Woman convicted of murdering three sons

A California jury has convicted a woman of first-degree murder for shooting dead three of her four young sons.

A California jury has convicted a woman of first-degree murder for shooting dead three of her four young sons.

Prosecutors had said Socorro Caro, 44, was angry after a fight with her husband and methodically shot the boys, aged 11, eight and five, with a handgun while they slept at their million-dollar Santa Rosa Valley home on November 22, 1999. She then shot herself in the head but survived.

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