Dad, 31, is charged with murdering his girlfriend, 26, and nearly killing their four young children by driving into oncoming traffic after 'talking to God'

A Los Angeles man allegedly murdered his girlfriend and nearly killed their four children by driving into wrong-way traffic and crashing into a tractor trailer on a California highway after telling his brother-in-law that 'he had to give his family to God' and that the government was after him. 

Prosecutors say Cesar Iban Torres, 31, crashed the family's white 2003 Lincoln Navigator head-on into a semi-truck on the 101 Freeway in Encino, a neighborhood north of Los Angeles, last Thursday with the intent to kill his girlfriend, 26-year-old Aimee Garcia, and their children.     

Torres faces numerous charges including murder, attempted murder, child abuse and assault with a deadly weapon. 

The uninjured dad was tased by cops after resisting arrest and trying to attack members of the California Highway Patrol, reported NBC Los Angeles.

Aimee Garcia was a victim of domestic violence at the hands of Cesar Iban Torres , her boyfriend, for many years, her family said

California Highway Patrol said Torres crashed a 2003 Lincoln Navigator SUV 'head-on into a big rig' on the 101 Freeway in Encino on Thursday

All of their children, whose ages range from 18 months to 9 years old, suffered minor injuries and were hospitalized at UCLA's Ronald Reagan Hospital. 

'A family has been torn apart by this tragic collision that leaves four young children without their mother,' said Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón.

Juan Zavala, Garcia's brother said that Torres called him hours before the crash and made 'bizarre and disturbing comments.'

Torres was convinced that the government was after him, Zavala told ABC 7 News. 

California Highway Patrol officers were able to detain the 31-year-old Torres with the use of a Taser. He was 'combative' and 'physically assaulted' officers, CHP said

'If I go missing, and the boys go missing, you know who did it,' Torres reportedly told Zavala. 'I'm like, 'What are you talking about.' And he said God talked to him and said he has to give his family to God, and I'm like 'No, what are you talking about? Come back.''

Zavala said he tried to locate the family but had no luck. After the crash, one of the four boys reportedly told Zavala that their mother fought with their father for control of the steering wheel.

'He said, 'Mommy saved us,' and that broke my heart,' Zavala said, adding that he wished he could have helped.

According to her brother, Garcia was 'all about kids' and she would put 'them over everything'

'I'm just broken that my nephews are not going to grow up with their mom, and she put the kids over everything. She was all about the kids.'    

'Thank God, I'm here as a good uncle and a good older brother. I will take responsibility for my nephews because that's what my sister wanted to do.' 

A GoFundMe page set up help pay for Garcia's funeral expenses claimed the mother of four was a victim of domestic violence at the hands of Torres for many years. The campaign has raised more than $17,800 as of Monday morning. 

'It's sad to know my sister is gone,' Zavala said. 'A beautiful soul taken too soon, but I still have four parts of her. I'm gonna make the best of it, and do the best I can.'    

'You are responsible for taking my sister's life away and leaving your children without a mother and father,' Juan Zavala , the victim's brother, said in a message to Torres, according to NBC Los Angeles

Torres was being held at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles on Friday in lieu of $1million bail, according to jail records. 

His arraignment hearing at the Van Nuys Courthouse was scheduled for today but has been rescheduled for a later date.