Sacto 9-1-1: Sacramento Child Killer Among Inmates Up For Parole Hearings

A man who murdered his 1-year-old son in 1996 and a woman who killed a man in 1988 who she suspected of being a child molester are among the Sacramento area convicts who are up for parole hearings early in March. According to the Board of Parole Hearings, a division of the State Corrections and Rehabilitation Department, the following hearings are scheduled for these convicts who are serving life sentences: -March 8, Robert Ramirez Vela Jr., 34, Avenal State Prison. A Sacramento Superior Court judge sentenced Vela on July 18, 1997, to 15-years-to-life in prison for the murder of his 1-year-old son, Daniel Vergos, who died of a massive skull fracture, The Bee reported. An autopsy revealed that the victim had toxic levels of prescription drugs in his blood system, according to court documents.