Gomez Acosta’s Mental Defense Trial | Eau Claire News

Eau Claire News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 5, 2026 · 1m

A 31-year-old father faces multiple life sentences after pleading no contest to two counts of first-degree homicide and one count of attempted murder — charges stemming from the tragic death of his two children and serious injury to his wife in an Abbotsford trailer park two years ago. He’s choosing a bench trial over a jury, focusing his defense on mental disability, with the judge set to rule on culpability in a three- to four-day proceeding. The court has granted him key procedural concessions, including waiving jury rights for the mental state portion and pushing key deadlines to…