![]() ![]() > reporter: as for the alleged murder of trish hughes in the swimming pool, did he sit emily and trish down at a table and predict trish's death? did you tell her her time had come? did you tell little emily that trisha's time had come? > no. > reporter: half a million? > probably close to. > reporter: what are you worth? what do you think? > i don't know. > reporter: you still got the money? > yes, sir. > reporter is this illegal money? > yes, sir. > reporter: explaining his wealth, he says after being charged with sex crimes in the mid-'90s, he left texas not because he was fleeing the authorities, but because he was on an illicit job, something he never revealed to investigators or in court. and that's what they chose and that's what they did. so you'd call me anything you want to call me, just don't call me lou. if i was having sex with somebody i don't want anybody else calling me by my name. The district attorney, Marc Bennett, agreed, calling Perez a “puppet master.The angel of death? > there's no such thing. ![]() “It is just that he serve the maximum sentence.” Perez used people as mere objects to fulfill his desire for money, sex and a lavish lifestyle,” Bribiesca said. “The evidence conclusively shows that Mr. Judge Joseph Bribiesca ordered that Perez would serve his sentences consecutively, making it so Perez will not be eligible for parole until he is 120 years old. Goodwyn said the conviction was “probably the most amazing feeling in my law enforcement career.” On April 21, 2010, authorities arrested Perez at his new home in Tennessee after learning about what had been going on at Angel’s Landing in the past years through interviews with members of the commune. When looking into the man who was calling himself Lou Castro, they couldn’t find a paper trail or anything about his background. aps7CzzYu8Īccording to Oxygen, police first began to be suspicious of Perez in 2003 when he was living with a small group of people on a 20-acre property called Angel’s Landing.Īt the time, there were many vehicles on the property worth more than $40,000 each as well as a swimming pool and multiple houses. The deadly and devastating secrets of this traveling commune will come tumbling out, Friday on #Dateline at 9/8c. Perez Was Sentenced To Life in Prison & Is Not Eligible For Parole Until He Is 120 Years Old They led to millions of dollars in life insurance payouts. ![]() In total, there were six reported accidental deaths over seven years at Angel’s Landing. In March 2006, Hughes’ husband Brian died in an “accident” at the autobody shop where he worked. ![]() He allegedly collected over $1 million in insurance payouts following her death. Perez told commune members that she had slipped and fallen into the pool. This came to fruition in June 2003 when Patricia Hughes, who lived on the property, died. After a death on the property, police found a pattern where he would take out life insurance policies on people in his circle that would later be cashed in by members.Īccording to Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office’s Detective Ron Goodwyn, around every two and a half years, bank account balances would get low, and then someone would die. Unfortunately for his followers, there was more to his scheme than that. Not only did Perez tell followers that he could heal the sick, he also allegedly told them that he could tell them when they were going to die. Friday on #Dateline at 9/8c, it's the saga of a traveling family involved in most of the seven deadly sins… /nZd9ctWtTO ![]()
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