(Woodland, CA) – January 6, 2026 – Today, a Yolo County Jury convicted 63-year-old Paul Allen Perez, a transient throughout Central California, of multiple counts of Murder; and one count of Assault on a Child Under Eight with Force Likely to Produce Great Bodily Injury Resulting in Death. A Case Enhancement for Multiple Murders was also found to be True.
This conviction stems from murders that occurred between 1992 and 2001, throughout Central and Northern California. The case broke after one of the infant’s remains were found weighted down and submerged in a cooler in the Conway Slough east of Woodland. Familial DNA of that infant determined that Paul Allen Perez was the biological father. In reaction to the verdict, DA Jeff Reisig stated, “These crimes involved pure evil. The defendant should die in prison. May the souls of his murdered children rest in peace.”
Honorable Judge Wolk presided over the proceedings. Perez faces life in prison without the possibility of parole, and he will be sentenced on April 6, 2026, at 1:30pm in Dept.
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