Modesto triple homicide suspect appears in court as ICE files detainer

MODESTO, Calif. — Family members filled a Modesto courtroom Monday as the man accused of killing three generations of their family appeared before a judge for the first time since the deadly triple stabbing last week.

Many relatives wept as 28-year-old Joaquin Escoto entered the courtroom, shackled at the waist, wearing an orange and white jumpsuit.

“There’s no words to really explain the pain,” Sofia Nunez, a family member of the victims, said…

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