A former California escort who stabbed his mother to death during a Facebook livestream has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Tonantzin Oris Beltrán, 29, added a plea of insanity to his initial not guilty plea in court Thursday.
Beltran is accused of killing his mother, Olivia Lucia Beltran Pacheco, a respected community activist in Marin County, in January. Police said she violently stabbed Pacheco, 55, on the balcony of her San Rafael home, leaving her “with a knife in her hand and standing next to the stabbed female victim, her clothes soaked in blood.” It is said that it was discovered.
A viewer who witnessed the livestream reported the situation to San Rafael police before it was removed. When Beltran refused to respond, officers burst through the front door.
Pacheco was still alive when officers handcuffed her daughter, but she died shortly after at a local hospital.
Marin County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Howard, who is handling Beltran's case, ordered a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether Beltran meets the legal requirements to be considered insane. mercury news.
If Beltran is determined to be legally insane, he would be admitted to a state hospital or mental health facility.
According to a now-deleted Tiktok video, on the day she livestreamed her mother's murder, Beltrán went to the Santa Rose Police Station to retrieve her impounded car, where officers told her that she had “mental health issues.” He seems to have a problem,” he said. Posted by my daughter.
Another video she posted the same day showed Pacheco pleading with Beltran, who was becoming increasingly unstable, to “calm down.”
“You have to stop hurting yourself and putting yourself in danger,” her mother reportedly told her.
Beltran also has a history of drug and alcohol abuse, which he said has been going on since he first tried drinking alcohol at the age of four. mercury news.
“Drugs gave me escape, comfort, false happiness. They were like self-medicating bandages,” she said, according to the newspaper.
“I was homeless for a while because I felt so much hatred towards my mother. I didn't know where it came from. But even though she seemed like a saint and always loved me so much… But I couldn't change that feeling.”
Beltran's next hearing is scheduled for Dec. 12.
