California man pressured to confess

The city of Fontana, California, has reached a $900,000 settlement with Tom Perez, who was wrongfully pressured by police into confessing to a murder that never occurred. After reporting his elderly father missing in August 2018, Perez was detained for 36 hours and coerced into confessing that he killed his father, who was actually alive. Despite the settlement and claims of false imprisonment and due process violations, Perez has not received an apology from the city, and there is no indication of an internal investigation into the police conduct during the interrogation. Many officers involved have since been promoted, leaving Perez feeling unsatisfied with the outcome. The city admitted no wrongdoing while maintaining that no laws were broken. The case has raised significant concerns about police practices, with experts labeling the situation as a disturbing example of psychological coercion.