"Slasher Dad" accused in box cutter injuries to 3 daughters (Victorville, California)

Father ESTABAN SARACHO is accused of slashing his three daughters while apparently in a "drug-induced rage." Drugs are a handy excuse, but why not explain why the boxcutter was pointed at his children rather than somebody else?

http://www.vvdailypress.com/articles/terms-13085-dad-three.html

Prosecutor seeks three life terms for ‘slasher dad'
June 30, 2009 - 5:33 PM
PATRICK THATCHER Staff Writer

VICTORVILLE • A father accused of slashing his three young daughters with a box cutter is facing three life prison terms — one for each child, officials said.

Esteban Saracho, 30, is charged with three counts of attempted murder, three counts of willful cruelty to a child and three counts of aggravated mayhem, according to Deputy District Attorney Kathleen DiDonato.

The girls — ages 7 months and 3 and 5 years old — were slashed on the face, head, neck and hands in a room at the Red Roof Inn on Mariposa Road where Saracho, his girlfriend and the girls were living in March, according to authorities.

They said that Saracho got into an argument with the girlfriend and, during a drug-induced rage, chased her around the hotel complex.