A Mexican national accused of murdering his own two children in a small Wisconsin town last week has been identified by police as an illegal immigrant.
Law enforcement arrested 29-year-old Victor Manuel Gomez Acosta last Friday over the killings and the stabbing of his wife in Abbotsford, which has a population of about 2,300. Police have not identified the victims.
Police say that he stabbed the children to death and attacked his wife while she was sleeping. Gomez Acosta faces two charges of first-degree intentional homicide and one charge of attempted homicide. He is being held on $1 million bail.
Colby-Abbotsford Police Department Police Chief Alex Bowman told Just the News that Gomez Acosta entered the U.S. on a six-month work permit but overstayed the legal amount of time he was allowed to work.
The stabbing attack happened early in the morning on July 5. Gomez Acosta’s…
