Overview

• Perez was pressured into confessing to a crime that never occurred during a prolonged police interrogation.
• Fontana police used psychological tactics, including threats to euthanize Perez's dog, to extract the confession.
• Perez's father was found alive, but police withheld this information and placed Perez on a psychiatric hold.
• A federal judge condemned the police's actions as unconstitutional psychological torture.
• The city of Fontana has agreed to a settlement of nearly $900,000 to resolve Perez's lawsuit.