Raised in Riverside, California, twenty-year-old college student Jason Bautista and his fifteen-year-old brother Matthew were living roller coaster lives with their mentally ill and abusive mother, Jane. Jane Bautista’s mood swings and unpredictable behavior effected the two young men in ways not understood at the time. Then, one January night, the family’s dysfunction led to unfathomable decisions and a shocking crime.
Join us at the quiet end for A Tale of Two Brothers. On January 15, 2003, Jason returned to his college courses at Cal State Bernardino. Explaining that their mother had run off with yet another boyfriend, the two brothers tried to carry on with their lives as before. But when Jane did not return home, the truth of what had happened with the family of three would forever change them.
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Sources
Los Angeles Times Archives
Man who dismembered mom cites ‘Sopranos’, Associated Press, 4/9/2005
Murder, Mafia-Style, A “Sopranos”-style murder shocks the world, Psychology Today, 1/1/2003
Son sentenced to 25 years for mother’s murder, North County Times, 4/9/2005
Such Good Boys: The True Story of a Mother, Two Sons, and a Horrifying Murder by Tina Dirmann