Illegal immigrant flashes courtroom grin after allegedly killing baby, mother and grandmother

The illegal immigrant accused of slaughtering a 2-week-old baby, the child's mother and grandmother flashed a grin during a California courtroom appearance Monday as devastated relatives of the victims looked on from the gallery.

Joaquin Escoto, 28, entered Stanislaus County Superior Court shackled at the wrists and ankles, wearing an orange-and-white jail uniform and sitting beside his attorney and a Spanish interpreter. But it was his apparent smirk during the proceedings that stood out...