabetes tests. Thomas sued the city of Fontana and recently settled his lawsuit for nearly $900,000.
