The man who molested 9 family members-Marcus Wesson.

Dani Erinn
6 min readJun 27, 2024

Marcus Delon Wesson, born August 22nd, 1946, was an exceedingly awful man. He is known for being an American mass-murderer, but more infamously known for his serial raping and molesting of his family members, including his two daughters.

Image of Marcus Wesson after being arrested.

Who was Marcus Wesson before his crimes?

Not that we should really care, but this information is important to some curious minds.

Wesson was born in Kansas in 1946 and was the oldest of four children. His parents Benjamin and Carrie Wesson, were religious extremists who belonged to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Despite their religious preferences, the father was a chronic alcoholic and abused his children regularly. The family ended up abandoning the family when Wesson was a child, but his exact age at the time is unknown. In the early 1960’s, Wesson moved with his mom and siblings to San Bernardino, California.

Because of his intense family issues, Wesson ended up dropping out of high school and joined the U.S Army instead. He served from 1966 to 1968 as an ambulance driver. He was also deployed during the Vietnam War.

Wesson as an abuser

Wesson moved in with a woman who was quite a bit older than he was after leaving the military. The woman was…

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Dani Erinn

I love writing true crime and fascinating stories about humans.