A Christmas Story, Sort Of
In Solitary and Off His Meds
About 2,018 years ago, a young couple named Mary and Joseph rode into the town of Bethlehem on the back of an ass. Mary was about to give birth to her son who, years later, millions would proclaim the son of God. For the time being, however, there was no room at the inn. Famously, Mary and Joseph were forced to seek refuge in a nearby manger.
Fast forward a couple thousand years. Maria Santos and Guillermo Nunez just flew into Santa Barbara from Miami hoping to talk with their 42-year-old son Francisco Aledo. That’s proven problematic. Aledo happens to believe that he is God. He’s the only one who does. And for Aledo, there’s no room at the inn. And there’s certainly no manger either.
For the past two-and-a-half years, he’s been held in various forms of custody by Santa Barbara County law enforcement authorities who charged him with attempted murder.
